Tony Bettenhausen & Sons: An American Racing Family Album
By Gordon Kirby with Merle and Susan Bettenhausen
Family “dynasties,” while rare, are not uncommon in motor racing, as the names Unser, Andretti, Petty, Earnhardt, Hill and Villeneuve attest, but the first of these in the modern era was the Bettenhausen Family. It was built around the success of Melvin Eugene “Tony” Bettenhausen, a double Indycar National Champion in the ’50s, and father of three sons who followed in his oversize footsteps.
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