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Got Milk?
Souped-Up British Milk Van Sets Speed Record
Fri August 29, 2003 07:07 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A Welsh race-car driver claimed the first milk van speed record Thursday after zooming at 73 mph in a souped-up electric machine.
Electric milk vans, called "floats," are one of the quintessential features of British life, designed decades ago to run in silence, so the legend goes, to avoid waking slumbering citizens when the milkman drops off pints of milk at dawn.
The floats have not been known for their speed until Welsh Formula 3 racer Richard Rozhon got behind the wheel of his brand new Electron E150 on a track at the Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in central England.
Rozhon was at something of a loss to describe the experience.
"It's a radical designed futuristic vehicle," he told Reuters by telephone. "Something sort of out of the space age. It's a futuristic looking milk float."
Rozhon said he set the speed mark with no milk bottles on board, but guessed it could go nearly as fast when fully loaded.
Another team tried to set a record in a conventional float on the same day but barely got to 50 mph.
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