Who won 18 races driving Watson cars and an American race driver with 26 victories in top echelon open-wheel racing?
Rodger Ward 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.
Fred Lecklider Fred Lecklider (9 June 1895, in Toledo, Ohio – 10 January 1964, in Los Angeles, California) was an American racecar driver. Lecklider made six AAA Championship Car starts in 1926 and 1927 including the Indianapolis 500 both of those years. His best finish was sixth on a pair of board ovals in 1927. He returned to Indianapolis in 1930 to drive in relief for Leslie Allen.