Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe CARMARTHEN, Wales, May 24 (UPI) -- The driver of a lawn mower built for speed said he and his team broke the speed record for the machines by reaching an average speed of 87.833 mph in Wales. Don Wales and his team said the mower broke the record of 80.792 mph, set in 2006 by U.S. man Bob Cleveland, by reaching an average speed of 86.069 mph during a run Saturday at Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire, Wales, the BBC reported Monday. Advertisement Wales said the mower reached an average speed of 87.833 mph during a second run Sunday. Wales said the mower, which is comprised of parts from three different Countax mowers, also had to prove it can still cut grass, a requirement for lawn mower world records.
