Ken Miles Cause Of Death: What caused Ken Miles crash?

Kenneth Henry Miles was a British sports car racing engineer and driver.

He was best known for his motorsport career in the US and with American teams on the international scene.

Miles was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001.

Ken Miles was married to Mollie and had a son, Peter Miles.

Ken Miles Cause Of Death: What caused Ken Miles crash?

Following an entire day’s testing at Riverside International Raceway, Miles approached the end of the track’s 1-mile (1.6 km), downhill back straight at top speed (200-plus mph) when the car suddenly looped, flipped, crashed and caught fire.

The car broke into pieces and ejected Miles, killing him instantly on August 17, 1966.

Miles was the second test driver to be killed while testing a J-car in the span of five months, with the previous driver, Walt Hansgen, being killed. The J-car testing was halted for a bit before resuming with Miles at the wheel.

After Miles’s death, the car was renamed Ford Mk IV and was heavily modified.