Breedlove was the first to exceed 500 mph and then 600 mph in his land speed record runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats. At 26 years old, Craig Breedlove ... to build a car to beat the current ...

The Spirit of America Sonic I was built by Craig Breedlove, who drove it to a two-way average speed of 600.601 mph on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1965. The 34-foot-long needle-nose car is ...

builder of the first jet car, took Flying Caduceus to 331 mph. Glenn Leasher got close to 400 mph but crashed fatally. The third J47 driver, Los Angeles drag racer Craig Breedlove, picked up his ...

(AP) - Craig Breedlove ... it was more fighter plane than passenger car. In Spirit of America, Breedlove clocked 407 mph at Bonneville to set a new land-speed record on Aug. 5, 1963.

As one of the best birthday presents that a car could ask ... 23 records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Being associated with the likes of Carroll Shelby and Craig Breedlove, among others, was ...