Fast tractor

[Lil Foot]

Fletcher man sets tractor land speed record

Plowing the lower 40 in as many minutes probably could be done if Jack Donohue was behind the wheel of the 1952 Ford N8 series tractor he drove to a world land speed record last fall.

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[BAP]

Fletcher man sets tractor land speed record

Plowing the lower 40 in as many minutes probably could be done if Jack Donohue was behind the wheel of the 1952 Ford N8 series tractor he drove to a world land speed record last fall.

www.blueridgenow.com

That’s more of a race car than tractor. The first tractor speed record set in 1934 at 65.5mph by Ab Jenkins was on an Allis Chalmers Model U. That took some guts because it was stock with NO safety features.