People are constantly trying to make a name for themselves via record-setting. Land speed records, especially, can get pricey, with the current target for a car over 763 mph -- if you’re trying for an overall record. Of course, you can always find a niche, making something besides a car to go fast, which is the case for Colin Furze and the others who have dived deep into the world of land speed toilet racing.

Of course, a toilet is not supposed to be mobile -- portable, sure, but the objective goal for most toilets is to stay stationary. That means these mobile toilets are just elaborate seats atop either a go-kart or custom-made chassis powered by a small motorcycle engine. Furze started with a mobility scooter and a 140 cc engine from a small motorcycle.

Furze broke his world record-breaking toilet attempt into seven separate videos that document the toilet’s build and its record-breaking run at Shakespeare County Raceway, where he went 52 mph … on a toilet. That was good enough to best the standing official record, set by television host Edd China, by 10 mph.

Like any form of motorsport, there's some drama about the standing record. The team at Nitro Circus and Jolene Van Vugt went 46 mph on a toilet-topped-go-kart but managed to not fall under the extremely vague purview of the Guinness World Records requirement of an official run. Still, her 46-mph attempt was beaten by Furze, laying some of that toilet trouble to rest.

Taking the mobile toilet to the next level, Paul Stender built a port-a-potty that’s powered by a turbine engine. It’s reported that this combination is good for at least 70 mph, but we imagine it could shoot past that with ease -- at the cost of the surrounding port-a-potty.

Time to swing by the local big box store, snag a new toilet and get to racing.

h/t Jalopnik

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