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Ray Keech: First American over 200mph - Jive Bomber @Jalopy Journal

Ray Keech: First American over 200mph – Jive Bomber @Jalopy Journal

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. The car he used was unusual, and brutal, to say the least. The White Triplex was backed by wealthy industrialist J.H. White, and…

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Ray Keech and the White Triplex Land Speed Racer. Keech drove the Triplex to a land speed record in 1928. The following year Keech won the Indy 500.