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A land speed racer competing at Utah's Salt Flats died Aug. 3 while attempting a speed record, event organizers said.
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Speed driver Chris Raschke died while attempting to break the land speed record during the Bonneville Speed Week event in ...
For decades, people have used the flat, glasslike surface at Bonneville Salt Flats to set speed records sometimes topping 400 ...
A daredevil has died going 283 mph in a bid to break the land speed record in Utah’s salt flats. Chris Raschke, 60, had made ...
The accident happened Sunday during "Speed Week" at the Bonneville Salt Flats, part of an annual event drawing drivers to the ...
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, was reportedly piloting the Speed Demon 3 at nearly 300 mph when he lost control of the specially designed vehicle.
Driver Chris Raschke, 60, lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California ...