Ken Taylor (1929-1966
Less than 48 hours after he had attained the Missouri State Super-Modified Stock Car Championship for the fourth year Ken Taylor, a handsome and very popular driver from Slater, Mo., was killed last night when his family "No. 96" racer violently rolled down the oval along No. 3 turn at Sportsman's Speedway - the racing plant which Taylor knew best and from which he gained his surest stepping stones into racing prominence.)