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The passion and glory of extreme lawn mower racing
In this fast-growing sport, daredevils risk life and limb, reaching death-defying speeds of almost 60 mph.
I thought Id seen everything when I watched a jaw-droppingly boring all-terrain vehicle race at the Monster Truck show last month. But I hadnt reckoned with lawn mower racing.
Did you know that the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association is the nations oldest and largest national lawn mower racing sanctioning body? Yep, it goes all the way back to 1992, so its venerable indeed. The sport itself is not much older, having been created in a pub circa 1973 by some British louts with too much time on their hands.
A company that makes lawn mower oil brought it over here and established a race series the STA-BIL Series includes 21 annual events! There are 50 local chapters, and 140 sanctioned races in 37 states.
The passion and glory of extreme lawn mower racing | MNN - Mother Nature Network
The passion and glory of extreme lawn mower racing
In this fast-growing sport, daredevils risk life and limb, reaching death-defying speeds of almost 60 mph.
I thought Id seen everything when I watched a jaw-droppingly boring all-terrain vehicle race at the Monster Truck show last month. But I hadnt reckoned with lawn mower racing.
Did you know that the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association is the nations oldest and largest national lawn mower racing sanctioning body? Yep, it goes all the way back to 1992, so its venerable indeed. The sport itself is not much older, having been created in a pub circa 1973 by some British louts with too much time on their hands.
A company that makes lawn mower oil brought it over here and established a race series the STA-BIL Series includes 21 annual events! There are 50 local chapters, and 140 sanctioned races in 37 states.
The passion and glory of extreme lawn mower racing | MNN - Mother Nature Network
