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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 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 . Organizers say the death is under investigation.
For decades, people have used the flat, glasslike surface at Bonneville Salt Flats to set speed records sometimes topping 400 mph. The site is located 100 miles west of Salt Lake City.
Raschke, 60, was the driver of a streamliner -- a long, narrow, aerodynamic car made to run at high speeds -- known as the Speed Demon. He had worked in motor sports for more than four decades.
College tennis taking a hit
This should be an exhilarating moment for college tennis. Wimbledon featured a record 26 current or former college players in men's singles and nine more in the women's draw.
Yet this breakthrough is occurring as the threat of elimination faces numerous tennis programs.
Division I schools dropping tennis programs since 2023 include Central Arkansas, Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Louisiana-Monroe, Radford, San Francisco, Seattle and UTEP. Nearly two dozen men's or women's tennis programs were eliminated during the pandemic.
Cutting tennis saved Louisiana-Monroe about $250,000. Officials said the scholarship funds that went to tennis now will be directed toward the school's other women's teams.
Prairie View A&M is the latest school to cut its program, doing so on Monday.