All the familiar sights and sounds of a drag race are there: the thrum of the engine, the eager hoots from the sidelined crowd, whirling tires kicking up dust as they rip towards the finish line.

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 New England Lawn Mower Racing Association will be competing at the Westfield Fair on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. Among the competitors will be Gregory Freeman, competing in his third full season in ...

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 34th annual Edendale Crank Up Day held over the weekend, pictured on Saturday during the lawn mower racing demonstration are Dave Cummings as Papa Smurf, of Eketahuna, with Phill Dravitski of ...

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 ...

I thought I’d seen everything when I watched a jaw-droppingly boring all-terrain vehicle race at the Monster Truck show last month. But I hadn’t reckoned with … lawn mower racing. Did you know that ...

Lawn mower racing is a far cry from the glitz and glamour of Formula One but the niche motorsport is taking off across Australia. The All Australian Ride-On Mower Racing championship returned to ...

"The Fast and The Furious" never saw anything like this. Sure, local tracks will offer their weekly dose of stock car racing, but this weekend isn't like most. That's because everything from lawn ...

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 ...