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Profile of Gary Gabelich on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Gary Gabelich  
   
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Date of Birth: 29th August 1940
   
Place of Birth: San Pedro, California, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Gary Gabelich drives the Blue Flame to a new land speed record

Gary Gabelich (born August 29, 1940, died January 1984) was a Croatian-American who won the land speed record with his rocket powered automobile "Blue Flame" on October 28, 1970, achieving the average speed of 622.287 miles/h (1001.452863 km/h) on dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. This record was the first record over 1000 km/h, it remained unbeaten until 1983, when Richard Noble broke it driving Thrust 2.

Gabelich died in January 1984 in a motorcycle crash.

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