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🇬🇧 Jeff Ward
Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar, Vision Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Jeff Ward
Born
22 June 1961(b. 1961)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Vision Racing
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
8
Career starts
61
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,334
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,334Rank 765 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Jeff Ward is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in IndyCar for Vision Racing. Ward has recorded 1 win and 8 podiums from 61 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,334 ranks Ward 765th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2005 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2005-05-29 | Indianapolis 500 | P27 | −72 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +149 | Boomtown 500 2002 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +145 | Indy 200 1998 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +143 | 81st Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 1997 | IndyCar | P3 |
| +136 | Visionaire 500 1998 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +127 | MCI WorldCom 200 1999 | IndyCar | P2 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ▸IndyCar | Vision Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −72 | 5,334 |
| 2002 | ▸IndyCar | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −252 | 5,406 |
| 2001 | ▸IndyCar | Heritage Motorsports | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P10 | — | 5,658 |
| 2000 | ▸IndyCar | A.J. Foyt Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +133 | 5,658 |
| 1999 | ▸IndyCar | ISM Racing | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −103 | 5,525 |
| 1998 | ▸IndyCar | ISM Racing | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P7 | +186 | 5,628 |
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | ISM Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +4,092 | 5,442 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Ward finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier | 5,098 | 61 | 23 | 38 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold | 5,688 | 60 | 24 | 36 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum | 4,858 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Billy Boat | 5,208 | 57 | 30 | 27 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Greg Ray | 5,314 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Robbie Buhl | 5,240 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark Dismore | 5,154 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 60% |
| 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | 5,675 | 45 | 19 | 26 | 42% |
| 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | 5,488 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton | 5,091 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated | 6,497 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31% |
| 🇬🇧 Dario FranchittiHigher-rated, 4× champion | 6,346 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇧🇷 Gil de FerranHigher-rated | 6,099 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 31% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 755 | 🇧🇷 Guilherme Salas | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,343 |
| 756 | 🇺🇸 Charlie Kimball | IndyCar | 5,340 |
| 757 | 🇫🇷 François Hesnault | Formula 1 | 5,340 |
| 758 | 🇬🇧 Sam Hancock | WEC | 5,340 |
| 759 | 🇺🇸 Gar Robinson | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,339 |
| 760 | 🇺🇸 Jason Leffler | NASCAR Truck | 5,337 |
| 761 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Mattschull | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,336 |
| 762 | 🇯🇵 Haruki Kurosawa | Super GT | 5,335 |
| 763 | 🇬🇧 Ross Hockenhull | International Formula 3000 | 5,335 |
| 764 | 🇩🇪 Benjamin Goethe | WEC | 5,334 |
| 765 | 🇬🇧 Jeff Ward | IndyCar | 5,334 |
| 766 | 🇦🇺 Rob Nguyen | International Formula 3000 | 5,334 |
| 767 | 🇩🇪 Tony Schmidt | International Formula 3000 | 5,334 |
| 768 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Boldrini | FIA GT Championship | 5,331 |
| 769 | 🇦🇷 Néstor Girolami | TCR World Tour | 5,331 |
| 770 | 🇯🇵 Marco Sørensen | WEC | 5,329 |
| 771 | 🇸🇪 Linus Lundqvist | Zenith Racing Series | 5,328 |
| 772 | 🇺🇸 Parker Retzlaff | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,326 |
| 773 | 🇦🇷 Juan Cruz Alvarez | GP2 Series | 5,324 |
| 774 | 🇺🇸 Art Cross | Formula 1 | 5,322 |
| 775 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Dye | ARCA Menards Series | 5,320 |
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