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2006-07-07 Britain

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-07 09:11|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Huh??? Land Speed Record:
October 15, 1997 Black Rock Desert, USA
Andy Green (United Kingdom)
ThrustSSC Turbofan 763.035 MPH (1 mile) First supersonic record (Mach 1.016)

Posted by ed 2006-07-07 10:01|| 2006-07-07 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Nowhere in the UK there is a piece of land who is both flat and uninterrupted for long enough so you can dream about reaching the US speeds. For a car reaching Mach 1 like in the US you need something like 7 miles of a straight lane.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-07-07 10:09|| 2006-07-07 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought the land speed record was set by MikeyMoore heading for the last doughnut.

Or maybe it was a Dem running for money from the far Left....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-07 12:32|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2006-07-07 12:32|| Front Page Top

#4 As the story sez, it's the British speed record, not the world record.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-07-07 13:04|| 2006-07-07 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought the land speed record was held by the last Sudanese chicken.

Posted by grb 2006-07-07 16:47|| 2006-07-07 16:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Gnat jet powered dragster

Weird, son ofa Sabre killer?

Posted by 6 2006-07-07 20:20|| 2006-07-07 20:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey -- does this disqualify this guy?
(Gotta see the pic)
http://www.abc4.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=DDFCF59F-F035-48E3-8247-0B2BAD8C04A8
Man sets land speed record on lawn mower

A man riding on a suped up lawn mower set a new world speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a speed of 81 miles an hour.

"A lot of people might say you guys are crazy?" "Yea I hear that all the time," said Bob Cleveland as he sat atop his tricked out grass clipper. But if driving a suped up lawn mower down a track on top of a salt covered lake bottom means you're crazy then Cleveland admits he's crazy. "This is my job and I enjoy it. It's a lot more fun than cutting the grass."

When the wind died down on the Salt Flats, Cleveland hit the throttle and sped away. Within a few seconds he topped out at 81 miles an hour a new world's record. "That was great, it felt good, I believe we can get a lot more out of it," Cleveland said. In addition to his speed work Cleveland also races on the professional circuit, winning the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association's National Championship 8 times.

But Cleveland's ride is not your father's lawn mower. Under the hood he installed a 820.07 Peerless transaxle and a 20 horse power V-twin Vanguard engine. That all means he has the fastest lawn mower on the block. While Cleveland's chopped out clipper never touches a blade of grass it does bring him a lot of green, including a sponsorship from the Golden Eagle company, the makers of the 104 plus octane boost he uses to spike his mower.

Between racing and setting new world records Cleveland spends most of the year on the road. But when he does make it home his girl friend, Diletta Wiggins, said she's s the one who mows the lawn. "Bob doesn't know how to cut grass any more. In fact I don't let him on the yard any more because he goes to fast," Wiggins said. There was no previous record so Cleveland set the mark at 81 miles an hour on a mower. He hoped to reach 104 miles per hour but the race day got cut short when a wind storm came through the Salt Flats.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2006-07-07 20:23|| 2006-07-07 20:23|| Front Page Top

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