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A 60-year-old veteran of the land speed record community was killed while attempting a speed record run during a Bonneville ...
A land speed racer competing at Utah's Salt Flats died Aug. 3 while attempting a speed record, event organizers said.
Tributes have been paid to veteran driver Chris Raschke, 60, who "lost control of his land speed vehicle" close to the 2.5 ...
The last racing death Sullivan recalled at the flats came in 2016 when Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, ...
“At approximately 3:03 p.m. Mountain Time today, driver Chris Raschke, age 60, was attempting a speed record and lost control ...
Speed driver Chris Raschke died while attempting to break the land speed record during the Bonneville Speed Week event in ...
Chris Raschke was a member of the famed Speed Demon team, who set the current Bonneville Salt Flats record at 470 mph in 2020 ...
A driver trying to set a land speed record died Sunday after he lost control of his “Speed Demon” rocket-like vehicle when he ...
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 ...