Driver, Don Wales steered the Kawasaki-powered Countax ride-on machine beyond the 87mph barrier for the first time, surpassing the previous top speed of 80.792 mph reached by Bob Cleveland on a home-built lawnmower in 2006 at Bonneville Flats, USA,
In line with regulations, the eight-time landspeed record holder cut grass outside Pendine’s Museum of Speed before beating the existing four-year old target on the military beach by nearly 6mph on Saturday (86.069).
The grandson of Sir Donald Campbell, who made his debut in 1924 on the same sands, then went on to set the new outright world landspeed record for a lawnmower 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.
