A land speed racer competing at Utah's Salt Flats died Aug. 3 while attempting a speed record, event organizers said.

Chris Raschke tragically died Sunday after he lost control of his vehicle while reportedly traveling 283 mph while attempting ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died ...

A driver trying to set a land speed record died Sunday after he lost control of his “Speed Demon” rocket-like vehicle when he ...

Chris Raschke, 60, lost control of his vehicle while trying to set a speed record on Sunday, the event’s organizers said.

Chris Raschke, 60, was reportedly piloting the Speed Demon 3 at nearly 300 mph when he lost control of the specially designed ...

Speed driver Chris Raschke died while attempting to break the land speed record during the Bonneville Speed Week event in ...

Veteran high-speed driver Chris Raschke has died after losing control of his vehicle while driving at nearly 300 mph at an ...

A 60-year-old professional driver died while attempting to set a land speed record during "Speed Week" at Bonneville Salt ...

On Aug. 5, 1963, Craig Breedlove set land-speed records in his famed Spirit of America, clocking 407 mph at Bonneville. The ...

Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats have been one of America's most famous speedways for more than 100 years. The salt that stretches for miles and miles in northwest Utah makes the region look like a ...

It has been long assumed that Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000 years ago. But new research from the University of Utah has gutted that ...