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In 1960, Mickey Thompson returned to the Bonneville Salt Flats with a modified Challenger 1 for a record attempt. He bested the world speed with a run at 407 miles per hour (faster than any man had driven a car before), but crashed before he could make a second run and thus secure the official record.
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