Driver Chris Raschke lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene ...

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

A 60-year-old veteran of the land speed record community was killed while attempting a speed record run during a Bonneville ...

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

“At approximately 3:03 p.m. Mountain Time today, driver Chris Raschke, age 60, was attempting a speed record and lost control ...

Tributes have been paid to veteran driver Chris Raschke, 60, who "lost control of his land speed vehicle" close to the 2.5 ...

Race organisers at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats have confirmed that a veteran driver died in a 283mph (455km/h) crash ...

Chris Raschke lost control of his vehicle on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah during the annual "SpeedWeek" event on Aug. 3 ...

Land speed racer Chris Raschke died Sunday after losing control and crashing while trying to set a record at Utah’s ...

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

Land speed racing is one of the oldest forms of motorsport, and quite literally consists of going very, very fast in (ideally) a straight line. The higher the speed your car can attain, the better!

Land speed racer Charles Nearburg set a record with his vehicle the Spirit of Rett in 2010. The land speed car is named after his son, who died in 2005 and dreamed of racing a car at the ...