Inside the Indy 500 of Lawnmower Races

Sure, you can use a riding lawnmower to cut grass. But you can also slap on a helmet, put together a pit crew and race. Yes, lawnmower racing is a thing, and it is extraordinary. Think NASCAR or Formula 1-just a bit slower. In England, the British Lawn Mower Racing Association oversees the sport. We followed the members of the Who’s Racing team as they compete in a grueling 12-hour endurance race in Five Oaks, England. Get ready to witness the Greatest Show on Turf.
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[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

They should've called it " From Dusk Till Lawn"

[@jakedeane5304]

Electrize or Le Mows

[@tommybreden8800]

Jake Deane respect you having Brighton fc as pic

[@eternal5930]

Dusk2Lawn

[@MrBlockoh]

Frostfire Ashes to ashes, dusk to lawn

[@Antonio12840]

Or the big lawn

[@TeodorYosifov]

No one is gonna sponsor this: *RedBull has been summoned *

[@Elk911]

Teodor Yosifov no one*

[@TeodorYosifov]

@@Elk911 ;)

[@QuotableExchange]

@@Elk911 no wan

[@GhostOfDamned]

Lmao

[@DDName]

2:11 back of the guys shirt

[@Casey5693]

The way these guys are introduced feels like a movie. Who else would love to see a movie about these guys competing against each other in this race for a grand prize?

[@xerophyll]

lanwmower version of Ford vs Ferrari/Le Mans '66

[@luckyaffpv343]

During I would watch that series lmao

[@EliasHeggernes]

*Netflix coming out of nowhere*

[@monkeh3612]

No one

[@biphar-music3714]

Lawnmower Nights: The ballad of Dan Dan

[@VinnySmithMusic]

That "Ford vs Ferrari" movie looks great

[@oliviamyers2165]

Actually I just saw it! It's really good!!

[@quinngoodman1078]

Olivia Myers the joke was him talking about this as if it was f v f

[@oliviamyers2165]

@@quinngoodman1078 I got that.

[@lifeuncovered6188]

Olivia Myers r/woooosh

[@cringecasserole]

@@oliviamyers2165 seems per usual other KZbin commenters don't understand the fine art of "context". It was a good movie! And you clearly got the joke, the other commenters seem to not realize you can add indirectly to a conversation and still be relevant. I wonder if they've ever written a thesis paper?😂

[@raphaellauf7786]

This is the most Dad sport ive ever seen.

[@robie4569]

Hahahaha 🤣😂🤣😂

[@robie4569]

It's so true🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@ggor06]

Every dad's dream and a kid's dream earning some money by cutting his neighbour's lawn

[@mrpizzacat8273]

Cuts a lawn in 7 seconds flat

[@renton6349]

I love cutting another man's grass

[@Dreamskater100]

@@renton6349 ?

[@kayleenlong2527]

So what are you gonna do this weekend? Oh, I'm just gonna race my lawn mower for 12 hours.

[@nisec2829]

1:04 Guy's head is steaming lol

[@CesarMartinez-wi7wc]

lmao yes!

[@GhostOfDamned]

He’s on fire

[@jetrickgordo4026]

Like a freshly boiled potatoes and eggs.

[@Stuntman175]

The only true "grassroots" motorsport.

[@mikemhz]

🥁 🔥 you win 🏆

[@stellarislarena131]

😆😂🤣

[@ianz6173]

so true..

[@GhostOfDamned]

This is gold 😂

[@bignatec1000]

Ferruccio Lamborghini: “I make farming equipment and I want to make race cars” *Sees lawn mower race “This isn’t what I meant”

[@themadscientest]

Lawnborgini.

[@Sorrelhas]

You don't know that. Maybe he always imagined a rocket-powered combine.

[@Kesethmm]

Lamborghini was actually very anti race car, because he almost died in his one and only race

[@mxz1691]

He was always against race cars, maybe the miura kind of made him think of them, but he's was anti race cars

[@parkeranderson5074]

themadscientest underrated

[@semajxocliw]

I was super skeptical and feeling like I was just going to make fun of these people when I first clicked but I gotta say how cool it is the engineering they do, and how competitive the race is for the low barrier of entry. Top blokes.

[@rodriguez8572]

This Iooks like an American thing but it’s not

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

Ohh yes it is. We Yanks race lawnmowers too, just like this race.

[@datguy8805]

@Zany Zebra there are indy tracks that arent ovals, but that said i get rather annoyed at how many ovals and oval-ish like tracks there are

[@magnumbrahms5339]

Pretty sure this thing started in the US.

