These guys know how to go faster on the pasture. "You want one that's lighter," said Jere Heineman, a Hibbing man who belongs to what might be the first family of lawn mower racing in Minnesota.

This is Le Mow, an annual 12-hour lawn mower race in Wisborough Green, known as the most affordable way to take part in competitive motorsport. It runs all through the night, from 19:00 BST to 07:00 ...

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 ...

Lawn mower racing was dreamt up in 1973 at a pub in Wisborough Green by a group of friends bemoaning the state of motorsport and commercialisation. One suggested they race lawn mowers and reclaim ...

In Britain, the sport is represented by the British Lawn Mower Racing Association, with the motto "Per Herbam Ad Astra" -- Through Grass to the Stars.

Lawn mower racers go at it at a competition in Chipley, Fla., last month. "When you are out there it's just you, just like you're one of the NASCAR drivers," said Janet Witt, the 2003 lawn mower ...

Lawn mower racing was dreamt up in 1973 at a pub in Wisborough Green by a group of friends bemoaning the state of motorsport and commercialisation. One suggested they race lawn mowers and reclaim ...