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Craig Breedlove

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Craig Breedlove (born March 23, 1937) is an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. [1]

44 relations: Aluminium, AMC AMX, AMC Javelin, AMC V8 engine, American Motors Corporation, Art Arfons, Art Linkletter, Automotive Hall of Fame, Bill Lear, Black Rock Desert, Blue Flame, Bluebird-Proteus CN7, Bonneville Salt Flats, Calvin L. Rampton, Chicago Auto Show, Drogue parachute, Edelbrock, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, Gary Gabelich, Gasoline, General Electric, General Electric J47, General Electric J79, Green Monster (automobile), International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Land speed record, Lynn Garrison, Motorized tricycle, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, Nevada, Newton (unit), Playboy, Pound (force), Rachel Kushner, Space frame, Spirit of America (automobile), Steve Fossett, The Beach Boys, ThrustSSC, Tom Green (designer), United States Auto Club, Walt Arfons, Wingfoot Express.

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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AMC AMX

The AMC AMX is a two-seat GT-style sports car that was produced by American Motors Corporation for the 1968 through 1970 model years.

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AMC Javelin

The AMC Javelin is an American front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door hardtop manufactured and marketed by AMC across two generations, 1968–70 and 1971–74.

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AMC V8 engine

American Motors Corporation (AMC) designed and manufactured two distinct V8 engine designs.

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American Motors Corporation

American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company.

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Art Arfons

Arthur Eugene "Art" Arfons (February 3, 1926 – December 3, 2007) was the world land speed record holder three times from 1964 to 1965 with his Green Monster series of jet-powered cars, after a series of Green Monster piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters.

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Art Linkletter

Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter (born Arthur Gordon Kelly, or Gordon Arthur Kelley (sources differ), July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality.

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Automotive Hall of Fame

The Automotive Hall of Fame is an American museum.

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Bill Lear

William Powell Lear (June 26, 1902 – May 14, 1978) was an American inventor and businessman.

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Black Rock Desert

The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe eco-region), of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa north of Reno, Nevada that encompasses more than of land and contains more than of historic trails.

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Blue Flame

The Blue Flame is a rocket-powered vehicle that was driven by Gary Gabelich and achieved the world land speed record on Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 23, 1970.

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Bluebird-Proteus CN7

The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is a gas turbine-powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964. The vehicle set the FIA world record for the flying mile at.

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Bonneville Salt Flats

The Bonneville Salt Flats is a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah.

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Calvin L. Rampton

Calvin Lewellyn "Cal" Rampton (November 6, 1913September 16, 2007) was the 11th Governor of the state of Utah from 1965 to 1977.

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Chicago Auto Show

The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicago's McCormick Place convention complex.

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Drogue parachute

A drogue parachute is a parachute designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving object in order to slow the object, to provide control and stability, or as a pilot parachute to deploy a larger parachute.

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Edelbrock

Edelbrock, LLC is a specialty performance automotive and motorcycle aftermarket parts manufacturer based in Torrance, California.

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Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA, English: International Automobile Federation) is an association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR, English: 'International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs') on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users.

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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing.

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Gary Gabelich

Gary Gabelich (Croatian Gabelić; August 29, 1940 – January 26, 1984) was an American motorsport driver who set the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) with the rocket car Blue Flame on October 23, 1970, on a dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah.

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Gasoline

Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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General Electric J47

The General Electric J47 turbojet (GE company designation TG-190) was developed by General Electric from its earlier J35.

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General Electric J79

The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile.

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Green Monster (automobile)

The Green Monster was the name of several vehicles built by Art Arfons and his half brother Walt Arfons.

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International Motorsports Hall of Fame

The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to the sports of auto racing and motorized boat racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer.

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Land speed record

The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land.

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Lynn Garrison

Lynn Garrison (born April 1, 1937) is a Canadian pilot and political adviser.

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Motorized tricycle

A motorized tricycle, motor trike, or three-wheeled motorcycle is three-wheeled vehicle based on the same technology as a bicycle or motorcycle, and powered by an electric motor, motorcycle, scooter or car engine.

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Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum for American motorsports legends.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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Newton (unit)

The newton (symbol: N) is the International System of Units (SI) derived unit of force.

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Playboy

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

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Pound (force)

The pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf) is a unit of force used in some systems of measurement including English Engineering units and the British Gravitational System.

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Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is an American writer, known for her novels Telex from Cuba (2008) and The Flamethrowers (2013).

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Space frame

In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern.

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Spirit of America (automobile)

Spirit of America is the trademarked name used by Craig Breedlove for his land speed record-setting vehicles.

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Steve Fossett

James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – c. September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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ThrustSSC

ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust supersonic car, is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, Jeremy Bliss, Reece Liebenberg and Joshua Hambury.

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Tom Green (designer)

Tom Green worked with Walt Arfons to design and drive the Wingfoot Express, the jet-powered land speed record car.

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United States Auto Club

The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States.

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Walt Arfons

Walter Charles "Walt" (Poppy) Arfons (December 10, 1916 – June 4, 2013) was the half brother of Art Arfons, his former partner in drag racing, and his competitor in jet-powered land speed record racing.

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Wingfoot Express

The Wingfoot Express was Walt Arfons and Tom Green's jet-powered land speed record car, driven by Green to a record on October 2, 1964, after Walt suffered a heart attack just prior.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Breedlove

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