[@renz1013]

I bet it'd have a v8 stuff in the lawnmower

[@dono2926]

@@renz1013 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6u5c6OamdV-aM0

[@dmc4365]

"The Grass Bandits" Probably the coolest thing ive ever heard.

[@Zie-Zwei]

Tru

[@corvettez06usa]

Make all the jokes you want, but this is the spirit of motorsport in its purest form.

[@Ruaribush]

I did this race during the summer (our mower is in the video). It's incredible fun, but my whole body hurt for the next few days after

[@daniyarsadykov3385]

Waa it worth it?

[@Ruaribush]

@@daniyarsadykov3385 Completely. One of the best things I've done. We are now prepping the mower for next year

[@voxoc1737]

Ruari Bush which mower?

[@Ruaribush]

Green number 19, its only in the video briefly a few times

[@voxoc1737]

Ruari Bush can you give me a time stamp?

[@grahamhowland566]

I’ve been along to this event a few years ago with team “ grassed and furious” sadly we didn’t finish as the engine blew in the early hours of the morning but it was great fun 🛠😀👍🏻

[@BREEZY.67]

Graham Howland that actually looks really fun cool to see someone who actually did it

[@amelielacroix8913]

This is so cool. It's a legit race. And when you add the engineering and lawn mower modifiers, it's so interesting to watch. This is indeed the purest form of racing

[@YourMom-yy3mw]

6:28 Ah yes, the old LeMans tradition

[@TheGamingCat-zo4go]

Its call land rush i think (just wanted to let you know)

[@R9naldo]

@@TheGamingCat-zo4go Ok (ok)

[@landscapedetective4064]

Shouldn't that be 'Lawn Mans?'

[@chichan9013]

Looks dangerous, but I really wanna try it. 😆

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

Chi chan I bet it’s a blast!

[@kahinaoftheelements4845]

I mean who doesn't?..it looks hella fun

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

Yep

[@Toripusutashi]

Good fun! We do it yearly.

[@Mr_Makina]

It's really no different to going around fields on a mini Moto aka monkey bikes expect instead of 2 wheels it's 4

[@Xander_Zimmermann]

Most American thing I have seen a foreign country do.

[@duckboy.3v]

We so it here in America.. I'm currently trying to build my own racing mower

[@Georges_IV]

Miitallica madlad

[@Mr_Makina]

America is just a independent UK anyway, considering that's what the war was pretty much about, so anything that's America is essentially British in the first place >in a way

[@robc1014]

@kitten Lawn mower racing was started back in 1973 by an Irishman called Jim Gavin, who, with a bunch of mates had gone down to The Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex for a few pints one lunchtime to discuss his latest motorsport idea. No it didn’t

[@johncarl5505]

@@robc1014 Oldest known lawnmower race in UK was held in 1968, while in the US it was 1963.

[@funniestpigeon6214]

“who the heck will sponsor this crap??” *Red Bull has entered chat*

[@soliderfromtf2]

Red bull will sponsor anything. I'm surprised they haven't started a late model team.

[@Nebraski03]

How have we not have came up with this first? -Me, an American citizen

[@carson2330]

Typical Midwestern bro we race tanks

[@Kelekky]

no we race cardboard

[@riceawakes5489]

@@Kelekky thought you would race your diesels cars

[@Kelekky]

RiceAwakes why deisel *points at starting jet engine*

[@magnumbrahms5339]

Wiki says Murican started racing lawn mower first. 1963.

[@78FullSizeBronco]

12 hours on something with no suspension? Mad respect. I don't think I could walk for a week after that honestly! Lol

[@Kris57277]

I live in the netherlands and we also have these mower races, only here you can (almost) change whatever you want as long as it looks like a lawnmower. So the mowers have 600cc 100hp bike engines which makes them stupid fast.

[@isaitorres8133]

As someone from Indianapolis, this would be more entertaining than the Indy 500.

[@zerojee6236]

Folks go to the Indy 500 to get drunk and sunburnt, not watch the racing.

[@LivDigsRacing]

How bout racing the mowers at Daytona?

[@Justanotherlemon]

@@LivDigsRacing it would take 12 years.

[@StuninRub]

@@Justanotherlemon these things can hit 50+ mph, wouldn't be that slow tbh.

[@thesil3ntone988]

300CC+ in a lawnmower is literally a tiny version of a Lancia Stratos.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

SilenT DemoN I’ve got a running 400cc Yamaha engine in a wrecked four wheeler I traded for. This kinda swap would be a lotta fun.

