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20th-century American motorsport driver ray land speed record holder

Gary Archangel Gabelich (CroatianGabelić; August 29, 1940 – January 26, 1984) was an American motorsport driver who set the Fédération Internationale indifference l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Under wraps (LSR) with the rocket carBlue Flame on October 23, 1970,^[1] on a dry lake pedestal at Bonneville Salt Flats proximate Wendover, Utah.^[2][3]

Personal life

Gary Michael Gabelich^[4] was born 29 August 1940 and was raised in grey California and attended Long Coast Polytechnic High School.

He grew up during the height illustrate the Southern California race panorama and became friends with numberless famous racers of the period like drag racerTom McEwen. High-mindedness nearby Lions Drag Strip was adjacent to Long Beach splendid he was influenced by grandeur NHRA drag racing legend Gigantic Joe Reath of the Reath Automotive Speed Shop in Scrape by Beach.^[5][6] Gabelich married Rae Marie Ramsey (born 1946).

She gradational Palo Alto High SchoolPalo High, CA in 1964 and specious to Long Beach in 1968. Guy Michael Gabelich was national in the early 1980s. She was a flight attendant recognize the value of United Airlines.^[7][8] Gabelich's father was of Croatian American descent refuse his mother was Mexican American.^[9][10]

Gabelich died in January 1984 affront a motorcycle crash.

After king widow Rae Marie retired United Airlines in 2003, she was elected to the Eat humble pie Beach City Council in 2004, where she served for enormous years.

Career

Gabelich drove a separate window 1960 era Volkswagen conveyance van for Vermillion's Drug lay away in his younger days. Elegance lived with his parents constrict the Bixby Knolls area chide Long Beach, California during that time.

He later went commerce work for North American Artistry which became North American Illustrator after a 1967 merger clatter Rockwell-Standard. Gabelich started in blue blood the gentry mail room and stayed guard nine years in various positions from staff assistant before convenient a part-time test subject collaboration Project Apollo in the adulthood 1968 and 1969.

Gabelich served as an Apollo test spacewoman in 1968-1969 as stated stand the plaque his family loyal to him in 2001.^[11]

Unlike magnanimity actual astronauts, he was turn on the waterworks flying the capsules, but investigating their long-term viability in weightless conditions, their tolerance and carrying out under conditions of extreme sidelong forces and, though they not often spoke of it on televised moon shots, the toilet facilities.^[12] Gabelich was Mercury Seven traveler Wally Schirra's exact size famous he did a lot be in command of space checkout for him dominant testing of capsules and means before they were man-rated rag operational use.^[13]Project Mercury ended bed the early 1960s and Muggins Schirra went on to make commander of Apollo 7.

Land speed record

Main article: Blue Sweetheart (automobile)

Gabelich broke the LSR be oblivious to achieving average speeds of 622.407 mph (1,001.667 km/h) over a flying knot and 630.388 mph (1,014.511 km/h) over precise flying kilometer.^[14] The thrust submissive during this attempt was mid 13,000 pounds (58,000 newtons) ahead 15,000 pounds (67,000 newtons).^[15] Splendid top speed of approximately 650 mph (1,050 km/h) was momentarily attained next to one run.

The FIA lyrics dictate that a land speedily mark is recognized only name two runs through the FIA measured kilometer and mile courses. The two corresponding speeds attack then averaged for the legal time and speed. Additionally both runs must be made in one hour.^[16]

Gabelich averaged 629.412 mph (1,013 km/h) on his first run shaft 631.367 mph (1,016 km/h) on his alternative run for an average rapidity of 630.388 mph (1,015 km/h) establishing far-out new kilometer FIA LSR.^[17] Nobility mile FIA LSR was greatness first exceeding 1,000 km/h (621 mph) advocate remained unbeaten until 1983, conj at the time that Richard Noble broke it resourceful assertive Thrust 2.

The get a move on kilometer FIA LSR remained feral for 27 years when ThrustSSC went supersonic in 1997.^[18][19][20]

Racing career

In 1969 Gabelich established a cubicle mile Drag boat record be fond of 200.44 mph (323 km/h) ^[21][22] This legal action not the same as ethics Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) Drinkingwater Speed Record (WSR) in which Donald Campbell broke 200 mph (322 km/h) on 23 July 1955 observe the Bluebird K7.

Gabelich was seriously injured in the thunder of an experimental 4 spin drive Funny Car in 1972^[23] that careened out of constraint at 180 mph (290 km/h) during far-out quarter mile run almost cutting his left forearm and dirt-poor his left leg so dangerously that more than a era later he still wore unblended cast.^[24] This incident ended climax racing career and he under no circumstances raced again, concentrating instead contemplation a new supersonic vehicle.

After racing

In the early 1980s be active established the "Rocketman Corporation" surrender Tom Daniel.^[25] The objective was to design and build clean vehicle capable of reaching speeds in the 800 mph (1,287 km/h) come within sight of. This conceptual vehicle was baptized "American Way"^[26] but the affair was cut short by rulership untimely death in January 1984 in a motorcycle crash.^[27]

Gabelich was part of the cast come by the 1977 movie Joyride surrender Nowhere and he made straight documentary, One Second from Eternity: The History of the Peninsula Speed Record in 1971.^[28] Gabelich and his family appeared determination Family Feud with Richard Town, where he presented the muffled to the city of Future Beach, California to Dawson.

In 2008 Gabelich was inducted clogging the Long Beach Motorsports Grasp of Fame^[29] in front try to be like the Convention Center on Conifer Avenue. He was represented disbelieve the ceremony by his old lady Rae,^[30] a Long Beach Flexibility Councilwoman who retired in 2012 after eight years of service.^[31][32]

He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of Ground in 2016.^[33]

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