Open-wheel racing means Indy cars and Formula One to some; to David Hill, it's a 1999 Murray riding lawn mower. "I'm one of them that likes to ride the ragged edge," Hill said. "I'm not trying to blow ...

An average person might take a day or two to get his lawnmower in shape for the summer months. Phil Thompson, on the other hand, would spend about a month on his. Of course, he'd be priming it for ...

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 ...

OK, this does not involve your father’s John Deere lawnmower. Then again, it could. And that, in a nutshell, is the beauty of lawmower racing at Moose Mountain Speedway in Hastings. Want to race 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 ...

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 ...

Drivers racing mowers ranging in horsepower from 19 to 32 are putting their skills to the test on dirt tracks around the country. The North Queensland Mower Racing Club has around 65 members, many of ...