The organizers said that a driver at a speed of 283 mph at a speed of 283 mph tried to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famous Bonville Salt Flats, said The Speed Deman, the organizers said after losing control of their rockets on Sunday.
Driver Chris Raschke lost control of about two and a half miles in a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died of injuries, according to A. statement From the Southern California Timing Association, which has organized a popular land-speed racing event known as “Speed Week” since the late 1940s.
For decades, flat, glass -like white surfaces have demanded the set to see the new land speed world records and motorcycles and car fans to see all the drivers.
A residue of a prehistoric lake has also been a background for films like “Independence Day” and “The World’s Fastest Indian”, about 100 miles west of Salt Lake City.
“Motorsports are naturally a dangerous game,” said a car builder and racer Dennis Sulivan, who set the ground speed record in his 1927 model T Street Roadster and served as the chairman of the Utah Salts Race Racing Association. “People get hurt. People are killed. This is just the nature of the game. It does not happen much.”
Sulivan said that motor sports also have stringent security requirements – such as strong roll bars, special tires and more fire extinguishers – which help in protecting drivers.
The final racing Death Sulivan was remembered at the flats, in 2016 when Sam wheeler, a famous land motion motorcycle racer, crashed at 200 mph when the high-performance bike he was testing the fish-tah and went to Hawaii.
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The Bonville Salt Flats, whose first race was in 1914, is about 7 miles for racing and an aquifer is bottom that cools the tires of cars. This is unlike other race venue that it does not have a stand. The audience should stand in two-tenth part of the cars.
Raske lost control of the vehicle at a distance of about two and a half miles in a run. It is unknown at what speed the goal was to reach Rashke. The SGT said that the association and the Vale County Sheriff Office are investigating the death. Dane Lardahal, a spokesman of the law enforcement agency.
“We know that it was some kind of accident,” said Lardahal. For decades, people have used flat, glass surface in Bonville Salt Flats, 100 miles west of Sult Lake City, which is sometimes to set speed records, to topping at a speed of 400 mph. Speed Week has long been a draw for motorcycles and car fans.
As The Southern California Timing Association, Sunday morning was determined by 18 records, 7 cars and 11 during a total of 261 runs by motorcycles.
Raske, 60, was the driver of a streamlineer – a long, narrow, aerodynamic car was designed to run at a high speed – known as the speed demon. He worked in motor sports for more than four decades.
Association President and Speed Week Race Director Keith Pederson said that Raske’s death was a big loss for the racing community, CBS affiliate kutav reported,
Pederson told the station, “This is a lot more, which is a lot more, and it creates a lot of friendship and confidence.” “He is a major part of it, and he will miss badly.”
According to the Site of the Speed Damon Racing Team, Raske worked in the Ventura Raceway in the early 1980s, driving 3-wheelers and cars in the mini stock division, learned to create and maintain race cars while working with a acclaimed engine builder and later became a driver for the speed demon team.
Pederson said that Raske was a respected driver within the racing community and also worked for a company that makes fasteners for race cars.
“He is one of the elders. He did all kinds of racing,” said Pederson.
The Race Week event started from Saturday and runs from Friday.
