Pat Ward (racing driver)

For other people with the same name, see Patrick Ward.

Patrick Ward (March 6, 1957) is an American Dirt Modified racing driver, currently credited with over 145 career wins at 17 tracks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida.^[5]

Pat Ward
Born	Patrick Ward (1957-03-06) March 6, 1957 (age 68) [1] Genoa, New York
Modified racing career
Debut season	1979
Car number	42P
Championships	4
Wins	151[2]
Previous series
1973-1978	Late model
Championship titles
1998 New York State Fair Champion[3] 2004 Mr. Dirt 358 Modified Champion 2007, 2008, 2009 Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour[4]
Statistics up to date as of July 23, 2024.

Racing career

Pat Ward began his racing career in 1973 in a late model Mustang at Weedsport Speedway, New York. Since progressing to the Modified division, he has claimed track championships in New York at Can-Am Speedway in LaFargeville, Fulton Speedway, and Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon.^[5][6][7][8] He has also competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Selinsgrove Speedway in Pennsylvania and Brewerton Speedway, Fonda Speedway, and the Syracuse Mile in New York.^{[1][4][5][9][10]}

Ward is also a respected fabricator and mechanic, having built his own cars and engines for much of his early career, and then joining manufacturer Howard Conkey's Show Car Engineering company in 1982.^[5]

Pat Ward was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2021.^[5]