SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Rain in Utah detoured a Butler Township man’s chance to break the land speed record this past weekend.

But Rob Freyvogel said this morning that he, his 22-man crew and his 1,800-horsepower vehicle named “Carbiliner” aren’t giving up. They’ll make a go at the next possible qualified event, likely in October.

Freyvogel, an engineer and the president of Carbinite Metal Coatings in Forward Township, believes Carbiliner will top 500 mph. The current speed record is 439.5 mph.

He designed the vehicle with Brandon Barnhart of Harmony, also an engineer, and Eric Ahlstrom of Sparks, Nev., who is an aerodynamicist.

The team planned to put that theory to the test at the Speedweek competition this past week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

But then it rained and flash flooded.

“The whole track is under water,” Freyvogel said today, while prepping to make the 48-hour drive back to Butler County.

This isn’t the first time the team’s plan was setback. The crew complete the $104,000 vehicle to compete for the record in September 2013. But rain then led to the cancellation of the event as well as another in October.

Shortly after that, the federal government was shut down and the racing site, which is managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management, was shuttered.

Freyvogel said the team likely will make the trek back to Utah in the fall, when an event is scheduled at there.