In this video clip from the 2011 STA-BIL Keeps Gas Fresh Finals, Kerry Evans, USLMRA VP and Director of Timing & Scoring, along with USLMRA staff member Chrissy Webb, discusses timing and scoring with USLMRA Founder & President Bruce Kaufman.

The USLMRA is thrilled to be returning to Estacada, Oregon for the 2nd annual STA-BIL Pacific Coast Summer Nationals and U.S. Pacific Coast Open! Once again, Estacada Area Community Events (EACE) and the USLMRA will present two days of racing mowers as part of the annual 4th of July Festival in Estacada, Oregon on a beautiful, custom-built lawn mower racing track in Estacada, located about 33 miles from the Portland airport – The Mow Bang Raceway.

This year a new partner joins us, the Mount Hood Lawn Mower Racers, an Oregon-based USLMRA Affiliated Club, under the direction of Scott McFarlane and Dave Miller. The Sac Valley Mower Racers under the direction of Bob Newman will also help run the event. Rounding out the USLMRA race staff is Bud Elmore, President of the Pacific Coast Lawn Mower Racing Association who was instrumental in building the Mow Bang Raceway Estacada Track in 2011 along with Kerry Evans USLMRA VP and Director of Timing & Scoring and USLMRA President Bruce Kaufman “Mr. Mow It All.”

Two days of USLMRA-Sanctioned STA-BIL Series and U.S. Open Series lawnmower racing will bring together lawn mower racers from across the West. Plus, our friends in Estacada will be offering tow money for racers to help with travel expenses.

Both the STA-BIL and U.S. Open Races will have full-computerized Timing & Scoring provided by EOP Pro Event Timing & Scoring. There will be no transponder fees.

For the STA-BIL Races, machines will be subject to build and safety requirements as per USLMRA Rulebook. For the U.S. Open Races, racers will not have to make technical modifications to their machines. The U.S. Open races are open to any mower deemed safe by USLMRA Tech Staff and that meets all USLMRA Safety Standards (see USLMRA Rule Book). Contact USLMRA VP Kerry Evans at 251.421.1957 or Estacada Tech Inspector Bob Newman at 209-481-1150 for pre-race mower approval.

Tow Money

There will be tow money available for racers who Pre Register by Thursday, June 28. Tow money allocation will be announced soon after June 28. You must pre register to be eligible for tow money. Amounts to be determined based on pre-registration.

Click here to pre-register.

Event Location & Schedule

Estacada’s ‘Mow Bang Raceway’ is now a nationally recognized premier race track and only USLMRA NATIONAL EVENT west of the Rocky Mountains.

• July 2: Racers begin arriving and setting up in Pit Camp
• July 2: USLMRA Race officials arrive in the PM from around the country
• July 3: 5:00 AM Media Day Drew Carney KGW Channel 8
• July 3: Late afternoon & early evening Qualifying -Test & Tune
• July 3: 10:00 PM USLMRA newly released movie viewing “On Your Mark, Get Set, Mow: A Tale of Hope, Redemption & Lawn Mower Racing“
• July 4: 12:00 Noon Parade
• July 4: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Coast Open Nationals Lawn Mower Racing
• July 4: Between Heats/Races: Logging Competition, “Dick’s Logging Supply Lumber Jacks & Jills” the Ax throwing competition is Open for 50/50 Prize Money.
• July 4: 8:00 PM Live entertainment: Dan Richardson Performs
• July 4: 10:00 PM The Big Bang Fireworks Sky Show (Estacada is literally packed with many thousands of people from many places.)
• July 5: 6:30 PM Lawn Mower Trophy Racing

Schedule subject to change. For up to date race information and schedule please visit MHLMR.com. For a complete schedule of of Estacada’s 4th of July Big Bang Fun Festival please visit Estacada4thOfJuly.com and EstacadaAreaEvents.com.
 

In this video clip from the 2011 STA-BIL Keeps Gas Fresh Finals, Bud Elmore, one of three USLMRA Western Regional Directors, discusses western expansion “From the Mexican border up to the Canadian border” with USLMRA Founder & President Bruce Kaufman, Mr. Mow It All at the STA-BIL Keeps Gas Fresh Finals national lawn mower racing championships.

In this video clip from the 2011 STA-BIL Keeps Gas Fresh Finals, USLMRA National Chief Steward Rodney Peeler discusses track and racer safety with USLMRA Founder & President Bruce Kaufman, Mr. Mow It All.

“Everything that has to do with racing is on my shoulders. Lawn mower racing, this is where I belong, right here,” says Rodney.

The 2012 El Dorado County Home and Garden Show at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville, Ca is history. We started at the Good Day Sacramento channel 31 TV station for a live segment Friday morning:

And then we headed to Placerville! I think everyone had a great time despite having to run on a rough grass track. We ran demo races between 10 am and 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. Sac Valley Mower Racers regulars Nicholas Weimortz, Emily Alarcon, Brady Buno, Gary Palma, Dan Borba, Eric Borba, Steve Heald, Wesley Laster Adam Welch, Clay Welch, Eric Muñoz and Bob Newman were joined by our great racing buddies Scott McFarlane, Aaron Bany, Dave Miller & Mike Burkheiser from the Portland, Or area as well as Bud Elmore from the LA area. Rick Akers supplied the BBQ dinner Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning. A big thanks to Rick and his wife. Saturday night most of us went to the “winged 410″ sprint car races on the big track and were treated to an exciting show there.

The Home and Garden show people were more than accommodating and supplied us everything we needed including RV hookups & a bunk house for us to stay in. We were invited back again next year with a promise that the track would be better. A big Thank You goes out to Kathy Jurgens and her crew.

Now we have to get the mowchines unloaded & washed & prepared for the Merced County Spring Fair on Thursday May 3rd & at Dixon on Sat May 5th.

Bobby Cleveland set the World Record For Monster Mower Jumping in 2003 when he jumped over one mower, in this case Tim “Mowron” Robison’s “Little Mow Bull.”

No cows, squirrells or lawn mower racers were injured during the filming of this event.

As we prepare for this weekend’s STA-BIL Southern Shootout at Windy Hill Mower Speedway in McDonough, Georgia, FOX 5 WAGA of Atlanta interviewed Engine Answerman Bobby Cleveland about his World Land Speed Record of 96.529 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats and this weekend’s STA-BIL Series races!