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[/] Winston-Salem 64° F Overcast Home News Local News National News Odd News Politics Entertainment Traffic Most Popular Video Slideshows Weather Weather Current Conditions Interactive Radar 7 Day Forecast Detailed Forecast Closings Alerts Map Room Videocast Sports Sports High School Sports Health u local Get Email Alerts Closings No Closings Found Severe Weather 3 Counties Under Advisory Sports Headlines Brandon Ancil/CNN Thompson will break record or die. Failure isn't considered On the first day he started up his race car, Danny Thompson drank poison. He joked that he did it to impress a girl, but it was really an accident. A crew member had filled a Pellegrino water bottle with methanol, the swee... Selig addresses successor search, Reinsdorf feud Judge rules against NCAA on compensation Vincent sitting down with repeat offenders George promised spot on '16 Olympic team Phillies pull Hamels off waivers Durant withdraws from U.S. team Panthers' Newton not expected to play vs. Bills Marlins hope to keep Stanton long-term Luis Suarez appeals biting ban ACC, Maryland reach settlement over school's exit Report: Bennett to Sixers in Love deal Slideshows Brandon Ancil/CNN What drives Danny Thompson? This weekend, Danny Thompson will take to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and try to break the speed record for a piston-engine car, a record his father broke in 1960. Celebrities who are gay 2014 World Cup in photos Twitter reacts to LeBron returning to Cleveland What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy? Video CNN, Handout Courtesy Thompson Family What drives Danny Thompson? This weekend at the 100th annual “Speed Week” at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Danny Thompson will try to join his father, Mickey Thompson, and become the fastest driver of a piston-engine car. High School Playbook: 1st Game of the Week Coach could lose his job for coming out Earnhardt Jr. Losing Sponsor Familiar Face back at Northern Guilford Most Popular Stories Standoff in Winston-Salem comes to end Car plunges 25 feet in W-S; 2 injured NC councilman who resigned in Klingon is write-in Senate candidate Triad trucker charged with human trafficking, child abduction Man: I bought every pie at Burger King to spite whining brat Police arrest NC man who won doughnut-eating contest More Most Popular Slideshows 20 gross words people hate Best & worst things to buy in August Futurecast: How much rain this weekend? PHOTOS: Winston-Salem police surveillance images Images: Who got arrested? 10 foods you should never refrigerate More « Home Search Select a section News Video Slideshows Weather Sports Health u local Get Email Alerts View full site | Contact Us Table of Contents Home News Video Slideshows Weather Interactive Radar 7 Day Forecast Detailed Forecast Alerts Map Room Current Conditions Videocast Closings Sports Health u local Email Sign-Up