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# World's fastest lawnmower sets new record
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## American Bobby Cleveland takes his lawnmower up to 96 mph to set a new
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world record.
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2:00PM BST 28 Sep 2010
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[Comments][1]
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Eclipsing the recent efforts of **[British driver Don Wales][2]**, American
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Bobby Cleveland claims to have set a new world speed record - for driving a
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lawnmover.
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Cleveland recorded an average speed of 96.5mph over two runs on Utah's
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Bonneville Salt Flats on his custom built 104+ mower.
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This beat the 87mph target set by Wales (nephew of Donald Campbell and
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grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell) at Pendine Sands, Wales, earlier this year.
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Although shy of the 104mph target Cleveland was aiming for, the record is
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nonetheless impressive given that the rules stipulate the machine used must be
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built primarily from lawnmower parts.
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