Word: rodgers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...super-powered 1.7-liter midget racing car, designed for level, oval tracks, had only one gear, seemed hopelessly outclassed on the looping, hilly mile-and-a-half course. But after his mechanics had lowered his single-gear ratio to get more speed, husky Rodger Ward, 38, needed only the same heavy foot that won him this year's Indianapolis 500 to lead the pack across the finish line in a 150-mile free-formula race at Lime Rock, Conn...
...Rodger Ward, who out lasted the favorite, skimmed by three major crashes and set a new record in the U.S.'s most exacting test of men and racing cars. See SPORT...
...only one week before, developed clutch trouble. Mike Magill went to the hospital with neck injuries after hitting the Speedway wall on the 47th lap. Ray Crawford hit a wall on the 121st lap, suffered broken ribs. But through the pile-ups nothing bothered 38-year-old Veteran Rodger Ward of Los Angeles, a onetime fighter pilot who had never finished higher than eighth in eight previous "500" races. He nursed the dirty-white Leader Card Special in front to stay on the 86th lap, sped home the winner by a tight 23 sec. over Veteran Jim Rathmann. Ward...
West Point reputes to have a strong freestyler who would make a close race of it against Rodger Clifton or Ron Mischner, likely Crimson entrants, if Dyer cannot compete...
...Rodger Clifton and Mischner teamed up to take first and second in the 50-yard freestyle, in :24.1. Jantzen was third for Tech. Greg Stone took a first for the Crimson in diving, with 68 points. Bryson was second for M.I.T., while Duane Murner finished third for Harvard...