Monday 15th November 1965
Craig Breedlove, driving his jet-powered Spirit of America – Sonic 1 vehicle, raced to 600.601mph over the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to establish a new land-speed record. Breedlove, a four-time land-speed record holder, was also the first driver to break the 400 mph (644 km/h) and 500 mph (805 km/h) land-speed barriers, in 1963 and 1964 respectively. Five years later, Gary Gabelich, in his Blue Flame rocket-powered vehicle, would break Breedlove’s record by reaching 622.407 mph (1001.1 km/h) over the Bonneville Salt Flats.
