Lawn Mower Racing

This is another rare post from Chad...

For a long time when I would have to introduce myself in a group, you know... say your name and some interesting fact about you... I would say that I have a racing lawn mower that goes 40 MPH. It is kind of a random fact but would usually lead a few people to ask a little more about it, so I would talk about how we tuned up the engine, added a gas pedal, swapped pulleys, and a whole list of other things and that it was so powerful it would pop the front wheels up off the ground and bark both back tires at the same time. For all the times when words just didn't do the lawn mower justice, here is the video! Thanks to the Petersens for posting it!

We started working on the mower at the beginning of the summer, but we had a few weeks of working on it every day late into the night to get it ready for this race. The video was our first official race... we were in the 12hp and under class. Our mower was a John Deere roughly 25 years old when we raced it with a single 399cc cylinder. The race was held in Picher, Oklahoma which no longer exists because the town was condemned due to the high led concentration in the soil. Trevor is driving. It was an awesome summer! Thanks Trevor, Josh, Brevin, Justin, and everyone else that helped!