Who won 18 races driving Watson cars and an American race driver with 26 victories in top echelon open-wheel racing?
A. J. Watson A. J. Watson (May 8, 1924 – May 12, 2014) was a car builder and chief mechanic from 1949 through 1984 in the Indianapolis 500, winning the race six times as a car builder. Rodger Ward won 18 races driving Watson cars.
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.