24 May 2010

Lawnmower speed record set

7:48 pm on 24 May 2010

A British rider has set a new world land speed record on a lawnmower by reaching a top speed of more than 138km/h.

Don Wales beat the previous record by 8km/h at Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire.

Those making a bid for the record must drive over a measured mile in one direction and return within an hour.

Mr Wales' grandfather was Sir Malcolm Campbell who broke the world land speed record in a car, at the same venue in 1924.