So fast for a good cause 

6 June 2007

A sofa speed record has helped us raise more than £1,300. Marek Turowski, 38, from South London, won an eBay charity auction run by Sofa.com for the privilege of being behind the wheel, with the cash going to FSID. His top speed was 92 mph.

The video of Turowski breaking the world record on a high speed sofa has also been a surprise online hit, having been viewed on You Tube more than 70,000 times, uploaded to countless other video sharing sites, featured on The Sun Online and carried by 2,000 bloggers. You can see it at www.sofa.com/sofarecord

The previous record of 87mph was set in 1998 by engineer Ed China - the man who built the wacky machine for company sofa.com. Despite being disappointed about seeing his crown slip, he says: "At least I still have the constructor's title to boast about."

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 in May 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. 

Sofa.com was pleased to donate 100% of the proceeds from the auction to FSID. Thank you Sofa.com