# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-bettenhausen-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:54:04.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-bettenhausen-jr"
name: "Tony Bettenhausen Jr."
slug: "tony-bettenhausen-jr"
description: "Tony Lee Bettenhausen Jr. was an American Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy 500 racer Gary Bettenhausen. Another brother, Merle Bettenhausen, was critically injured in his only Indy Car start."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1951–2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-10-30"
deathDate: "2000-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.7
  momentum:             7.608695652173913
  historical:           5.692298666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen_jr."
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "تونى بيتنهاوزن الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen_Jr."
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen_Jr."
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen_Jr."
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen%2C_Jr."
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4365259"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump