Article: Craig Breedlove. (PM People).(automobile racer)

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September 1, 2003
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POPULAR MECHANICS'S November 1963 cover showed a radically streamlined vehicle hurtling across an otherworldly landscape toward a distant horizon. But this was no flash from the future. This was the real thing: a world land speed record. And POPULAR MECHANICS had the story from the cockpit.

The vehicle, Spirit of America, was driven by 26-year-old Craig Breedlove. Breedlove went to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in August 1963 hoping to break John Cobb's 1947 world land speed record of 394.20 mph. When he returned, he had indeed driven the fastest vehicle on Earth. But just what kind of vehicle was a topic for debate.

Some said his Spirit of America was ...

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