Craig Breedlove and the Land Speed Record

Engineers working on jet propelled car on salt flats / Spirit of America - Sonic I being lined up for attempt to break the land speed record / Spirit of America - Sonic I speeding along salt flats / CRAIG BREEDLOVE beside crew and craft, then walking with crew toward officials who arrive by two cars / sheet of paper being held, reading official speed of 555.127 mph, new land speed record/ Craig Breedlove smiling with crew and wife / Art Arfons steering the Green Monster jet propelled car at Bonneville Salt Flats to break Breedlove's record five days later, clocking in at 576 mph. Craig Breedlove and the Land Speed Record on November 15, 1965 in Bonneville, Utah (Footage by Getty Images)