Thought maybe this would be a good historical land speed film. To bad, it is total F***ing BS! Discussing the LSR vehicles the film states rockets can only be turned on - not controllable - not turned off! They used Walt Arfons JATO car as the example. Later, after good footage of Breedlove and Art Arfons, they jump immediately to Richard Noble setting the new world land speed record at 633 mi/h.
WHOSE RECORD DID HE BREAK? DUH!!!!! This stupid garbage piece of crap did not even mention the car whose record he broke by THREE MILES PER HOUR! The last American LSR holder was the rocket-powered THE BLUE FLAME, driven by GARY GABELICH in 1970! The first world land speed record over 1,000 km/h at 1,014.656 km/h (630.388 mi/h)! The last world land speed record set on pneumatic tires. The last world land speed record set at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Oh, and powered by a foot throttle-controlled bi-propellant rocket, designed and built specifically for the LSR attempt. It was designed and built in 18 months and set the world land speed record on its first try at Bonneville. Oh, and that was at 60% of maximum thrust to satisfy the Goodyear requirement to stay under 700 mi/h in 1970. Even so, peaking at 660 mi/h, it handled perfectly over 24 high speed runs on the salt flats.
How can they produce this fraudulent film and ignore the achievement of three young guys from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, setting the world land speed record on a shoestring budget? We never met the President. Nobody was knighted. No cash reward. We set the world land speed record, went home, and got on with our lives. Oh, and we achieved our dream of building the fastest ever automobile at that time.