Ward, who had won the Indy 500 that year and would win it again in 1962, told the Cooper team members he was in Sebring to drive a dirt track car.
Ward, que gañara o Indy 500 ese ano e gañaríao outra vez en 1962, díxolles aos membros do equipo de Cooper estaba en Sebring para conducir un coche de autocros.