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Rodger Ward – from zero to hero

IndyCar

Rodger Ward – from zero to hero

By Joe Scalzo - May 25, 2024, 11:54 AM ET

For a long time, Indy car racing’s most hated player was Rodger Ward, a.k.a. Rodger the Dodger. Ward had earned the hateful alias because of triggering, but somehow avoiding involvement in, two of the most infamous and fatal accidents of the 1950s, the first resulting in the death of Clay...

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