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Driver dies after trying to set land speed record at Utah Salt Flats
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:43 pm
From AP News
ETA: apparently this car was still rapidly accelerating when the crash happened. Mr Raschke had previously recorded a speed of 470 mph at the previous event in 2020
Credit to PowerTool for image of the car
quote:
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, organizers said. Driver Chris Raschke lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which has organized the popular land-speed racing event known as “Speed Week” since the late 1940s
ETA: apparently this car was still rapidly accelerating when the crash happened. Mr Raschke had previously recorded a speed of 470 mph at the previous event in 2020
Credit to PowerTool for image of the car
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 11:01 pm
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:45 pm to Western_tiger
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That would suck
Sounds like one of the coolest ways to go out if you ask me.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:46 pm to HeadCall
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Sounds like one of the coolest ways to go out if you ask me.
Baw died doing what he loved. Going fast.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:48 pm to Western_tiger
I think you have to be comfortable with the idea of possible death to even do what they do.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:48 pm to HeadCall
Agree.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:49 pm to Western_tiger
He died quickly
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:49 pm to Western_tiger
Let’s just focus on all of the gas he saved the world
Posted on 8/5/25 at 9:51 pm to O
quote:Yeah. I'm good at fricking. Would suck for my wife but hoping to cum and go at the same time. Just not anytime, soon.
Baw died doing what he loved. Going fast.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:08 pm to Western_tiger
quote:
Driver dies after trying to set land speed record at Utah Salt Flats going 283 mph
Ashley Force ran a 3 second 1000 foot run earlier this year at 343 MPH in her Top Fuel Dragster at an NHRA event.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:12 pm to Western_tiger
FAFO
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:14 pm to Western_tiger
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:16 pm to Western_tiger
How do you lose control going in a straight line? No sympathy here
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:22 pm to O
quote:
Baw died doing what he loved. Going fast.
And yet there was no mention of cocaine and hookers.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:26 pm to Western_tiger
Should have practiced driving with a cougar in the car first.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:29 pm to Lgrnwd
Solid
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:32 pm to Meauxjeaux
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How do you lose control going in a straight line? No sympathy here
Air does all kinds of crazy things at high speeds.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:39 pm to O
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Going fast.
Nah, he died decelerating...to a dead stop
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:42 pm to Western_tiger
No pics of the car?
ETA: I wonder if there's any chance he crosse over into the 8th dimension?
ETA: I wonder if there's any chance he crosse over into the 8th dimension?
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 8/5/25 at 11:13 pm to SG_Geaux
I'm not an aerodynamicist, but I don't see a lot of downforce on that car.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 11:19 pm to Meauxjeaux
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How do you lose control going in a straight line?
I ask the same question every time there’s a wreck on the interstate
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