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 ...

Dozens of lawn mowers will be making a lot of noise this weekend in the south-central Iowa town of Carlisle, but they won’t be cutting grass. The National Lawn Mower Racing Summer Nationals roll into ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. PETER, Minn. — Andy Tronnes had no idea lawn mower racing was already a national sport when he and a few buddies started racing their small tractors around a horseshoe driveway near Hibbing seven ...

Janet Witt has racked up loads of mileage riding lawn mowers, but she has yet to cut a blade of grass with one of the mini-tractors. She and her husband, Jim, are among a growing number of lawn mower ...

Racing enthusiasts may dream of driving in the Indy 500 or speeding down the La Mans raceway. But this summer, racers will tear up the hay fields - sort of. DURHAM - Racing enthusiasts may dream of ...

The roar of the lawn mower engines brought cheers from the crowd at the Manchester Community Fair on Wednesday night as the racers took practice laps before the Swamp Grass 210 race. Although most of ...

BRAINERD, Minn. - 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 ...

When you race a vehicle made for cutting grass at speeds of up to 50 mph, accidents are bound to happen. Mark Ledford knows all about that. The York man has suffered two broken collar bones in lawn ...

David Smith of Jonesboro races March 27, 2004, during the first meet by the Arkansas chapter of the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association, at the Equine Center north of Arkansas State University in ...