KEECH’S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 224, 18 June 1929, Page 11

KEECH’S DEATH

RESULT OF COLLISION ON SPEEDWAY LEADING FIELD AT TIME ANOTHER DRIVER BADLY INJURED (United Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) Australian Press Association. Altoona, Pa., June 16. Ray Keech, who was killed in a 200mile event at Tipton Speedway, was leading the field when th-j car driven, by Rob Robinson struck hole on tho wooden track, shot up into the air, and bounded down in the path of Keech. Keech tried to avoid a smash, but lost control of his machine and a second later two other machines crashed into him. Robinson and Ernest Triplett, another of the drivers involved, were unhurt, but Cliff Woodbury, the fourth racer, was badly injured, though he will probably recover. Petrol from the wrecked cars ignited the track, but the fire was quickly extinguished. Some 25,000 spectators crowded around the mile and a quarter oval which Keech was negotiating at 119 miles an hour. The race was halted after the accident. The prize awards will be made on the basis of the standing at the time of the accident, giving Keech the first money. Keech had raced considerably, but he sprang into fame when he beat Captain Campbell’s world record at Daytona Beach in 1928.