Walt Arfons, always the devoted Goodyear man, standing on the salt in 1965. Art Arfons in 1964 on the Bonne­ville Salt Flats, where he set a land speed record of 536.71 mph. Walt Arfons never ...

That title currently belongs to the Thrust SSC, which in 1997 became the first (and so far only) car to break the sound barrier, achieving a 763.04 mile-per-hour land speed record.

The previous BNI world land speed record was 413.156, set by the late Nolan White of San Diego in 2001. White was killed later that year trying to raise his record, according to Svoboda.

The fastest Cadillac we've ever driven wears a V badge on its rear end. Its engine produces 556 horsepower and the car has a top speed of 190 miles per hour. There's no doubt it's one of the ...