Folks Of Interest Chris Raschke in fatal Bonneville 300 mph crash

First I pray for his family, friends, and the all in the land speed fraternity. This is a tragedy none of us want to hear.
It is my understanding from the SCTA club I’m in that this year the Speed Demon Team was not using their gold #715 and well known race car. They were loaned a different more traditional styled streamliner which had been run a few times even in Bolivia and designed and constructed to be a 500 mph vehicle. I saw photos of it on line during the setup day when the wind came up as team members were trying to reassemble some panels. Here is a photo of the car.

 

Seen the video looks like the nose dug into the salt at 300 mph very sad and God Speed Chris Raskche.

 

Very sad news. RIP

 

Wow. So sorry to hear this.

 

Very sad for everyone.

 

Was on the salt when it happened, not a pretty sight.

 

It was not this car!

 

Here’s a video from his facebook
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EC9JgzwXG/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

RIP sir.