Video Of The Week - The Lawnmower Grand Prix Is On!
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If your lawnmower is gathering dust in the storage shack, then it's time to think about entering the Grand Prix - Not the Formula One kind of course, but the lawnmover kind. At least that's what grown men in Britain do from June to October and, it sure sounds like a lot of fun!
As the name indicates, lawnmower racing, which began in 1973, involves drivers racing against each other on an even field riding their gardening machines. To make it as fair as possible, competitors are allowed to make very few modifications to their racing machines - The biggest of which involves removing the blades.
To ensure that every lawnmower owner gets a fair shot, the race is divided into three categories - Group 2 for people who have lawmnowers with seats, Group 3 for those with machines that resemble a buggy and Group 4 for the real serious ones with the large lawn tractors. What will they think up of next!
Resources: Telegraph.co.uk
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- contry boyabout 12 yearsthis is what we called red neck raceing it is fun to watch and i have alway's loved to do it i have two with a 30 hp motor on it and it hall's to i race mud drift and just drive around with it.they are really fun to mud and all kinds of thing's i love mine
jtiptonabout 12 yearsthis is so asome- Pooky over 12 yearsthat is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool i wish i had 1
ranoldoover 12 yearsthat is really cool- nameover 12 yearscool
eldavisover 12 yearsi would like to do that- Angusover 12 yearsgreat I would like to do that too!!!!!!!!
kerbecsover 12 yearsI would love to ride that while doing work.Entertaining...........- samisoniover 12 yearswhy do we not a longer to witch it
- Hunter Gover 12 yearsI have a lawnmower like that