Aj Watson Race Cars. All text is copyright michael ferner 2009 2020. During the long reign of the offenhauser and right up until the early days of the rear engine revolution.
Watson may 8 1924 may 12 2014 was a car builder and chief mechanic from 1949 through 1984 in the indianapolis 500 winning the race six times as a car builder. We have now covered four and a half decades of champ car racing with a. Aj built his cars without any blue prints.
A native of southern california watson came to indianapolis in 1948 but missed the race he returned the following year with a home built car that failed to qualify.
We have now covered four and a half decades of champ car racing with a. Rodger ward won 18 races driving watson cars. Last updated by michael ferner on 14 dec 2009. Watson passed away on monday at 90.
