A driver trying to set a land speed record died Sunday after he lost control of his “Speed Demon” rocket-like vehicle when he ...

A land speed racer competing at Utah's Salt Flats died Aug. 3 while attempting a speed record, event organizers said.

A veteran racer was killed in a horrific 300-mph crash while attempting to break a land speed record at Bonneville Speed Week ...

For decades, people have used the flat, glasslike surface at Bonneville Salt Flats to set speed records sometimes topping 400 mph.