Legends of Racing: The Bettenhausens

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A FloSports Studios original, in association with the United States Auto Club (USAC), the first of many installments in the Legends of Racing series spotlights the triumph and tragedy of the Bettenhausen family and their pursuit of racing immortality on the rough and tumble AAA and USAC circuits en route to the Indianapolis 500.
It’s a story endured by family patriarch and AAA National Champion Tony Bettenhausen as well as his sons: four-time USAC National Champion Gary Bettenhausen, USAC National Midget winner Merle Bettenhausen, and Indianapolis 500 veteran driver and car owner Tony Bettenhausen. It’s a pursuit star crossed by victory, heartbreak, injury, death, and the unwavering desire of achieving a lifelong dream.
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@joe9713 Жыл бұрын

Say what you want, but the Bettenhausen Family is the one family that the Indy 500 owes.

@CaryBettenhausen3 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@H3110NU Жыл бұрын

That Robin miller tribute clip at the end is amazing.

@howard2112 Жыл бұрын

Spoilers!!!!

@ackack2560 Жыл бұрын

Legendary

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

Robin was a great man full of character and is deeply missed in the sport.

@Spike-sk7ql Жыл бұрын

Robin Miller always had the best sayings. "Couldn't drive a greasy stick up a dog's ass" is up there with some of the best ones.😂😂😂 I miss his contributions to the broadcasts.

@Fairlane55 Жыл бұрын

Laughed my ass off when he said that....woke everyone up in the house. 🤣

@motohio1796 Жыл бұрын

One of the best films about racing have seen…thank you! When I was a kid, my mom always rooted for the Bettenhausen and Vukovich boys at Indy because she was so moved by the deaths of their fathers.

@ithemeparkOFFICIAL Жыл бұрын

This was fantastic! I’ve always been a big fan of the Bettenhausen family. The Robin Miller footage was so great to see. That ending clip with Miller is such a classic!! 😂

@roywinchel3620 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 63, raced Quartermidgets from the age of five so my hero's were race drivers. The Bettonhausons were some of my heroes...

@timothyharrison8953 Жыл бұрын

That outro! Classic! This was the best racing doc I've seen in a long time.

@Josey_Wales Жыл бұрын

I was a little kid and at the time I knew nothing about the Bettenhausen full history, but I pulled for Gary B and the Gas Man those few years they ran Indy in the 90s because of those awesome Glidden rides. This was really amazing! I can never get enough of that old Indy history. Such an iconic racing family and Merle is a testimony of toughness. From the injury, the pain of losing family and his outlook on life, just awesome! Robin was fantastic throughout with all of the stories and that great tribute at the end LOL. Thanks for the film!

@donolbers Жыл бұрын

The History Mystery Man has a great interview with Merle Bettenhausen, we'll worth watching

@enriquemartinez435 5 ай бұрын

This is one of the best racing docs I've seen, bravo

@DuddleBug5 Жыл бұрын

Cool that you uploaded this on to KZfaq!

@rogercastle2434 Жыл бұрын

What a great video. What a legendary family

@rolux4853 Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing documentary! I’m from Germany and nobody cares really about oval racing here, but I love it! I’m trying to learn all about it’s history and love doing it in Sim racing :) That’s the only way I can race ovals since there are no ovals in Germany unfortunately. But at least I can race my e36 track car on the great German roadcourses like the Nordschleife.

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of Oval Racing! Make sure to watch USAC Midgets on Dirt

@martydeem404 Жыл бұрын

Great documentary 👏🏻

@Doc_-_Savage_1 7 ай бұрын

Touching as this DOC is, I really broke down seeing Mark Donahue in the pits at Indy. He was one of my hero's, and like Tony B. he was taken from us to early. F1 has always been a thing that I can't stand, it's killed a lot of my fav drivers, Cevert, Revson, Donahue, Senna, I hate it. But I've always loved the Bettenhausens, they didn't know how to quit, I doubt they ever saw it as an option. And for that, they'll always be legend.

@johnnystir9796 Жыл бұрын

Great job with this documentary. I have always respected the Bettenhausens and what they went through in racing. Hopefully someday, a Bettenhausen will cross the yard of bricks ahead of the field and get that one for Tony, Gary, Tony and Merle as well as the rest of the family.

