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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 was a member of the famed Speed Demon team, who set the current Bonneville Salt Flats record at 470 mph in 2020 ...
A driver attempting to break a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats crashed his land speed vehicle and died Sunday.