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The Placer County Fair is this weekend in Roseville, California! The Sacramento Bee had this to say:

Exhibition lawn-mower racing will be a featured event three times daily Saturday and Sunday at the Placer County Fair in Roseville. There will be 10 riders from Northern California competing for bragging rights. Those riders include Wes Laster and Chris Ostatnik of Sacramento.

The world-record speed on a modified lawn mower is 87 mph, set last month in England. At that speed, mowing a good-sized yard could be done during a commercial break of your favorite ballgame. Alas, the blades of the racing mowers are removed for obvious safety reasons. Kaufman said speeds during the exhibition races should exceed 40 mph.

The original engines in the mowers are used and can be heavily modified within the specifications of the classes. The USLMRA has seven classes from stock to factory experimental, which feature 465cc engines that put out as much as 14 horsepower, Kaufman said.

You can find the Placer County Fairgrounds at 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville, CA – and this year, admission is free!

For more information on the Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association, or to get involved in California’s racing mower groups, contact Bud Elmore.

Saturday, June 12th marked the opening of the second season for the Intermountain Mower Racing Association, a U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association affiliate. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah had this to say:

While sports fans around the globe sat in their cozy homes watching the opening round of the World Cup, a different group of enthusiasts braved the weather to race yard-care equipment around a makeshift track inside the dusty arena.

“This is real huge back East,” event organizer and Intermountain Mower Racing Association (IMRA) Chapter President Mike Hudson said. “But this is pretty new to everyone around here.

Also from the article, written Monday, June 14th by Gentry Reinhart:

There was no prize money, no trophies or medals for the placing racers, but the camaraderie was evident throughout the afternoon, with each team helping each other with push starts, lending a hand with the choke, or just grabbing a hot dog.

“Everybody’s kind of starting from scratch, but they’re definitely stepping it up a notch,” Hudson said. “It’s pretty cheap to get a mower ready to race though, and I think it’s going to catch on.”

Hudson’s optimism was shared by virtually everyone who attended Saturday’s race.

That and being handy with a wrench are the main reasons he’s the man you want to talk to in Northern Utah if you need help with your lawnmower … especially if you plan on racing it.

Read the whole piece here.

The Placer County Fair will be held June 24-27 at the Placer County Fairgrounds, and this year, admission is free! Lawnmower races will take place Saturday and Sunday, with other highlights including Mixed Martial Arts, a Monster Truck and Tractor Pull, Demolition Derby and hypnotist, happening through the weekend as well.

From the Roseville Press-Tribune:

“We had to tweak the entertainment, we had to give people a reason to come here besides the free gate and actually have fun when they get here,” she said. “We had to do something different and that’s where the lawnmower races came from.”

Racers in the competitive lawnmower circuit (yes, it’s a competitive sport) will participate in an exhibition during the fair, showing off supped-up riding mowers with their blades detached.

You can find the Placer County Fairgrounds at: 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville, CA, 95678, or you can reach them by phone at (916) 786-2023.

For more information on the Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association, or to get involved in California’s racing mower groups, contact Bud Elmore.

Come join the fun Saturday, June 19th in Salem, Oregon!

Grab your lawn mower and meet at the Salem Rodeo Arena. Tech and tune will be from 10am to Noon, and raceing starts at Noon. It will be $10.00 to race and $5.00 for general admission.

For ‘mower’ information contact Roger Hope at (801) 310-7315.

Racing Lawn Mowers will Compete in at least Four Classes with top speeds reaching 30 mph.

This is part of the Utah State Lawn Mower Racing Association and is sponsored locally by Hope’s Outdoor Power Equipment.

The Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association’s upcoming event in Roseville, California is covered by the California Beaches Blog:

California’s fairs are humming into the cities and towns throughout the state, but that sound you hear is more than just the buzz of bug. In one of the craziest races to hit a fairground, lawn mowers move fierce & fast around a race track lined with bails of hay as they carve a path to beat out the competition. Never seen a lawn mower race? Now’s your chance on June 24-27, 2010 at the Placer County Fair

Placer County Fair admission is  free. You can find the Placer County Fairgrounds at: 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville, CA, 95678, or you can reach them by phone at (916) 786-2023.

For more information on the Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association, or to get involved in California’s racing mower groups, contact Bud Elmore.