He whizzed around the Twistosaurus’ track at the Flamingo Land theme park in Malton to set a new Guinness World Record.
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“I was amazed. I was really amazed,” Reynolds said after the stunt, for which he raised more than $450 for his local air ambulance service with the help of his grandson Shane Spencer.
The retiree told ITV’s morning program “Good Morning Britain,” which broadcast his ride live, that he’d only expected to “just go round and round” as he’d previously done on a wooden coaster in the 1930s.
Reynolds is no stranger to breaking world records, and on being presented with his latest accolade, he joked that he’d have to move out of his bungalow to better accommodate all of his awards.
“I’ve lived through two World Wars so a bucket of ice and water wouldn’t [faze] me!” Reynolds told Yahoo News at the time. “My fun-loving family always set me up for things like this so I had no hesitation to do it.”
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