# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-bettenhausen
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:21:17.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-bettenhausen"
name: "Tony Bettenhausen"
slug: "tony-bettenhausen"
description: "Melvin Eugene \"Tony\" Bettenhausen was an American racing driver known primarily for his open-wheel career. He twice won the National Championship, doing so in 1951 and 1958. He also competed in stock cars, winning under AAA and USAC sanction."
tagline: "American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Bettenhausen_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1916-09-12"
deathDate: "1961-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.23
  momentum:             0.07183908045977011
  historical:           14.32618
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    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"
    title: "تونى بيتنهاوزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "تونی بتنهازن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Беттенхаузен, Тони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bettenhausen"
    title: "Tony Bettenhausen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172098"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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