Charles Raymond Keech (1900-05-01)May 1, 1900 Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
June 15, 1929(1929-06-15) (aged 29) Tipton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Championship titles
Major victories Indianapolis 500 (1929)
Champ Car career
11 races run over 3 years
Best finish
2nd (1928, 1929)
First race
1927 Atlantic City 200 (Atlantic City)
Last race
1929 Altoona 200 #1 (Altoona)
First win
1928 Detroit 100 (Detroit)
Last win
1929 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
4
4
2
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.
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an American land speed record car built for J. H. White and driven by RayKeech. It was powered by three 27-litre Liberty aero engines, for a total of...
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5: Drivers Tony Gulotta and RayKeech were named to the two cars that belonged to Frank Lockhart. Sunday May 6: RayKeech departed for Philadelphia, but...
30, 1929. RayKeech, 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...
win the race was Maude "M.A." Yagle, who owned the car of 1929 winner RayKeech.[citation needed] In 1935, Amelia Earhart was selected to serve as the...
claim the title again in 1929 and 1933. At the 1929 Indianapolis 500, RayKeech beat Meyer, only to be killed at Altoona two weeks later, the season's...
but was outclassed by the Millers. RayKeech won after duelling with the Millers of Lou Moore and Louis Meyer. Keech was killed a fortnight later at the...
Nicola Romeo was ousted from the board of directors. On 22 April, American RayKeech raised the Land speed record to 207.6 mph with an 81-litre monster at...
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Boyer and 1929 winner RayKeech both suffered fatal accidents at the facility in the same years as their Indianapolis 500 wins – Keech's occurring only seventeen...
finding explanations have failed. Keech begins to cry. 4:45 am. Another message by automatic writing is sent to Keech. It states, in effect, that the God...
RayKeech, who had set the record in the Triplex Special. Jim White, owner of the Special, wanted the title to come back to the United States. Keech was...
and the Indianapolis 500 winner was RayKeech. Bill Spence died during the Indianapolis 500 on May 30. RayKeech, who won the Indianapolis 500 a few weeks...
Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Farrell, W. J. (June 16, 1929). "Keech dies in Altoona race crash". The Pittsburgh Press. "Auto race driver killed...
non-championship AAA races. Ralph DePalma (19) Bob Burman (6) Hughie Hughes (4) Ray Harroun (4) Louis Disbrow (4) Gil Andersen (3) Bert Dingley (3) Eddie O'Donnell...
Kelvin Kirkwood Keech (June 28, 1895 – May 22, 1977)[citation needed] was an American actor, producer and old-time radio announcer. Keech was known for...
Championship. 1929: Louis Meyer stalls on his final pitstop, handing the race to RayKeech, who is killed in a racing crash just two weeks after the '500'. 1930:...
than any other nationality. The winner of the first race was American racer Ray Harroun in 1911, and the most recent winner is American racer Josef Newgarden...
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