When the New River Valley Fair came to Dublin last year, I went to see the Demolition Derby, and it was a life-changing event. I never would have imagined it would be so exciting and fascinating. This ...
— The rolling front lawn of Mike Paccione’s home in Branchburg is dry, straw-colored and not so much trimmed as flattened. It is not the lawn you’d associate with a man who owns and lovingly maintains ...
Here’s the appeal of lawn mower racing summed up in less than 15 words: “You take a lawn mower and make it go 60 miles per hour.” So says Jere Heineman, Hibbing resident, lawn mower racer and vice ...
The heat creeps toward triple digits at the Kendall County Fairgrounds, in Boerne, but that doesn’t stop Julie Tynmann from pulling on heavy, fire-resistant gloves and racing boots, a black neck brace ...
Shane Hamilton can get his ride on lawn mower to up to 100 kilometres per hour. The Legana man is part of a growing Tasmanian fraternity that meet every six weeks to race their modified mowers on a ...
FRANKFORD — Russell Jennings had an epiphany. And it came at last year's New Jersey State Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, where the Stillwater man watched a bunch of people race against each ...
After the ongoing pandemic washed out the first events of the season, lawn mower racing in Texas got going again this past Saturday. The racers were excited to get back on the track, and we were ...
The riding lawnmowers, sans cutting blades, are chugging loudly round the grass track as fast as their riders can make them go. Expressions obscured by bulky helmets, the competitors try to gain an ...
ELK RIVER, Minn. (WCCO) --NASCAR has well-known drivers like Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick. In Minnesota, there's a lesser-known racing circuit with drivers known as "Grandpa" and "Miss Behavin." ...
FIFIELD - Rock music blared from speakers as spectators sat on bleachers or lawn chairs they brought from home to watch speedsters zoom around a track Sunday afternoon. Sunday was a big day for racing ...
His day job: Drives a truck. His weekend passion: Drives a lawn mower. Tom Lavalette shakes his head and grins about his lifestyle of driving. Then he puts on a red, white and blue padded suit, a ...