Smoky Kern

Smoky Kern
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Smoky Kern was a guy about medium height, thick black hair and a face that must have been chiseled out of a pine knot with a dull knife. He seemed to be around fifty, give or take. He was the owner and promoter of the Bradford Speedway when Mel Austin crashed there in August 1954. He arranged a collection after the crash and gave Mel $578.^BR2-1

Smoky told school superintendent Mike Corrigan that Mel was a qualified auto shop teacher.^BR2-2