Charles Raymond Keech (May 1, 1900 – June 15, 1929) was an American racing driver. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, as well as for setting a land speed record. Keech set the land speed record of 207.55 miles per hour (334.02 km/h) on April 22, 1928.

RAY KEECH flashed into international prominence by setting a new world land speed record at Daytona Beach on April 22, 1928. Driving J.W. White’s unique Triplex Special, which was powered by three V-16 Aero Liberty aircraft engines, he averaged 207.552 miles per hour for the two-way run to erase the former mark established by Malcolm Campbell ...

Ray Keech's victory celebration in the 1929 Indy 500 was short-lived. Keech was killed 16 days later at the Altoona board track in Pennsylvania. He became the third winner of the Indy 500 to lose his life at Altoona. Howdy Wilcox and Joe Boyer were the others.

Ray Keech, who finished fourth a year earlier, took the lead for the final time on lap 158 and won his first Indianapolis 500. Keech won for car owner Maude A. Yagle, the first and to-date, only female winning owner in Indy history.

Ray was a board track and brick track racer in the 1920s. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, and for setting a land speed record. Keech set the land speed record of 207.55 mph (334.02 km/h) on April 22, 1928. He qualified sixth for the 1929 Indianapolis 500.

Jun 1, 2015 · This essay traces the racing careers of Ray Keech and his contemporaries to examine the ways Americans conceptualized speed and risk during the 1920s and 1930s. Racecar drivers craved extreme thrills behind the wheel of their purpose-built racecars.

Aug 4, 2022 · The Brits ruled the Daytona Beach Land Speed records: Seagrave and Campbell went back and forth going faster and faster, but one man broke their streak for a brief time, when board track and Daytona 500 racer Ray Keech went 207.55 mph on the beach April 22nd, 1928.

ALTOONA, Pa., June 15.--Ray Keech, who flashed suddenly from comparative obscurity as a dirt track racing, driver to fame as holder of the American automobile speed record, met death on the...

Feb 19, 2023 · Ray Keech May 1, 1900 - June 15, 1929 - From: Coatesville, Pennsylvania • Got racing start on board and brick tracks • Set land speed record at 207.55 mph (334.92 kmfn) on April 22, 1928 at Ormond/Daytona Beach course, in the Triplex “Spirit of Elton” • 1928 AAA national championship runner-up • Won the 1929 Indianapolis 500

Ray Keech (born 01 May 1900 Coatesville, Pennsylvania; died 15 Jun 1929 Tipton, Pennsylvania). The winner of the 1929 Indianapolis 500, he was killed, shortly afterwards, in a crash at Altoona, Pennsylvania, becoming the shortest lived Indianapolis 500 winner in terms of life since victory.