The Floridian race driver won 18 races driving Watson cars. He has 26 victories in top echelon open-wheel racing. He won the 1962 USAC Championship Car season.
 Rodger Ward won 18 races driving Watson cars. 
Rodger M. Ward (January 10, 1921  July 5, 2004) was a WWII P-38 aviator in the United States Air Force, and an American race driver with 26 victories in top echelon open-wheel racing in North America, two Indianapolis 500 victories, and two USAC National Championships, who conceived the classic tri-oval design and layout of Pocono International Raceway, modeled after his three favorite signature turns, at Trenton, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. 
 The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rodger Ward. 
