Lloyd goes the distance!

The 25-year old from Norwich broke South African Myk Prescott’s benchmark distance of 1,152.54km at 7:36am with three hours remaining on the clock. By 10:37am (1 October), a full twenty four hours after he started out, Lloyd had eclipsed Prescott’s 2008 achievement and established a new record distance of 1,289.12km (801.38 miles).

"I feel fine. Right as rain," he said remarkably after his gruelling drive to raise money and awareness for the Wings for Life charity. "In the last stint I went hell for leather to make sure that the record stays with me for me as long as possible."

The challenge had got underway in near perfect conditions at the renowned Whilton Mill circuit near Daventry, Northamptonshire, although rain had been forecast to fall from 7am the following morning. However, just before 2am, droplets of water began to spot on Lloyd’s helmet visor and quickly turned into persistent, heavy rain.

Shortly after he pitted to take on board fresh fuel and change his slicks in favour of wet tyres, Lloyd’s kart stopped on the circuit. He was pushed back to the paddock and some frantic work by AMT Racing’s Ashley Todd and Alan McKay traced the problem to water in the fuel tank. This was quickly changed, along with the engine’s carburettor and the fuel itself, following a dash over to nearby Silverstone to collect fresh Sunoco from ourselves who were Lloyds fuel partner throughout the challenge.

Now Lloyd has broken this world record as well as established British and European records he says he ‘will use this success to spur me on for my next big challenger, to drive a race-prepared Porsche Carrere Cup flat-out for 24 hours round a Middle Eastern circuit’. Lloyd is currently working on a winter training program for this new challenge.

Lloyd has teamed up with Wings for Life in order to raise money for and increase public awareness of spinal cord research. Wings for Life invests directly into spinal paralysis research programs, with a focus of finding a cure for spinal injury.  With more than 2.7 million paralysed patients worldwide and over 130,000 new cases each year, they see it as vital to push forward and develop new treatments.

For more information about Lloyd and his World Record Attempts, visit www.24hour.org.uk