Lawn mower racing: the surprisingly fast sport born in a British pub (Video)

Lawn mower racers can hit speeds up to 50 mph as they zip around dirt tracks (without blades).
It started as a solution to expensive motorsports and grown into a global phenomenon. The British Lawn Mower Racing Association (BLMRA) launched in 1973 when a group of racing enthusiasts at a pub in Wisborough Green noticed a groundskeeper mowing the cricket pitch and had an idea: why not race the machines everyone had in their garden sheds? — Read the rest
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