The milk float makes its run
A SUPERCHARGED milk float has picked up a new world record after reaching a speed of 84mph on a racing circuit.
The specially-adapted vehicle, sponsored by Weetabix On The Go Breakfast Drinks, beat the existing top speed for a milk float of 77mph on the tarmac at Bruntingthopre in Leicestershire.
Complete with bull-bars, and boasting a V8 engine, the float was crafted from a traditional 4mph electric float.
Ciara O'Connor, group brand manager at Weetabix, said: "What better way to deliver our new Weetabix On The Go Breakfast Drinks and acknowledge the nation's changing breakfast habits than on the back of a world record-breaking milk float?"
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