New series 1/3. Charting historic attempts to break world speed records - on land, water and in the air. rhe Battle of Bonneville. In a death-defying duel slaved out over the six years from 1960, farm boy Art Arfons went head to head with Californian hot-rodder Craig Breedlove in a battle over the world land-speed record. Here, the two men recall smashing the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers as the record changed hands time and again. John Michie narrates.
Producer lain Scollay; Executive producer Hamish Barbour
First shown on BBC4 (AD)