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It’s 1997 and Craig Breedlove is strapped to the jet engine from a fighter plane and is blasting along at 675 mph . . . in a car.
Actually, the “Spirit of America” doesn’t exactly pass for a car in the traditional sense, but when you’re used to being the fastest human alive — on the ground — practicality and rules are out the window.