@unnecessaryroughness4681 8 ай бұрын

Todd Bettenhausen, Thank you for telling me about this story and to be sure to watch it. I am overwhelmed. That's all I can say. Thank you, Jeff Pittman

@p.rossopperman4699 Жыл бұрын

Sprint car drivers have always been the best drivers in the world

@user-ny7cs2dx1g 9 ай бұрын

My son was good friends with Gary Bettenhausen’s Grandson. We lived in Bettendorf, Iowa and Gary Bettenhausen’s son lived there. They were awesome people.

@storeymizzell3019 Жыл бұрын

Wow y’all killed this 🔥🏁 great job

@chrisalvey5993 Жыл бұрын

That was really good. Thank you for sharing with us.

@freedomfighter69 4 ай бұрын

The get well card which said, "I love you grandpa" made me cry...,so did finding the ring at the plane crash site.

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this!

@gregj831 Жыл бұрын

The Bettenhausen's were phenomenally talented race car drivers and just plain 'good people'.

@user-ib9pn9dp6c Жыл бұрын

Wow amazing content and opening picture of Merle is at Western Springs Speedway in Auckland New Zealand🏁

@jasonjackson5493 Жыл бұрын

Matthew dillner was a great addition to Flo 👏

@jonnyspa27 Жыл бұрын

FACT.

@stevus4863 Жыл бұрын

Great result! My brother and I grew up in the era of watching our dad getting into his sprrint car or sometimes midget not knowing whethèr it would be the last time we would see him alive. Oddly, rather than deterring us from racing ourselves it gave us a release and detachment to pursue that sense of immortality you experience when it all comes together in a win.

@pacmanindy Ай бұрын

I met Johnny Parsons, known as J.P., at the US Grand Prix, F1 that is. I wanted an autograph, but I got a hug instead.

@roywinchel3620 Жыл бұрын

In 1970 USAC Midgets ran a points race at San Jose speedway and I got an autograph from Bettenhauson... Sat in the car of course Lol...

@AshandAntAdventures Жыл бұрын

I grew up shopping at Bettenhausen Hardware before there were Walmarts. My Dad was friends with Tony Jr. all growing up, as they were in the same class. I can still remember days when I was in grade school, getting to sit in an Indy car while my parents stood and "talked shop" with this legendary family.

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing! I made me miss a time i never witnessed 😂 man racing and just about everything else was much better in the 50s-80s (And i was not prepared to see Robin this soon but i am glad i did ty flo racing truly!)

@garykarnes6514 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic fantastic fantastic thank you.

@rayisland23 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Documentary

@andyhamilton8940 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, just awesome! True Americans who strive to be the best and honor their Father.

@DaveyZee72 Жыл бұрын

This whole thing was incredible

@whitneytreeservicevt Жыл бұрын

Wow, this movie came out great!🏁🏁🇺🇸

@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos Жыл бұрын

Nicely done, FLO.

@raykaufman7156 Жыл бұрын

GREAT documentary. I miss Miller....😔

@kerryhodgson7908 Жыл бұрын

Great watch

@healthyone100 Жыл бұрын

Mark and Gary penske cars of 1972 have to be the prettiest race cars of all time with those huge wings on the back!

@freedom6919741 Жыл бұрын

Gary was a bad ass ! Also when lost Robin Miller it was giant blow to Indy Car racing.

@scottdevane2948 Жыл бұрын

Great job. Just that. Great job. 👍

@othgmark1 Жыл бұрын

Need a stronger word than legendary for this family.

@valk066 Жыл бұрын

Great Doc, grew up in Terre Haute, witness to the Larry and Gary show at the Action Track, living for the month of May!, 16th and Georgrtown, Racing at its best.

@loggerchadwake7141 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@LesMorrisracing 11 ай бұрын

My Dad went to school with Tony and they were best friend

@jeremyhackman273 Жыл бұрын

So we'll done!!!

@Gunny426HemiPlymouth Жыл бұрын

This was great, and the fact they left in the cussing was good

@beagletube Жыл бұрын

Great video. Way too many ads, though.

@storeymizzell3019 Жыл бұрын

Merle is the 🐐

@ybnrml3 Жыл бұрын

Gary was my favorite and the Terre Haute Action Track.

