JCB, a British multinational corporation known for building manufacturing equipment, went viral for a bizarre reason a couple of months ago.?
The hashtag?#JCBKiKhudayi?trended on Twitter and thousands of users watched videos of JCB excavators simply digging up dirt and nothing else.?
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After this weird JCB meme fiasco, JCB has hit headlines, this time for thanks to a?man who drove the tractor at an unimaginable?speed.
For someone who wants a farm to be ploughed in seconds, Guy Martin should your best bet, because he literally took the tractor for a spin at a mind blowing?217 km per hour!?
He initially achieved a new record of 166.79 km/h (103.64 mph) before going even faster by reaching 217.570 km/h (135.191 mph), reports Guinness World Record website.?
"There are some good folk there and they said about this idea of building the world's fastest tractor. So I said 'if you want it piloting give us a shout' and that¡¯s where it came about," he told Guinness World Records.
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"I turned up this morning and had a look round," he explained. "I went around [an area to the side of the runway] to get my eye in and get a feel for how it drives and what the clutch is like.?
"It can¡¯t turn tight as it hasn¡¯t got a differential in the back axle. So just get used to how the gears change, how the engine behaves because it¡¯s fairly sluggish low down until the turbo comes in," he added.?
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The JCB Fastrac Two - designed and built by a team of young engineers at the British agricultural manufacturer's headquarters in Staffordshire - secured the title at Elvington Airfield, in York, with the?mechanic and a motorbike racer by profession behind the wheels.?
After modifying the JCB Fastrac, Martin and his assistants made their first attempt in June. At that time, they only wanted to reach the 100 miles per hour mark, reports Mail Online.?
Guinness World Records recognises him as the fastest man to travel on a gravity-powered snow sled (83.49mph set in 2014), soapbox (85.61 mph also set in 2014) and to ride a motorcycle on the petrifying horizontal Wall of Death (78.15mph in 2016). He also has the British record of 75.21mph achieved in a hovercraft.
Of course, Guy Martin is no stranger to speed and danger. He's most famous for racing in, arguably the most dangerous motorcycle race on earth, - Isle Of Man TT where he finished on the podium 17 times. He started out as a truck mechanic before moving to motorcycle racing and later, a career in Television.