Lawn mower racing began amongst enthusiasts in the U.S.A. where it has grown to have its own national organization called the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association. Ordinary lawn mowers of the seated kind with a steering mechanism are used and original mower engines retained but blades are removed. The sport attracts all ages and acts as a compensation for the forced and tedious hours endured in maintaining lawns. A lawn mower (often spelled as one word—lawnmower) is a type of mower, used to cut grass to an even length on a smaller scale. ...
The sport was actually "invented" in 1973 in a pub in Sussex in the UK called the Cricketers Arms, by a bunch of guys bemoaning the prohibitive costs of getting involved in any kind of motorsport. They formed the British lawn Mower Racing Association, and shortly afterwards, a northern equivalent, in the shape of the North West Lawn Mower Racing Association was formed. The sport was taken to the USA by the makers of a petrol stabiliser called Sta-bil, who had visited the UK and witnessed a race meeting.
Lawn mower racing should not be confused with go-karting wherein lawn mower engines have often been used, especially amongst the amateur participants in go-karting. Lawn mower racing is based firmly around the use of both engines and chassis from regular model mowers. A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...
A humorous lawnmower racing arcade game called Wacky Wheels was released in 1994. It features various animals racing each other. There are hedgehogs and other items such as bombs scattered throughout the courses that when hit can then be used as ammunition to shoot at the other players. Wacky Wheels is a personal computer based arcade lawnmower racing game released by Apogee in 1994. ... For the anti-submarine weapon see Hedgehog (weapon); for the mathematical concepts see hedgehog (curve) and hedgehog (metric). ...
External links
http://www.racemower.co.uk British Lawn Mower Racing Association http://www.nwlmra.org North West lawn Mower Racing Association
Lawnmowers became a more efficient alternative to simply relying on gardeners wielding the scythe (which, when placed in incompetent hands, left unsightly scars on and in the ground) or bare spaces caused by domesticated grazing animals.
Reel lawnmowers often allow the height of the lawnmower to be adjusted to control the height of the cut grass.
For rotary mowers, the power sources may vary: grass-cutting may be powered by either an internal combustion engine or an electric motor, while propulsion may share that power source or be supplied by the user or another external source such as a tractor.
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