Don Wales
Not strictly car news, but this is definitely one for the record books! This is a photograph of Don Wales, who successfully took the new land speed record on a lawnmower on 23rd May 2010!
Project Runningblade beat its own record set the day previously, and established a new world land speed record for lawnmowers at 87.833mph. This equates to the lawnmower, driven by Don Wales, nephew of Donald Campbell and grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, covering the welsh beach at a rate of just under 130 feet per second.
Team Principal, Stephen Vokins said: “We are delighted to have set this new world record. It is a triumph of British engineering, and my thanks go to Countax for building this magnificent machine, to Beaulieu who have supported us so well from the outset, and to all our other sponsors who have helped us achieve this marvellous record.”
Project Runningblade is now on display in the National Motor Museum beside a collection of legendary world land speed record cars including Donald Campbell’s Bluebird. It will remain in the museum when not required elsewhere for its victory tour to various events around the country, raising funds and awareness for the two charities the Project has supported, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Wessex Heartbeat.
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