Jimmy Bryan

American · 1952–1960
VS

Rodger Ward

American · 1951–1963
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
2
0
Jimmy Bryan · 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
P10
Best championship
P10
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1952
1
0
1955
Career totals
Jimmy Bryan Rodger Ward
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
3
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
18
14
Starts
9
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jimmy Bryan Rodger Ward
Win rate
11.1%
8.3%
Podium rate
33.3%
16.7%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.0
1.2
Avg grid
P15.2
P16.5
Avg finish
P13.4
P16.8
Finish rate
77.8%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jimmy Bryan Rodger Ward
Mechanical retirements
2
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
1952
Debut season
1951
1958 · aged 32
First win
1959 · aged 38
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.8
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963
Jimmy Bryan Rodger Ward
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jimmy Bryan Rodger Ward
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Jimmy Bryan 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1 Rodger Ward
Team history
Jimmy Bryan
KUZ
EPP
Kurtis Kraft 1952Schroeder 1953Kuzma 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1960
Rodger Ward
KUR
LES
WAT
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
19511963
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).