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New York’s WPIX Sports Anchor / News Reporter Lolita Lopez talks lawn mower racing with Mike ‘Mow Power’ Paccione and his wife Tina ‘Ma Power’ Paccione!

Steve Manseau, an Anza Outlook correspondent writes:

Bud “Elmow” Elmore will tell you that he is one “mowtivated” dude. The Anza resident has spent the last year and a half organizing and advocating for his brainchild, the Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association.

“I’ve been traveling up and down the coast promoting this sport,” said Elmore in a recent interview. “My goal is to ultimately get a nationally sanctioned lawn mower race here in Anza, and in other places on the West Coast.”

Sanctioning comes by way of the United States Lawn Mower Racing Association, a governing body founded in 1992 under the sponsorship of Stabil, a fuel stabilizer manufacturing company. The organization currently boasts more than 40 chapters and clubs and sponsors a national, competitive Points Championship Series.

Elmore and his fellow Anza mower enthusiasts are in the formative years of getting to the eventual goal of a Points Series race.

“We didn’t know much about the sport when we first started a year ago,” Elmore said. “But we did our research – we did some trial and error – and learned from each other.”

To read the rest of ‘Anza man “Mowtivated”, click here.

From The Marion Star:

As he reflected upon his recent election to the new lawn mower racing Hall of Fame, which will be housed in the near future in his own business, Marion’s Chuck Miller was as calm and collected as he is on the track.

“To be in the hall is cool and to have it at my shop is cooler yet,” Miller quietly said prior to last weekend’s STA-BIL Keeps Gas Fresh Finals on the Delaware County fairgrounds.

It was announced last week that the United States Lawn Mower Racing Association Hall of Fame would be located at Miller Lawn and Power Equipment at 1299 Harding Highway E., a facility Miller owns.

“We were looking for a location where there was a retail business that is open all of the time,” said Bruce Kaufman, president and founder of the USLMRA. “Chuck volunteered his building and we agreed.”

The article ran September 13, 2009, and you can read it in its entirety here.

Check out Fast Feels Good’s passion for speed by watching these new videos from their YouTube page featuring Bob Cleveland — proud owner of the worlds fastest lawnmower. Part 1:

And Part 2:

“I was put here to make others happy.  I believed in myself so others could.”  Dubba G

On February 12, 2007, the USLMRA racing community lost another dear friend, Garrett Gray, “Dubba G.” of Duncanville, Texas.  DG knew he was going to pass away.  Indeed, he allowed me to share the news with the racing community prior to his passing, which I did.  The warm wishes and personal missives were shared with him and they meant so very much.

In the final months before his passing, we spoke often.  Dubba and I decided that he, himself would choose his legacy in his own way, in his own words.

Dubba G and his trusty steed, Geronimow, were known across the land.  TNN, The Dallas Morning News, Sports Illustrated, newspapers here and there – the names Dubba G and Geronimow are known from Mandan, North Dakota to Avon Park, Florida; from Duncanville, Texas to Wisborough Green, England.

Dubba G was the perfect “Racer Liaison” and problem solver.  He could talk to anyone; solve problems, so we made him a staff member.  Dubba loved the gift of gab, so we made him a race announcer.  Dubba loved to eat, so we had him cook the steaks after the races.  Dubba G loved to socialize, so we made him Chief Gadfly.  What a great guy.

Therefore, today on April Fool’s Day, I’m proud to share the following words from Dubba G to announce the creation of the annual Dubba G Everyman Award.  Why “Everyman?”  Because Garrett Gray was every man:  a good, solid family man, a hard worker in his day jobs, a middle-of-the-pack racer, highly MOWtivated for lawn mower racing, and a guy who “found his people.”

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