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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
— 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 ...
It’s so dry, there’s hardly any grass to mow, but it won’t stop dozens of lawn mower racers from trying to cut down their opponents in central Iowa this weekend. The machines look like typical riding ...
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 ...
While strolling the grounds at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show at the Convention Center on Thursday afternoon, I stumbled onto the perfect antidote for Richie Incognito and Jonathan ...
A group of intrepid adventurers are racing across the country for the chance of winning $100,000. The catch: they have to ride lawn mowers that travel at the breakneck speed of 5.5 miles per hour. And ...