Gary Gabelich (born August 29, 1940) is a Croatian-American who won the world record with his rocket powered automobile "Blue Flame" on October 28, 1970, achieving the average speed of 622.287 miles/h (1001.452863 km/h) on dry lake bed at Bonneville Salt Flats in Wandover, Utah. This record was unbeaten for as long as 13 years.
