As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Jim Rathmann · Rodger Ward
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
3
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
4
9 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P10
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1959
P10
1960
P8
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1952
1
0
1953
0
1
1956
0
1
1959
1
0
1960
Career totals
Jim Rathmann
Rodger Ward
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
29
14
Starts
10
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Rathmann
Rodger Ward
Win rate
10%
8.3%
Podium rate
40%
16.7%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.9
1.2
Avg grid
P17.3
P16.5
Avg finish
P11.3
P16.8
Finish rate
80%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Rathmann
Rodger Ward
Mechanical retirements
1
6
Crash retirements
1
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
1960 · aged 31
First win
1959 · aged 38
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+6.0
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
Jim Rathmann
Rodger Ward
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Rathmann | Rodger Ward |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jim Rathmann 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Rodger Ward | ||
Team history
Jim Rathmann
Rodger Ward
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).