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Watch: Top Gear scoops world record for fastest tractor

Watch: Top Gear scoops world record for fastest tractor
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By Sallyann Nicholls & Cristina Abellan Matamoros
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Motor show Top Gear scooped the unusual Guiness World Record after reaching a top speed of 87.271 miles per hour (140 kph) with a modified farm vehicle.

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BBC motor show Top Gear has smashed a speed record for the world’s fastest tractor.

Steered by masked mascot The Stig, the programme scooped the Guiness World Record after reaching a top speed of 87.271 miles per hour (140 kph) with a modified farm vehicle.

The previous record holder set a mere top speed of 80.87mph (128kph) in 2015.

Top Gear is one of the BBC's most commercially successful programmes and is broadcast across Europe, America and South East Asia.

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