Team Cromwell and their Commonwealth Games ring-in can.
Last night the road-cycling team established a lap record around the Highland Motorsport Park track as they prepared for the Tour of Southland, which starts on November 2.
Highlands business development officer Josie Spillane said about 300 people watched the ''incredibly quick'' team.
A vehicle which followed the riders around the track had to sit on about 60kmh, she said.
Members of the team, the first in the Tour of Southland to be sponsored by a town, include Mark Spessot, of Dunedin, Gavin Mason, of Wanaka, and British riders Matt Holmes, of Wigan, and Tom Stewart, of Doncaster.
They were helped by Tom Scully, of Cromwell, who won gold in the points race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow earlier this year.
Although he is also racing in the Tour of Southland, Scully will be riding for a different team.
• Interested in having a go at the record?
People can try their hand at Highlands on Tuesday evenings from mid-November when the track is open to the public.
Anyone who breaks the record will win a ride in the Highlands owner Tony Quinn's new Lamborghini Huracan.