@garneauweld1100 Ай бұрын

I believe there was a time, after World War II, when most Indy cars were were built and trailered from the Los Angeles basin to Speedway. Before that period, I believe many cars were built in rural mid-america by farmers. In either case, you had to run a Miller if you wanted to win.

@alstone5257 4 ай бұрын

I lived near and hung out around Tinleypark

@MrChristopherHaas Жыл бұрын

It should be noted that there was some GOOD news coming out of MIS, Gary B. won a big Indy car race there!

@buckodonnghaile4309 Жыл бұрын

Good on Merle.

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Dirt is a equalizer these days from over use of technology

@SatansExecutioner Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@WillianOliveraCardoso-cg4vy Жыл бұрын

👋👋👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

@giff427dg Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the white knight

@Greg-nq4dj 9 ай бұрын

Damn you got to miss guys like Robin Miller

@MrChristopherHaas Жыл бұрын

Hey Flo Racing….do you have access to complete Car and Track series? Desperately trying tolocate 69’ USAC stock car race in Northern Wisconsin. I guaruntee you enough hits to make youre money if you post it on you tube

@stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

Safety has come a long way but im always thinkn about how back then they had tube chassis cars,crazy engine engineering,etc but no cage

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

Still are tube chassis.

@stevennewman8276 11 ай бұрын

@@zacharyradford5552 obviously. So whats ur point?

@zacharyradford5552 Жыл бұрын

Anybody know who’s version of “man of constant sorrow” that is???

@caitlincox3538 11 ай бұрын

That wreck suspicious?? Just a thought… idk… bolts coming out of the suspension….??

@buckodonnghaile4309 Жыл бұрын

1:08:48 poor guy sizzled his bawls.

@Meine.Postma Жыл бұрын

I had never heard of "Bettenhausen"

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Legends? The voice of Army Armstrong

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

What?

@V10ViperSRT Жыл бұрын

Ads every 5mins are pushing it. Doc is well done though.

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Winston Marlboro Camel and Salem now sends f1 a billion a year from Nascar and tobacco

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

No they don’t.

@healthyone100 Жыл бұрын

THat owner left his estate to a animal shelter well if i out live my 2 brothers that were my is going, animals are an absolute gift from the universe, and even the Bible says God created the animals first!

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Bentley built right or it never sees track

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

What?

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

USHRA and NTPA SERGEANT SLAUGHTER 😆

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

What?

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Sons never have half the will power when it comes down to it. Dale Jr too

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

His sons were basically blind, that doesnt help.

@tbhausen Жыл бұрын

@@aRedFrog far from it 😊

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

@@tbhausen my apologies sir, would visually impaired be proper?

@tbhausen Жыл бұрын

@@aRedFrog wouldn’t be fair if we had 100% of our parts in top working order because none of the rest of our family does!

@aRedFrog Жыл бұрын

@@tbhausen Oh no i mean absolutely no ill intention, the way i understood this orginal comment was that the Bettenhausen boys donot have the will power the father did. Which is clearly not true, from the video i gathered it was bc of the vision.

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Cigarettes in pocket for cautions bubble goggles

@DotJerk-hr7lq Жыл бұрын

Crop subsidies from tobacco. Looking to make government keep that money the land produces in America mandates? Those teams with those sponsors build teams from America

@grahamkeeton6643 Жыл бұрын

I probably will get a lot of crap for this Indy is at the end of the day just another race in the IndyCar racing season The simple fact is that this family never one and as the commentary said it's an obsession that the family has to think about about quitting automobile racing altogether The family may have had some success in some smaller divisions What could have been isn't really the case It's just that sometimes racing has luck and this family seemed to not have any luck at Indy

@zacharyradford5552 11 ай бұрын

Indy didn’t start as part of the Indy car series. It started as part of the F1 series. Also racing for everyone is an obsession.

@fighterjetsteve Жыл бұрын

I just got back from seeing the 2023 Indy 500. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a magical place on race day.

@fighterjetsteve Жыл бұрын

The Bettenhausen family has sure had their share of tragedy. My father was a machinist at Meyer-Drake Engineering for many years and knew George Salih quite well. The 1958 Indy 500 was probably the best opportunity for a Bettenhausen to win the 500. I always rooted for them to win too.