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

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,

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.