November 15, 1965
Californian Craig Breedlove, sets a new land-speed record of 600.601 miles per hour, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, driving his car, the Spirit of America, which cost $250,000 and is powered by a surplus engine from a Navy jet.
He actually drove across the desert twice that day, since international world-record rules require a car to make two timed one-mile runs in one hour; officials log the average speed of the two trips. During his first trip, Breedlove zoomed across the flats at 593.178 mph; during his second, the first time any person had officially gone faster than 600 mph, he managed to push the car up to 608.201 mph. "That 600 is about a thousand times better than 599," he said afterward. "Boy, it's a great feeling."
Craid Breedlove deserves a Tribute Page for his motorsports accomplishments. His setting of the 600 Mph land speed record and his over 200 records set with an AMX on Feb 4, 1968 in Texas, of which many records still stand today.
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