![]() ![]() On October 5, 1964, Arfons’ home-built Green Monster reached 434mph at Bonneville, surpassing Breedlove’s unofficial record. ![]() Yet that first 407mph run was only the beginning of Breedlove’s exploits, as he began swapping records with arch-rival Art Arfons. The Land Speed Record rules at the time dictated that only runs performed by cars with driven wheels were eligible, so Donald Campbell became the next official record holder in his gas turbine-powered Bluebird CN7 in 1964. On August 5, 1963, now aged just 26, Breedlove became the fastest man on Earth by achieving 407mph in his Spirit of America jet car at the Bonneville Salt Flats. ![]() “It was the most patriotic thing I could think of,” Breedlove recalled. Breedlove’s response to JFK’s sentiment was to bring the Land Speed Record back to the United States for the first time since 1928, when Ray Keech reached 207.552mph driving his White Triplex. ![]()
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