The Oxfordshire-based builder had hoped to smash the current record by 16 mph (26km/h) and reach 130 mph (209km/h) in his ...

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 ...

(WJW) — A man died after crashing his vehicle while attempting to break a land-speed record. It happened at the annual SpeedWeek event on the Bonneville Salt Flats, organizers said. Chris Raschke, 60, ...

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 ...

Chris Raschke lost control of his vehicle on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah during the annual "SpeedWeek" event on Aug. 3 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE ...

A speed driver died while trying to break a record during the Bonneville Speed Week event in Utah on Sunday. Chris Raschke, 60, was driving at 283 miles per hour while trying to set a land speed ...

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 ...

A driver died Sunday after he crashed while he was trying to set a land speed record at an annual event on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, event organizers said. Chris Raschke, 60, died after the ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com A racing driver was killed as he attempted to break a land speed world record on Sunday, after he lost control of his vehicle at speeds ...

A 60-year-old man has died after losing control of his land speed vehicle while attempting to set a new record Chris Raschke was taking part in the annual "SpeedWeek" event in Utah on Aug. 3 Rashke ...

Chris Raschke, 60, lost control of his land-speed vehicle during a run on Sunday, Aug. 3, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which oversees the event. “At approximately 3:03 p.m.