RIP Craig Breedlove

[Photon440]

Craig Breedlove, Land Speed Racing Legend, Is Dead at 86 - TopCarNews

Photo: Keystone-FranceGamma-Rapho (Getty Images) Craig Breedlove, legendary land-speed racer and the first person to break the 600-mile-per-hour mark in a car, has died at the age of 86. Breedlove was born in Los Angeles, California in 1937 and purchased his first automobile at 16, when he...

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[1 Wild R/T]

RIP Craig..

 

[snakeyes]

R.I.P. Craig

 

[Xp29h]

Rest In Peace!

 

[Hey-O]

R.I.P.

 

[1967coronet]

RIP.

 

[Dave6T4]

God Speed, Craig. Truly a pioneer.

 

[azblackhemi]

God Speed, Appropriate for Craig! RIP.

God Speed, Craig. Truly a pioneer.

 

[Cranky]

God Speed, Appropriate for Craig! RIP.

Yup....God Speed is definitely appropriate! A lot of the greats are quickly going away.....

 

[chargervert]

RIP Craig! The true Spirit of America!

 

[Budnicks]

Sad day for sure...
Lost another great automotive icon

RIP Craig, you are/were a true ICON of speed
& Spirit of America...

 

[chargervert]

Craig also made some records in the other American sports car. I own one of those cars myself, the two seat AMX!

 

[patrick66]

He was also the first to break 400 and 500 at Bonneville.

 

[Auggie56]

Farewell to Craig Breedlove, America's King of Speed

 

[DeltaV]

R.I.P.

 

[64BEL]

When they built that car they had to sledge hammer his porch steps out of the driveway to get it out of the garage.

When men were men and followed a dream at all costs. What a pioneer and gutsy guy. R.I.P.