Former member 8 years
Track is better identified as Anderson (its current name is Anderson Speedway).

woudys 9 years
No problem mate :) Call it a kind of fetish but I always wondering how crashes happened and what caused the death, many I know from memory but some like this one are hard to find some info on. I remembering something about this crash I read a long time ago that a wheel of the car of Lynch hit the head of Kern, Kern died on instant from head trauma but nothing I can find about that these days .. it was many years ago on the internet I read it but maybe it might not all be true what I am saying here. Sad thing is that a drivers head is what causing the most death, brain trauma, broken neck, hitting by cars or debris is the main reason a driver loses his life :(

mattia 9 years
@woudys Thank you for the info! i didn't find anything on the internet.

woudys 9 years
Sun Valley Speedway, Indiana 1968. A race that was known from 1962 to 1971 as the "little" 500 and was raced with USAC sprint cars, here is some info about the crash .. The accident started when Steve Lehnert of North Olmstead, Ohio got sideways coming out of turn two on lap 208. Kern, driving the Roger Hegg Ford, slid into Lehnert and was, in turn, broadsided by 1967 co-champion Cy Fairchild. Fairchild’s ride careened into the infield and about that time, Chuck Lynch of Springfield, Ill, crashed into Kern’s mount, rode up over the cockpit of the Minnesota sprinter and flipped one and half times. Lynch machine came down its side, rolled up onto its wheels and burst into flames. The fire was quickly extinguished and Lynch escaped without any burns. Both Kern and Lynch were rushed to St. John's Hospital where Kern died of his injuries and Lynch was treated from cuts and bruises of the left arm and shoulder and then released. Credits to http://www.midwestracingarchives.com