Jack McGrath

American · 1950–1955
VS

Rodger Ward

American · 1951–1963
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
2
0
Jack McGrath · Rodger Ward
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 0
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 0
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P12
Best championship
P10
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1952
1
0
1953
Career totals
Jack McGrath Rodger Ward
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
1
0
Podiums
2
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
9
14
Starts
6
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack McGrath Rodger Ward
Win rate
0%
8.3%
Podium rate
33.3%
16.7%
Pole rate
16.7%
0%
Points / start
1.5
1.2
Avg grid
P3.2
P16.5
Avg finish
P10.3
P16.8
Finish rate
83.3%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack McGrath Rodger Ward
Mechanical retirements
1
6
Crash retirements
0
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1951
First win
1959 · aged 38
1954
First pole
First title
P3
Best finish
P1
-7.2
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962
Jack McGrath Rodger Ward
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jack McGrath Rodger Ward
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Jack McGrath 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 2 · P1 Rodger Ward
Team history
Jack McGrath
KUR
Kurtis Kraft 1950–1955
Rodger Ward
KUR
LES
WAT
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
19501963
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).