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 ...

Longtime land speed racer Chris Raschke was killed in a crash at Bonneville Sunday during a pass down Bonneville's Course No. 1. The crash occurred when the car was going approximately 300 mph and ...

Veteran racer Chris Raschke suffered fatal injuries in a catastrophic crash during the second day of Bonneville Speed Week on Sunday afternoon when the legendary streamliner Speed Demon III went ...

Update 8/4/2025: We are sad to report Speed Demon III was involved in an accident on the second day SCTA's trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats which took the life of Chris Raschke. He was a beloved ...

Generally speaking, we tend to associate high performance with high horsepower. After all, it's pretty much common sense that if two cars are identical in every detail, but one of them has more ...

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 ...