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23/8: Fastest Diesel on the Planet
Congratulations go to JCB and their DieselMax team for winning the world land speed record for a diesel powered car. They broke the previous record by over 100mph achieving 328.767mph. It was a great achievement for JCB and for British Engineering.For those of you who don't know, my partner Julie works for JCB so I'm a little biased.
The team have been out on the Salt Flats in Utah following in the tyre tracks of Sir Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald.
Anyway, here's a picture of two JCBs. Can you guess which one got the record?
Update Thursday 24th August - Scratch that record, it's now 350.092mph. Apparently the car hasn't yet tried sixth gear so it sounds like there is more to come ...
