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.

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

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

Racing Dream Ends in Tragedy at Utah’s SpeedWeek A high-speed dream turned deadly when Chris Raschke, a 60-year-old driver, ...

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, a seasoned driver, died on Sunday (August 3) while attempting to set a land speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Raschke was driving a vehicle called the Speed Demon at 283 mph ...

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

For decades, people have used the flat, glasslike surface at Bonneville Salt Flats to set speed records sometimes topping 400 mph.

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 racing community at the Bonneville Salt Flats is mourning the loss of record-setting racer Chris Raschke while continuing ...