Race organisers at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats have confirmed that a veteran driver died in a 283mph (455km/h) crash while trying to break the land speed record. Driver Chris Raschke lost ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon ...

Chris Raschke of the Speed Demon Racing Team died Sunday while attempting to break a land speed record at the annual Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week in Utah. Reports claim the veteran racer lost ...

A 60-year-old man has died after losing control of his land speed vehicle while attempting to set a new record Chris Raschke was taking part in the annual "SpeedWeek" event in Utah on Aug. 3 Rashke ...

A speed driver died while trying to break a record during the Bonneville Speed Week event in Utah on Sunday. Chris Raschke, 60, was driving at 283 miles per hour while trying to set a land speed ...

Thrill seeker Jim ‘Jet’ Neilson plans to use his vehicle, which looks like a wheeled rocket, to break break a land speed record in Hondo. Thrill seeker Jim ‘Jet’ Neilson plans to use his vehicle, ...

A racing driver was killed as he attempted to break a land speed world record on Sunday, after he lost control of his vehicle at speeds approaching 300 mph. Chris Raschke, who was 60, was ...

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