LDS salt flats racer burned after record 314 mph run

Lynn Goodfellow, 67, wanted a record and wanted admission to the 300 Mile Per

Hour Club. He accomplished both Wednesday, but at the end of the run in his

diesel-powered car, it caught fire and he was seriously burned.

A Life Flight helicopter was dispatched and flew him from the Salt Flats to

the Burn Center at the University of Utah. A university spokesman said his

condition is listed as serious.

Early Wednesday, a crew member for Goodfellow drove the car, the "Mormon

Missile," to a speed just over 300 mph, which set a class record. Goodfellow

then got behind the wheel and hit 314 mph to break the earlier record.

At the end of his return run, however, the car caught fire and Goodfellow was

burned.

To break a record a driver must make two runs in opposite directions within a

one-hour time frame. The average of the two is the accepted speed. Goodfellow

was on his return run.

Goodfellow, from Boulder, Nev., had hoped to break the overall diesel record

set two years ago by an English race team of 317.21 mph.