WENDOVER, Utah — A driver attempting to set a pace report throughout a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after dropping management of his car, organizers stated.
Driver Chris Raschke was handled by medical professionals on the scene, however died from his accidents, in response to the Southern California Timing Affiliation, which organizes the favored land-speed racing occasion often known as “Velocity Week.”
Raschke misplaced management of the car about two and a half miles right into a run. The affiliation stated the demise is underneath investigation.
For many years, folks have used the flat, glasslike floor at Bonneville Salt Flats, 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Salt Lake Metropolis, to set pace data generally topping 400 mph (644 kph). Velocity Week has lengthy been a draw for motorbike and automobile followers.
Raschke, 60, was the motive force for a car often known as the Velocity Demon. He had labored in motor sports activities for greater than 4 a long time.
In accordance with the Velocity Demon racing staff’s web site, Raschke labored on the Ventura Raceway within the early Eighties, raced 3-wheelers and automobiles within the mini inventory division, discovered to manufacture and keep race automobiles when working with an acclaimed engine builder and later grew to become a driver for the Velocity Demon staff.
The Race Week occasion started on Saturday and runs by Friday.
