In October of 1970, driver Gary Gabelich averaged 622.407 mph over 2 runs at this Utah plain
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Blue Flame (Gary Gabelich) - Land Speed Record Facts  On October 23 1970, Gary Gabelich set a new Land Speed Record at Bonneville in his rocket-powered car The Blue Flame. Read key facts about car and driver.
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History of Land Speed Racing - Dry Lakes Racers Australia  Land speed record attempts are now over 100 years old. ... Sir Henry also attempted to capture the water speed record in his Miss England II when his boat hit a log ... to average only 394.196 mph (634.196 kph) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. ... On October 23, 1970, Gary Gabelich drove the Blue Flame, a unique engine...
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Gary Gabelich - Wikipedia  Gary Gabelich (Croatian Gabeli; August 29, 1940  January 26, 1984) was an American motorsport driver who set the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) with the rocket car Blue Flame on October 23, 1970, on a dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah. ... Gabelich broke the LSR by achieving average speeds of 622.407 mph...
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Gary Gabelich - Land Speed Racing History - Greg Wapling  Date, Location, Driver, Driver Country, Vehicle, Power, Speed over ... Gary Gabelich (born August 29, 1940, died January 1984) was a ... automobile "Blue Flame" on October 23, 1970, achieving the average speed of 622.287 (record speed ... the Land Speed Record at the speed of 622.407 miles per hour (1001,67 km/h).
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American racing driver Gary Gabelich drove the aluminium bodied ...  American racing driver Gary Gabelich drove the aluminium bodied, ... 1001.67 km/h (km)on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA (23 Oct 1970) to become the first person to ... The Blue Flame is shown as it performs test runs just before 30-year- ... The $500,000 rocket-propelled car, which averages 622.407 miles per hour,...
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1962 Firecracker 250 - Racing-Reference.info  1962 Firecracker 250. ... NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 53. Wednesday, July 4, 1962 at ... Average Speed: 153.688 mph .... Fireball Roberts, 1, 1, 1.
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Greg Norman grabs lead in Senior British Open -- Daily Herald  Jul 25, 2009 ... "I don't have very good speed control on these greens." ... Mark Calcavecchia made a PGA Tour-record 9 straight birdies. ... At 13 under, Dufner had a 1-stroke advantage over Jerry Kelly (67) and 2001 winner Scott Verplank (67). ... Hayes (2002 Bob Hope Classic) and Kelly (2003 Las Vegas Invitational).
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jeopardy/1432_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Value: $1000. Number: 5. '80s BANDS IN OTHER WORDS | Hommes Sans Chapeaux | Men Without Hats .... THE FAST | Averaging 135.173 MPH, this man, driver of the 24 car, sped off with the win at the 2005 Daytona 500 | Jeff Gordon. right:.
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Longest skidmarks: 6 miles (9.7 km) When Craig Breedlove lost ...  The longest skidmarks measured on a public road were made by a Jaguar on the ... lost control of his jet-powered Spirit of America land speed record car on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah in October 1964, the skidmarks he left measured six miles long. ..... Spirit of America Sonic 1 - Craig Breedlove - 1965 - 600.601mph...
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1970 in baseball - Wikipedia  The following are the baseball events of the year 1970 throughout the world. .... Major league baseball returns to Wisconsin after a 4-year absence as the Brewers ... times in two games, a National League record that will be topped in 1998 when the ... the former star pitcher at Carson-Newman College (with whom he won an...
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jeopardy/1882_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  TRANSPORTATION | The Natural Gasser II, this type of car, can travel a quarter-mile in 8.9 seconds on natural gas fuel | Dragster. right: Wrong: Triple Stumper.
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union pacific steam engine roster, Search.com  Foxes $300 A: The union of 2 ... Type of auto engine or ... Powered by this, the Stanley special won in Daytona in 1907 at 197 MPH Q: Steam .
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James Bond - Guinness World Records  Oct 5, 2012 ... He drove the car at approximately 50 mph, before speeding up a pipe ramp and smashing ... First submersible sports car (inspired by the Lotus in TSWLM) ... Fastest time to complete "Antenna Cradle" in Goldeneye 007 ... narrowly beats On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), which runs to 142 minutes.
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An Astounding Victory in the Tour de France - latimes  Jul 23, 1999 ... Greg LeMond, who had become the only American winner of the world's ... race when he won the 2,030-mile, three-week Tour de France in 1986 by a ... LeMond was accidentally shot by a friend while the two hunted wild turkeys in Nevada. He nearly died, after being felled by about 40 shotgun pellets that...
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Today in History - AccuWeather.com Forums  Aug 16, 2012 ... 1869 - Battle of Acosta u: A Paraguay battalion made up of .... 1989 - Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in .... 1944 - German fieldmarshal Model replaces von Kluge in ..... 1897 - 1st electric taxi's drive in London ...... 1968 - Keith Moon (The Who) drove a Lincoln into the pool of a...
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Excerpt from Real Racers - Tripod  During Jeff Gordon's quest for five consecutive NASCAR Winston Cup victories ... have been a record within the so-called Modern Era of big league NASCAR racing. ... won at Bristol in August of 1998, he would have established a new standard ... widely reported that he had tied Petty's record of 13 wins in a single season.
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1969 Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia  The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. Mario Andretti led 116 laps and won for car owner Andy Granatelli. Hard luck driver Lloyd Ruby was leading the race just after the midpoint, but ... He entered the month as a favorite, but he crashed his primary car during...
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gov-rick-snyder-won ...  Apr 30, 2015 ... 19 where he stayed until around 4 a.m., a witness reported. ..... Pictured here at the premiere of 'Austin Powers in Goldmember,' Lindsay .... /gray30n-3-web.jpg Freddie Gray was unconscious by the time he .... went on to top the charts in 1963 with a number of iconic songs including, ...... Remember me?
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On The Salt Flats Of Bonnevile, Utah (latitude ?41... | Chegg.com  o N) the British auto racer John Cobb in 1947 became the first man t... ... home / study / science / advanced physics / questions and answers / on the salt flats of bonnevile, utah (latitude . ... o N) the British auto racer John Cobb in 1947 became the first man to travel at a speed of 400 mph on land. ... Over 6 million trees planted.
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The Grid: 33 Greatest Indy 500 Drivers of All TimeRanked ...  May 18, 2016 ... Many drivers have started the Indianapolis 500, but only a few had enough horsepower to make our definitive lineupand it took more than checkered flags. ... lead a 500 lap, an IndyCar driver graced the cover of Sports Illustrated for ... he fought off Rick Mears in 1982 for the closest finish in race history at...
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Darwin Award Qualifying Trials | Night Crawler | San Francisco | San ...  Darwin Award Qualifying Trials. Nah, it's just street-luge races. Down De Haro Street. At 70 mph. Well, like we said ... By Silke Tudor Wednesday, Aug 1 2001.