Norman Craig Breedlove Sr.[1] (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 …

Apr 9, 2023 · Craig Breedlove, the first person to set land-speed records at 400, 500 and 600 miles per hour, died on Tuesday at his home in Rio Vista, Calif. He was 86. The cause was cancer, his wife,...

Nov 15, 2023 · Breedlove, 86, died Tuesday. He will be honored as a land-speed-record deity and one of America’s undisputed motorsports heroes.

Apr 5, 2023 · Craig Breedlove, who set astonishing land speed records in the 1960s, has reportedly died at age 86.

Apr 5, 2023 · Craig Breedlove was the speed king of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s. Breedlove set records at more than 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars running surplus fighter jet engines.

Oct 14, 2024 · It's here, at the Bonneville Salt Flats, where race car driver Craig Breedlove shattered the land speed record 60 years ago this week.

Apr 21, 2023 · Craig Breedlove, who set land-speed records by topping 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars nicknamed Spirit of America, has died. He was 86. Breedlove died at his home in Rio …

Apr 4, 2023 · Craig Breedlove was a race car driver who wowed the world in 1965 when he set a world land speed record of 600 mph.

Breedlove set another speed record in 1965 when he became the first human ever to drive faster than 600 mph. Thanks to his courage and tenacity, Breedlove would become a household name, and he …

Craig returned in the late 1960's to break various production car records for American Motors. During 1974, he campaigned a rocket-propelled three-wheeler at drag strips. After setting FIM quarter mile …