Craig Breedlove, former land-speed record holder, dies

By Naveen Apr 23, 2023

Bredlove died on April 4 at his home in Rio Vista, California.

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His wife Yadira Breedlove said the cause of death was cancer.

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Craig Breedlove, who set land-speed records at 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars nicknamed the Spirit of America, has died.

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He was 86, Born on March 23, 1937, Breedlove was a firefighter who also worked as a structural engineering technician in aircraft.

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Among his early designs was a three-wheeled missile-shaped vehicle.

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It was more of a fighter plane than a passenger car. The Spirit of America set a new land-speed record on August 5, 1963 at 407 mph at Bonneville in the Spirit of America.

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During the golden age of freewheeling in American motorsports in the 1960s, Breedlove battled Tom Green and Art Orphans on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to break each other's speed records.

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