MACHINERY

Really fast Fastrac cracks 100mph

JCB has given new meaning to its Fastrac range by smashing the previous land speed record for tractors in Britain with a run of 166.7km/h.

Mark Saunders
 A JCB Fastrac has hit 166.7km/h to break the tractor land speed record. Picture courtesy JCB.

A JCB Fastrac has hit 166.7km/h to break the tractor land speed record. Picture courtesy JCB.

In the ‘old money', that's 103.6 miles per hour and the record was set last week in England at the Elvington Airfield in a highly-modified JCB powered by a 7.2 litre, 746kW JCB DieselMax engine. Punching...

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