One of these days, they may have to put traffic lights on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
The silly season had barely started when Illinois' Tom Green shocked speed-jaded Bonneville buffs by piloting Walt Arfons' Wingfoot Express to a new record of 413 m.p.h. It lasted just three daysuntil Walt's brother Art, 38, clocked 434 m.p.h. in his jet-powered Green Monster. That was enough to bring Old Bonneville Hand (407 m.p.h. in 1963) Craig Breedlove hustling back to the flats for another try in his three-wheeled Spirit of America.
Breedlove soon boosted the mark to 526 m.p.h.and nearly killed himself when Spirit clipped through...
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