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

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

Chris Raschke tragically died Sunday after he lost control of his vehicle while reportedly traveling 283 mph while attempting ...

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, 60, lost control of his vehicle while trying to set a speed record on Sunday, the event’s organizers said.

Chris Raschke, 60, was reportedly piloting the Speed Demon 3 at nearly 300 mph when he lost control of the specially designed ...

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

In Utah, after three decades of studies examining the salt flats, nothing has slowed the deterioration. But officials are funding a new study as they try to find a solution.

Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats have been one of America's most famous speedways for more than 100 years. The salt that stretches for miles and miles in northwest Utah makes the region look like a ...

It has been long assumed that Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000 years ago. But new research from the University of Utah has gutted that ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Bonneville Salt Flats are one of Utah’s most iconic destinations. They may sit in a remote portion of western Utah, but people across the world know about them.