Lawn-mower racing came to the United States in 1992. It had been going strong in England since 1973, when Jim Gavin, an Irish rally driver, created the sport to be a low-buck endeavor for the average ...

Kerry Evans' ascent to the presidency of the United States Lawnmower Racing Association was set into motion in 1995 when a patron pulled up outside his engine dealership in Alabama and asked him to ...

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 ...

Three years ago, Rex and Chad Norton were puzzled by 18-year-old Bryan Wood of Muskegon who kept coming into Norton Small Engine Repair on East Apple Avenue to purchase lawn mower engine parts. When ...

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) -- You've heard about NASCAR. Now there's GRASSCAR. Lawn mower racing, which has legions of devotees in the car-race-crazed South, has officially arrived in Minnesota. On Saturday ...

Last year, Mike Miller was mowing Baker Cemetery in Marble Hill, Missouri, to save up enough money to build a lawn mower that he could race. This year, he's ridden that lawn mower into the winner's ...

Turning lawn mowers into racing vehicles is the latest and most affordable motorsport out there. Any organization that decides to be founded on April Fool’s Day must not take itself too seriously. The ...

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 ...