May 13, 2007 Marek Turowski broke the Fastest Furniture Land Speed Record by driving a high speed sofa at 92mph. The previous record, 87mph, was set in 1998.
The record attempt was witnessed and verified by a representative of The Guinness Book of World Records and the feat will appear in the next published edition! The record was broken at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Lutterworth Leicestershire, on a two mile long 60 metre wide racing straight normally used to test top-secret specialist Ministry of Defence projects. The sofa was built by Edd China who held the existing record. Edd said:
“It’s been sad to see my record beaten, but world records only have real value when they’re challenged. And at least I still have the constructor’s title to boast about.”
Hilarious project. Who decided that they want to race a sofa?
