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The Wingfoot Express was Walt Arfons and Tom Green's jet-powered land speed record car, driven by Green to a record on October 2, 1964, after Walt suffered a heart attack just prior. The Express was powered by a Westinghouse J46 engine and hit the 413 mph record mark.[1][2]

  1. ^ Air & Space Magazine,March 01, 2009, Oldies and Oddities: The Bonneville Jet Wars
  2. ^ Air & Space Magazine,March 01, 2009, Oldies and Oddities: The Bonneville Jet Wars Photos[permanent dead link]

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