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.

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died ...

Raschke, 60, was piloting the Speed Demon during a run at the annual Speed Week event when he lost control of the vehicle ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...