A driver trying to set a speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died after losing control of his vehicle.

Driver Chris Raschke died Sunday after crashing while trying to set a land speed record at an annual event on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, event organizers said.

Driver dies trying to set land speed record on Utah salt flat - Race officials said 60-year-old Chris Raschke of Ventura, California, had lost control of his vehicle while competing at the Bonneville