That was what I thought until a cousin of mine introduced me to it. He got me to accompany him on one of his races and little did I know that I was going to be hooked to the sport from that day on.
I was at awe the whole time I was watching them race. I didn’t know that a racing mower could actually reach speeds of up to 60mph, much more drift on tight turns. It was a jaw dropping experience and I admitted to my cousin that what I saw got me really interested to mower racing.
On our way home, I couldn’t help but think of our family mower and the things that I needed to do to make it fit for the tracks. The whole journey home was a question and answer portion between me and my cousin. And the topic is all about a racing mower.
At home, my cousin told me more about lawn mower racing and that I needed to join an association or club in order to race. He wanted to me to try and race under the stock divisions first, where you will be racing mowers at speeds of 10mph, but I thought I was skilled enough to start racing on higher divisions.
And so we started tinkering with our family mower, we removed some parts to make it lighter and added some performance parts to make it a racing mower. You will actually feel that you are modifying a race car’s engine while working on a mower’s engine. It is a racing engine anyway.
After that, I joined the United States Lawn Mower Racing Association and registered for my first race. The registration itself and anticipation already give me an adrenaline rush so you can just imagine what the feeling is on the day of the race.
The race day was an experience that I will never forget. I was excited and at the same time nervous about my first race. My palms were sweaty and I kept pacing while watching the first few mower racing events.
And when it was my time to get on my racing mower, my energy was so high and I was full of anticipation. The moment I saw that green flag, I started roaring off the tracks and started tackling turns and passing my competition.
I didn’t actually worry about my competitors at that time because I was so busy savoring the experience and thrill of my first mower racing event. I didn’t win the race but the experience is well worth more than any trophy. And I got to test the racing mower that my cousin and I built.
