Women's Land Speed Record
In 1906 Dorothy Levitt broke the women's world speed record for the flying kilometer, recording a speed of 91 mph (146.25 km/h) and receiving the sobriquet the "Fastest Girl on Earth". She drove a six-cylinder Napier motorcar, a 100 hp (74.6 kW) development of the K5, in a speed trial in Blackpool. The current record is held by Craig Breedlove's wife Lee Breedlove, who piloted her husband's Spirit of America - Sonic 1 J79 jet-powered car to a record velocity of 308.506 mph (496.492 km/h) in 1965, making her the fastest woman alive, as of 1974.
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