I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

He won the AAA National Championship with victories at Milwaukee DuQuoin and the Indy Fairgrounds. He began to fly B-17 Flying Fortress and was so good he was retained as an instructor. He finiRodger Wardd 34 laps before his car suffered a broken oil line.

Ward (January 10 1921 – July 5 2004) was an American racecar driver who won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. Rodger M.