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Rodger Ward (24) battles George Constantine in 1959. In 1959, Lime Rock was the site of a notable upset, when Rodger Ward won a Formula Libre race driving an Offenhauser-engined midget car, usually used on oval tracks. Ward used an advantageous power-to-weight ratio and his dirt-track cornering abilities to defeat several highly regarded sports ...
Rodger Morris Ward (January 10, 1921 – July 5, 2004) was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships , and two Indianapolis 500s , both in 1959 and 1962.
Lime Rock: Elisha Walker Results: George Constantine: 5 Meadowdale #10 Nickey Chevrolet: Results: Jim Jeffords: 6 Riverside #211 John von Neumann Results: Richie Ginther: 7 Lime Rock: Kurtis Kraft Midget/Offenhauser: Results: Rodger Ward: 8 Meadowdale #50 Meister Brauser Results: Augie Pabst: 9 Vaca Valley #50 Meister Brauser Results: Augie ...
In 1959 Lime Rock Park held a famous Formula Libre race, where Rodger Ward shocked the expensive and exotic sports car contingent by beating them on the road course in an Offenhauser powered midget car, which was normally considered competitive on oval tracks only. On the strength of this performance, the car was entered in the Formula 1 1959 ...
It was in his role as circuit director at Lime Rock that he organized and drove in the famous Formula Libre race, where Rodger Ward shocked the expensive and exotic sports cars by beating them on an Offenhauser-powered midget car, normally considered only to be competitive on oval tracks. [3]
^C C and D Modified were classified together at Lime Rock; the combined class was won by Roger Penske in a DM-class Cooper Monaco. The highest-finishing CM car was Bob Colombosian's Buick-Mustang in 2nd. ^D E Modified were classified with D Modified at Lake Garnett.
English: Roger Ward (24) and George Constantine (49) in the Lime Rock Formula Libre Race ("The Race"), July 25, 1959. See: ...
He set course records at Lime Rock, (1:05.81), and Marlboro, in 1958, and he was one of the top-rated competitors in the 1959 Daytona, Fla. international speedway race. [1] Constantine battling Rodger Ward (24) at Lime Rock. Constantine was known as the "King of Lime Rock" and "The Flying Greek."