Craig R. Runner died on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He was 64. Born on May 11, 1947, in Philadelphia, the son of the late Evelyn (Schrum) and William Runner ...

Craig Breedlove was the speed king of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s. Breedlove set records at more than 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars running surplus fighter jet engines.

For a few years in the 1960s, the fastest man on wheels was a California hot-rodder named Craig Breedlove, a handsome former firefighter obsessed with speed and engineering. Working from his ...

(AP) - Craig Breedlove, who set land-speed records by topping 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars nicknamed Spirit of America, has died. He was 86. Breedlove died at his home in Rio Vista ...

HOT ROD has received confirmation that Craig Breedlove passed away on April 4, 2023, after an apparent battle with cancer. He had just recently turned 86 years old. See All 12 Photos Breedlove's ...

Craig Breedlove was a professional automobile racer on a special mission: His only opponent was time. Once known as “the fastest man on earth,” Breedlove, who died last week at 86, strapped ...

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, according to the Southern California Timing Association.

The Ford Mustang GTD Spirit of America revealed at the Detroit Auto Show is a 202 mph tribute to the land speed record cars ...

By Alex Traub Craig Breedlove, the first person to set land-speed records at 400, 500 and 600 miles per hour, died on Tuesday at his home in Rio Vista, Calif. He was 86. The cause was cancer ...