| LC control no. | n 94026226 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Breedlove, Craig |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 4527 0099 6620721 Q1138511 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Utah |
| Birth date | 1937-03-23 |
| Death date | 2023-04-04 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah) |
| Place of death | Rio Vista (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Speed records |
| Found in | Brady, J. His 470.45 land speed record [SR] 1963: label (Craig Breedlove) New York times, 10 Apr. 2023: in an obituary on page B7 (Craig Breedlove; born Craig Norman Breedlove on Mar. 23, 1937 in Los Angeles, [Calif.], died Tuesday [4 Apr. 2023] in Rio Vista, Calif., aged 86; first person to set land speed records at 400, 500 and 600 miles per hour; an American folk hero of the 1960s known as both an explorer and a daredevil; his record-breaking vehicles all had the same name: Spirit of America; first won the national spotlight on Aug. 5, 1963 at the Bonneville, Utah salt flats) |
| Associated language | eng |
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