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25th May, 2010
The Honour Motorsport-backed Project Runningblade
has claimed a new land speed record for the world’s fastest lawn mower at Pendine Sands in South
Wales. Driver, Don Wales, steered the Kawasaki-powered Countax ride-on machine beyond the 87 mph
barrier for the first time, surpassing the previous top speed of 80.792 mph reached by Bob
Cleveland on a home-built lawn mower in 2006 at Bonneville Flats, USA.
In line with regulations, Don Wales, the eight-time land speed record holder cut grass outside
Pendine’s Museum of Speed, before beating the existing four-year old target on the military beach
by nearly 6 mph last Saturday when he hit 86.069 mph. Don is the grandson of Sir Donald Campbell
who, himself, made his debut in 1924 on the same sands. Don went on to set the new outright world
land speed record for a lawn mower at 87.833 mph, after successfully completing two individually
timed runs within a one-hour period along the shores of Carmathen Bay in Sunday’s session.
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Don Wales not only enters the history books with nine such accolades to his name, but the
latest attempt also marks the accomplishment of the dream of motoring author and Runningblade’s
Team Principal, Stephen Vokins, who laid down the British challenge in 2009 following heart
surgery. The project has equally raised significant funds for the Wessex Heartbeat charity which
supports the Wessex Cardiac Centre at Southampton General Hospital where the TV presenter
received the life-saving treatment.
Adrian Honour, Managing Director of Honour Motorsport, said on Sunday: “We would like to
congratulate Don Wales and the team for such a remarkable achievement. It has been a real
privilege to be part of such an exciting project, and the success which we have witnessed today
is a true testament to all the hard work which has been put in by all involved during the past
year.”
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