The Jalopy Journal
Here's the third and final installment of my Blue Flame rocket car series to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the last American car to break...
It's coming up to 50 years since an American car broke the world land speed record: October 23, 1970, Gary Gabelich drove The Blue Flame rocket...
It's coming up to 50 years since the Blue Flame rocket car set the world land speed record on Oct. 23, 1970--the last American car to hold the...
Hey guys. Here's a video I made about the rocket dragsters that were built in the early 1970s by Bill Fredrick ("Courage of Australia") and Craig...
Here's a video I made about the evolution of Craig Breedlove's "Spirit of America" jet car, from Craig's first idea for a land speed car in 1959...
LAND SPEED LEGENDS, Episode 5: the story of Lee Bible and the White Triplex (aka Triplex Special) at Daytona Beach in 1929. Also covers Ray Keech,...
I've got another story about Breedlove, Carroll Shelby, Andy Granatelli and the Indy 500. Might make a video about it next year. It's a...
Thanks for watching, Tommy! You're right, Breedlove doesn't run Shelby down. He looked up to Shelby, still does, and views the whole thing as part...
Hey guys! Here's the latest video in my Land Speed Legends video series. This one tells the story of how racing legend Craig Breedlove, who broke...
Hey guys, I've got a new video in my LAND SPEED LEGENDS series. This one is on Art Arfons' coolest record in his Green Monster jet car. It...
I was there! Signed a bunch of copies of "Ultimate Speed" with Craig.
Both are on Amazon. If you want the full story of Craig Breedlove, check out "Ultimate Speed":...
Hey guys, Sam Hawley here, author of the land speed books "Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties," and most...
The Bloodhound land speed project in the UK has been scrapped after failing to raise the £25 million (US$32 million) reportedly needed to mount an...
Neat story!
I've posted some film on Youtube of Craig Breedlove's spectacular crash at Bonneville on Oct. 15, 1964. That was when he careened off the end of...
Sorry. I somehow managed to post some of the images twice.
I finally got around to adding more pages to my on-line land speed archive, which I've been neglecting. I've put up three pages of...
Thanks guys! It was fun to make.
I believe they did so to weigh it on the scales.
Hey guys, I've just uploaded a new video to Youtube on Craig Breedlove and "Spirit of America" in 1962. I made it using never-before-seen photos...
Hey guys, I've uploaded a new land speed video on Youtube, this one on Art Arfons and his Allison engine-powered dragster Green Monster # 15, aka...
Thanks, Doc! About "crashing at 600 mph," George Klass, who was on Craig Breedlove's Sonic 1 team, told me an interesting story that I don't...
Here's a video I put together that land speed aficionados may enjoy. It's Art Arfons and his Green Monster on the Bonneville Salt Flats in...
Thanks for sharing your memories, guys. It's great to know that Art is still so remembered. He sure was one of a kind.
Hi guys. Ive made a video about Art Arfons and his Green Monster jet car that you land speed racing fans might enjoysomething that I hope...
Hey guys, just a heads-up that I've added some new stuff to my "LAND SPEED RECORD" website--audio from the 1960s. Here's the link:...
Hi all! I was recently contacted by Bill Woodall, manager of Advanced Tire Engineering at Firestone back in the '60s when Art Arfons was going...
Hi Candy-man! I'm glad you liked the book. I hope you get to Bonneville in August with that belly tanker. Good luck! To Josh: Sorry, but I've...
Hi everyone. I finally got around to finishing the land speed record website I set up as an "extra" to my book Speed Duel: The Inside Story of the...
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