WHITMAN-HANSON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Mark Kenny is a guy who likes to challenge himself. That’s why he decided to try to set a world record by pulling a car tethered around his waist.

“I’d been thinking about it for a while,’’ Kenny said nonchalantly, as if he were talking about running a 5K or doing a chin-up.

And then he did it.

On Thursday morning, Kenny slipped on a pair of blue and gray gardening gloves, attached a thick red nylon strap around his waist, and placed his palms on the ground.

Then he hoisted his legs up in the air and began making his way, one gloved hand at a time, toward a strip of blue tape that served as a makeshift finish line, all the while pulling a forest green Mini Cooper behind him.

When the 55-year-old Plymouth resident reached the blue line, he not only achieved his hand-walking goal — he also snagged some potential global bragging rights. He plans to submit evidence of his feat so he can claim the Guinness World Record for pulling a vehicle while walking on his hands. (As of Thursday, there was no title holder in that category. If Guinness verifies his performance, the honor will go to Kenny.)

When making his case to Guinness, Kenny will have no lack of witnesses, as a large crowd assembled on a basketball court at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School to watch him pull off the stunt — including Kenny’s wife, Mary; their children; and hundreds of youngsters attending the Plymouth County DARE summer camp. They proved to be an enthusiastic audience, cheering wildly and chanting, “Pull that car!’’

Sean Leonard, 19, a peer leader at the DARE camp, was impressed by Kenny’s performance.

“It was cool to see,’’ he said. “It was crazy.’’

Another peer leader, Meagan Outerbridge, 18, agreed.

“You can tell he practiced a lot,’’ she said.

Indeed he has. Kenny first started doing handstands for fun when he was 10 years old, and he’s never stopped.

So does he have a knack for it? An innate talent? Was it countless hours of practice? Or a combination of those factors, perhaps?

“I just kept doing it,’’ he said, modestly.

And the secret of pulling a car with your body while you’re upside down?

“It’s all momentum; you just have to keep the momentum going,’’ he said, matter-of-factly.

When Kenny is not working for the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, he works out every day, and walking on his hands is part of his regular fitness regimen.

It’s turned out to be a skill that has brought him quite a few accolades, and even appearances on “Late Night With David Letterman’’ and “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.’’ In 1994, Kenny set a Guinness World Record for the fastest 50-meter inverted sprint, which he completed in 16.93 seconds. He also holds the Guinness record for walking down a five-story flight of stairs on his hands (he clocked his fastest time in May 2014, when he descended 77 steps in 30.8 seconds at Patriot Place in Foxborough).

To prepare for Thursday’s event, Kenny practiced at home. He discovered that pulling a Honda Pilot proved to be difficult. His 11-year-old son, Will, poked his head through the sunroof and watched his dad struggle with the weight of the SUV.

Kenny ultimately decided to go with a lighter vehicle and borrowed his neighbor’s Mini Cooper.

After Kenny cleared the finish line Thursday, the Plymouth district attorney presented Kenny with a plaque. His wife and children — Johnny, Katie, and Will — were beaming proudly.

One camper turned to Will and said, “Dude, your dad is awesome.’’

Kenny tries to connect hand-walking to broader life lessons. Whenever he performs, he tries to show youngsters that if they put their mind to it, they can accomplish anything.

“It’s just a matter of setting goals and working at something,’’ he said. “Whatever you want to be good at, you can be good at.’’

Emily Sweeney can be reached at esweeney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @emilysweeney.