Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove

An L.A. hot-rodder with a high school education, a family to support, and almost no money, Craig...
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Author: Samuel Hawley
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Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove by Hawley, Samuel

Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove

BD$52.51

Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove

BD$52.51
Author: Samuel Hawley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An L.A. hot-rodder with a high school education, a family to support, and almost no money, Craig Breedlove set out in the late 1950s to do something big: harness the thrust of a jet in a car. With a growing obsession that would cost him his marriage, he started building in his dad's garage. The car's name was Spirit of America. Through perseverance and endless hard work, Craig completed Spirit and broke the land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting a new mark of 407 mph in 1963. He went on to be the first person to drive 500 and 600 mph, breaking the land speed record five times. In the early 1970s he turned to rockets and set an acceleration record at Bonneville that stands to this day. He built a jet car in the 1990s, Spirit of America-Sonic Arrow, to go head to head against Britain's ThrustSSC to be the first to Mach 1. Craig's subsequent crash at 675 mph remains the fastest in history. Even today, at the age of eighty, he is going strong with plans for yet another Spirit of America racer. The ultimate goal: 1,000 mph.

Ultimate Speed is the authorized biography of Craig Breedlove, with a foreword by Craig himself. A candid revelation of one of motorsports' most interesting figures, the book is based primarily on countless hours of interviews with Craig and dozens of people connected to his life.

Author: Samuel Hawley
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 10/02/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781641600200


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 39

About the Author
Samuel Hawley is the author of Speed Duel, The Imjin War, I Just Ran, and The Fight That Started the Movies, among others.

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