From Kathy Rose, UPIR President

We each concentrate on our areas of expertise. We are all volunteers for the Upper Peninsula International Raceway. We partner with the Delta County Chamber of Commerce to raise funds for a multi-use and multi-season motorsports facility at the Escanaba Fairgrounds. We have a 1/5 mile clay “D” shaped track and we will cut in a smaller course for lawn mower racing.

Stock car racing has a long history in Escanaba, but was absent for too many years and no chance of returning while the state owned the fairgrounds. We held three races last year and ran 4/6 cylinder cars, tuff trucks and micro sprints. Our fourth race was more of a thank you to drivers and fans. We kept prices low to make our events family affordable. All concessions were $2, gate admission $5, pit passes $10 and racing fee $10. Each race our car count grew and the response was overwhelming. This year we are hosting five races and also running the Demo Derby during the fair in August. . We are lining up special events for each of our race dates. We have the Milwaukee Vintage Modified Club coming on July 30th and a bus/van/cycle stunt show and possibly 3/4 scale modified cars from Alabama.

We will be teaming up with Shannon Kayhart and the Wisconsin Lawn Mower Racing Association to get up to speed as quickly as possible. We are very excited to be adding Lawn Mower Racing to our racing programs! Hope to see you in Escanaba!

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WILMRA Lawnmower Races will hit the grandstand for the first time in 2010!

Races are scheduled to start at 12:00pm (Noon) on Saturday, July 24, 2010.

The Wisconsin Lawnmower Racing Association (WILMRA) started in the spring of 2005. WILMRA is a Local Chapter of the U.S. Lawn Mower Racing Association (USLMRA). WILMA promotes safe events for the racers and the spectators. They race for fun, trophies, bragging rights and for the adrenaline rush of doing 50+ mph on a lawn mower! Some machines have even been clocked at speeds over 95 mph! Come out to the Fond du Lac County Fair to watch a WILMRA race in action.

Visit WILMRA’s website.

On November 25th, The Chippewa Herald covered lawn mower races coming to the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls in 2010.  Read the entire article here:

For all those who daydream about racing while driving their riding lawn mower in their backyard, your dream is about to come true.

Lawn mower races sanctioned by the Wisconsin Lawn Mower Racing Association will be coming to the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls in 2010.

“We were looking for more of a motor sports activity on Sunday, so that’s what we brought in,” fair manager Rusty Volk said this week.

Besides the United States, lawn mower races are held in Great Britain and Australia.

The local races will be held Sunday, July 11, as part of the grandstand entertainment for the fair, which runs July 7-11.

A flat track will be created, and the lawn mower association will be bringing in equipment to make sure the races are safe, Volk said.

Berms will be installed as another safety measure.

An open class will be held for local residents who want to try out their riding lawn mowers in a race.