The lawn mowers are kicking up dirt on the track!
There’s still time to take in the mud-slinging fun that is lawn mower racing at the Got to Be NC Festival! It runs until 9 p.m. in the Sam Rand Grandstand at the state fairgrounds.
There’s still time to take in the mud-slinging fun that is lawn mower racing at the Got to Be NC Festival! It runs until 9 p.m. in the Sam Rand Grandstand at the state fairgrounds.
The lawn mower races will start soon and a quick look around shows the drivers seem more than ready to get racing. Some of the modified mowers are still being unloaded and they are attracting a fair amount of attention. One festival goer inquired, “Who in the world ever thought about racing lawn mowers?” The inside skinny according to one of the drivers for Zero Tolerance Racing is that the idea to race lawn mowers got its start in Britain — in a pub. That explanation drew a few chuckles. The mowers are truly lawn mowers, just souped up to…