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Gene Hartley

  • 1950–1960
  • HAR
  • Born 28 January 1926 in Roanoke
  • Died 13 March 1994
  • Leslie Eugene Hartley

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Never drove a Formula 1 race. All of these appearances were at the Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the drivers' championship from 1950 to 1960 but was run to different regulations with a different field.

Career numbers

  • Avg grid position18.5
  • Avg finish15.3
  • Retirement rate0%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+26
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsLangley (1950) · Kurtis Kraft (1952–1954, 1960) · Kuzma (1956, 1959) · Lesovsky (1957)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

1 1950: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 195019521954195619601 1950: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1960: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 19501953195619591960
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Langley10–
1952Kurtis Kraft10–
1953Kurtis Kraft10–
1954Kurtis Kraft10–
1956Kuzma10–
1957Lesovsky10–
1959Kuzma10–
1960Kurtis Kraft10–

Every race

9 entries, 8 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 9 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950Indianapolis 500Langley31P16
1952Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft18P28
1953Indianapolis 500sharedKuzma–P9
Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft13P28
1954Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft17P23
1956Indianapolis 500Kuzma22P11
1957Indianapolis 500Lesovsky14P10
1959Indianapolis 500Kuzma9P11
1960Indianapolis 500Kurtis Kraft24P14

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Johnnie Parsons1952–19561:41:3+0.55%0 : 3Compare
Jim Rathmann1952–19541:42:1−0.60%0 : 6Compare
Sam Hanks1952–19540:40:3+0.19%0 : 6Compare
Bob Sweikert1952–19561:31:2+0.13%0 : 0Compare
Art Cross1952–19540:32:1−0.04%0 : 8Compare
Jack McGrath1952–19540:30:3+1.42%0 : 7Compare
Bill Vukovich1952–19540:31:2+0.82%0 : 18Compare
Rodger Ward1952–19571:22:1+0.04%0 : 0Compare
Fred Agabashian1952–19540:31:2+0.21%0 : 1.5Compare
Chuck Stevenson1952–19531:30:1–0 : 0Compare
Andy Linden1952–19541:30:1–0 : 0Compare
Paul Russo1953–19540:32:0–0 : 1.5Compare
Jerry Hoyt1953–19541:21:1–0 : 0Compare
Jimmy Bryan1952–19561:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Dennis Nalon1952–19530:21:1–0 : 0Compare
Duane Carter1953–19540:30:1–0 : 3.5Compare
Jimmy Daywalt1953–19541:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Jimmy Davies1953–19540:31:0–0 : 0Compare
Marshall Teague1953–19540:31:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Bettenhausen1953–19541:21:0–0 : 0Compare
Anthony Joseph Foyt1959–19601:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Bob Scott1952–19531:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Eddie Johnson1953–19561:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Johnny Thomson1953–19561:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Pat Flaherty1953–19541:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Jimmy Reece19520:11:0–0 : 0Compare
George Connor19520:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Cliff Griffith19520:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Joe James19520:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Johnny McDowell19520:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Chet Miller19521:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Carl Scarborough19530:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Bill Holland19530:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Walt Faulkner19530:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Spider Webb19530:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Cal Niday19531:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Troy Ruttman19540:10:1–0 : 1.5Compare
Mike Nazaruk19540:10:1–0 : 2Compare
Larry Crockett19540:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Ernie McCoy19540:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Frank Armi19540:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Pat O'Connor19540:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Bill Homeier19541:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Billy Garrett19561:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Eddie Sachs19591:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Al Keller19591:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Bill Cheesbourg19591:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Bob Christie19600:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Shorty Templeman19601:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Don Freeland19601:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Eddie Russo19601:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Gene Force19601:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Dempsey Wilson19601:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Duke Dinsmore19530:10:0–0 : 0Compare
Johnny Mantz19530:10:0–0 : 0Compare
Jackie Holmes19530:10:0–0 : 0Compare
Manny Ayulo19531:00:0–0 : 0Compare
Jimmy Jackson19540:10:0–0 : 0Compare
George Fonder19540:10:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Gene Hartley came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Indianapolis815.3