A driver trying to set a land speed record at Utahs famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after he lost control of his Speed Demon rocket-like vehicle when he reached a staggering 283 mph.
Chris Raschke, 60, crashed his streamliner a narrow, aerodynamic car designed to reach high speeds about two and a half miles into a run, organizers said.
It wasnt immediately clear what speed the veteran driver was aiming for.
一名试图在犹他州著名的博纳维尔盐滩创造陆地速度纪录的驾驶员于周日不幸身亡。当时他驾驶的“速度恶魔”火箭式赛车时速达到惊人的283英里（约合455公里），随后车辆失控导致事故发生。
组织者称，60岁的克里斯·拉施克（Chris Raschke）驾驶其流线型赛车——一种为高速行驶设计的窄体空气动力学汽车——在行驶约2.5英里时发生撞车事故。
这位经验丰富的司机当时的目标车速尚不明确。
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