Rodger Ward

One would expect that winning the Indy 500 and the USAC driving Championship two times, as well as notching up some 26 major race victories, would somewhat inflate a driver’s ego – not in the case of the affable Rodger Ward. In the first of a two-part interview, Ward sat down with Casey Annis to talk both about his Indy career and his lesser-known achievements as a road racer.

VRJ: How did you get started in racing?