Get ready to get deep into a mowers racing

Ride your mower and go through the races

A lawn mower is a special class of vehicle made for cutting of grass. Agreed that it is a slow vehicle, not meant for racing, but you can always race it. As they say in USA, if it moves, it can race. The idea is now popular and legally allowed in all the areas of USA.

Who Can run The Race 

1. Any member of U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association can run the race irrespective of sex, or nationality.

2. The drivers should be 18 years of age. Drivers with age of 16 and 17 years are allowed to run with the permission of parents

3. All the drivers (and the parents of drivers of age 16 and 17 years) are required to sign a release letter for discharging United States Lawn Mower Racing Association.

Driver Safety – This Is very Important For You

Driver safety is given its due importance during racing. He/She must wear safety helmet used on motorcycles or automobile safety helmet. Drivers are also required to wear approved neck support to prevent neck injury during racing. Long pants, gloves, shoes and long sleeved shirt wearing are mandatory for all riders.

What Machine can Be Used

• Any vehicle meant for lawn mowing (with permitted modifications) can be used for racing. Any vehicle designed for lawn mowing and sold commercially as such can be used for race.

• It should be able to cut lawns in its present condition.

• The vehicle should be self-propelled. In class 1 races, it can be used with a person running behind the lawn mower.

Safety Features Of Vehicle

In order to have safety of all drivers and vehicles, the following must be followed scrupulously.

• The cutting blades are to be removed from all the vehicles

• Automatic throttle closing devices must be available on all vehicles

• Brakes should be available on all vehicles. At least two wheels must have working brakes.

• No special fuel can be used in vehicles other than the pump gas. Certain additives are allowed.

Inspections Are Mandatory Before The Race

Every mower that takes part in any USLMRA event must be approved for competition by Technical Inspection. Any mower is liable to be re-inspected at any time by the Chief Steward or Chief Technical Inspector.

Having known the general rules of entry and safety feature of vehicles and protective equipment that the driver are expected to wear, you can take part in the race.

Therefore, if you have joined a club for racing of lawn mowers, you are allowed to have some practice laps and depending on your lawn mower, allowed to take part in any of the four classes of lawn mower race.

Just before, you go ahead and buy a new lawn mower just for racing, it would be advisable to think and then select the class of lawn mower race that you are going competing.

In general, there are four classes of races.

1. In the first class, you can race with the equipment as it was sold in market without any modifications. This is called as Stock class.

2. IMOW Class:(International Mowers Of Weeds) in this class the engine has to be front engine, driver behind the engine, 15 HP max 36” inch width. Some modifications of vehicles are allowed.

3. Prepared Class: Modified vehicles are allowed in this class. The allowed modifications are written in the USLMRA rules and some internal engine modifications are allowed. Original alignment of the vehicles should remain.

4. Factory Experimental class: Major modifications are allowed in this case subject to the maximum limit of 465 CC engine displacement These machines no longer function as lawn mowers but their appearances are similar to the lawn mowers

Go ahead and buy the class of vehicle you wish to race. It would better to have a discussion with the persons who have already run the race and know the intricacies of running a race.

If you want a lawn mower just for running a race, you can purchase it just for that purpose, but it makes sense to combine the work with pleasure and have your workhorse of a lawn mower for the race.

Of course, if you have the money to buy a lawn mower just for racing, go ahead and buy one just for racing, but many others take part in the race just for the fun of it and it is more enjoyable that way. A lawn mower racing winner is very much a local winner and will hardly make it to national headlines just as a formula 1 driver would.