![]() ![]() The national-level circuit is called the STA-BIL US National Points Series - drivers can accumulate points over the course of a season in pursuit of a national title. STA-BIL is still their sponsor, but the sport isn't a gimmick anymore.Įvery year, about 500 ULSMRA competitors come together in a series of races at the local, state, and national level. That 1992 USLMRA race was sponsored by STA-BIL, a fuel additive company, which was "looking for some kind of gimmick," Evans says. The very first American lawnmower race is thought to have happened about 29 years earlier, in 12 Mile, Indiana. What makes lawnmower racing a sport – The ULSMRA held its first official race in 1992 outside of Chicago, Illinois on April Fool's day. The first championship race for the factory experimental twin class of lawn mower racing in 2012. "We're like the grass car of NASCAR," Evans says. The fastest lawnmower can go over 96 miles per hour, but it's still a humble lawnmower Lawnmower racing is a perfect mix of creativity, ambition, and humility. Now he's entering his second year as the president of the United States Lawn Mower Racing Association (USLMRA) – the governing body for the sport in the United States. Evans jokes that accepting that project was "a mistake" because he has been building racing-quality lawnmowers ever since. "Lawnmower racing? Come back in two weeks and I'll have your motor built," Evans recalls. Intrigued followed the patron out to his truck parked out front and found a pile of junk. He had his sights set on something bigger - a weekend lawnmower raceĮvans loved to tinker with motors but had never thought of applying those skills to a power tool. The patron wasn't concerned about mowing a particularly stubborn bit of lawn. 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 pimp out his lawnmower. ![]()
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