Craig Breedlove, Land Speed Racing Legend, Is Dead at 86

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Craig Breedlove, Land Speed Racing Legend, Is Dead at 86 https://bit.ly/43brU0E

Link to tweet

[WheelWalker]

1. That seems like a life-time ago.

[Mopar151]

2. For my next act

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I'm gonna set my self on fire!" Speaking from the upended "Spirit of America 1", stuffed into a brine canal @ Bonneville, Ut

[2naSalit]

3. ...

[sl8]

4. Spirit of America

Spirit of America

The Bonneville salt flats had seen some strange things
But the strangest thing yet was a jet without wings
Once as a jet it played in the stars
But now on the ground it's the king of our cars

An airplane an auto now famous worldwide
The Spirit of America, the name on the side
The man who would drive her Craig Breedlove by name
A daring young man played a dangerous game

With a J-47, a jet for his power
Craig Breedlove had averaged four-o-seven per hour
Both man and machine had given fair warn
They'd set a new record on that warm August morn.


Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Brian Wilson / Roger Christian
Spirit of America lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

[Mopar151]

5. From the Bangshift online magazine"

“The Bonneville 200 MPH Club reports the death of Craig Breedlove, a SoCal hot rodder who became the first man over 500 and 600 mph on land, and who was a pivotal figure in the land speed wars of the ‘60s in his Spirit of America cars. Everyone needs to see the spectacular documentary linked here, showing Breedlove’s pure joy at being alive after running 526 mph, hitting a phone pole, launching 30 feet in the air off an embankment, and plunging into the water at the end of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Godspeed to an absolute legend. ” -David Freiburger

https://bangshift.com/general-news/videos/classic-youtube-craig-breedloves-infamous-1964-crash-at-bonneville-no-steering-no-chutes/