[@DrGreerIsRight]

Dude 300 cc+ in a lawn mower is scary fast

[@guskelman3058]

A 300cc lawn mower would be tiny

[@conner5611]

My mower has a 500cc single cylinder it's completely stock

[@FordGTmaniac]

Here in the U.S. we have the FXT (factory experimental twin) class, which run V-twins up to 720cc. They sound more like muscle cars than mowers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJCXc356r6mIhZo

[@gavalant366]

Right now: lawnmower 12 hour endurance racing Next year: mopeds race for 500 miles.

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Can you imagine that? A cross country moped rally.

[@ZH1851]

NASCAR wants to know your location.

[@johanengels7408]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWa2o6Ccp7OIfcU

[@johanengels7408]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4vJiXSfasuffZY

[@mightress]

In the netherlands we race solex motorized bicycles. The ones with the engine on the frontwheel. Great fun

[@nefftrucker]

The little town of Twelve Mile, Indiana started what was called the "Twelve Mile 500" riding lawn mower race in 1963. It's been goin on every July 4th ever since.

[@nepandez451]

Oh this must be what my grandparents do nowadays

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

My kinda folks, not rich, family oriented, they know how to have fun, and they’re smart enough not to go into debt doing it.

[@jakedeane5304]

Aaron Burr Atwood. Probably are reasonably wealthy

[@l8u6i1s8]

The flowers are Blooming The bees are buzzing And lawnmowers like you Should be going to race

[@fathaar]

This is the best poem I have ever read

[@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard]

This sounds like the absolute best use of 12 hours.

[@user-fy5bo6hv9t]

"Stares out the office's Window....sees Mexican guys mowing the lawn" I got an Idea....

[@mackyme001]

Nobody: Me: *Rides Mower going to work*

[@A_Price1884]

7:55 pm in England lookin like noon, meanwhile in Texas the sun starts setting at 4:30

[@DaniFold]

the sun never sets on the british empire

[@dontgivamonkeyz]

Yeah summer days are long, gets dark by 11pm at height of summer but pitch black at 4pm in winter.

[@markbarber7839]

Brilliant fun, thanks for the video !

[@scunthorpe5513]

Imagine if some guy brings a Honda mean mower on a race day.

[@rullysetiawan7319]

Saw Ford vs Ferrari a week ago and now this. What a time to be alive.

[@boodro2122]

This is awesome! I'd go drink beer and watch this!

[@apexswift8768]

Lamborghini should start making lawnmowers with v8 and v6 for this

[@Quiz_Studio_]

Longest ever great big story video I have seen so far.

[@iamacowthatgoesmoo]

THIS IS THE MOST EPIC THING EVER

[@arthurkaplan7770]

Really thought this was going to take place in the Deep South

[@jakedeane5304]

Arthur Kaplan Sussex is the Deep South

[@garrettlarsen5888]

@@jakedeane5304 he meant in the US (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana)

[@nicholasholden8139]

We been doing that sense they came out with the mower, but is only local and not well known.

[@yeetthelizard4307]

We’ve got races up in Minnesota my dad used to do it in the early 2000s and late 90s

[@mattfromwiisports922]

“ no one is gonna sponsor this” Red Bull has entered the chat

[@dizelhanif517]

Charles,Albon,and George was pretty much racing these vehicles

[@soliderfromtf2]

Well at this point I'm pretty sure these mowers are better than what haas is driving.

[@bengumakasi4903]

1:04 so we're just gonna ignore the fact that Collin Clegg's head was smoking

[@eduardopadilla5505]

This is a fun video!

[@Sorrelhas]

The live-action adaptation of Initial D is looking really weird...

[@Justanotherlemon]

Finally, the Holy trinity of sports! Lawn mower racing Pig'n'ford And Finally, Barbie jeep racing

[@cartermaclellan6129]

This actually looks like so much fun

[@connor9948]

I love lawnmower racing in my county there’s a track and I’ve always loved it

[@JandSGarage]

Lawnmower racing: We take 12 hours. Enduro and Baja: Are we a joke to you?

[@TGP109]

What a riot, looks like great fun.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

I'd like to see this tried with walk behind mowers with velkes

[@jarrhead3538]

That would be utterly dangerous. I love it.

[@t54760]

That would be great, think of the body english leaning into the turns to keep from flipping and on your feet letting your legs to absorb the shock.

[@babadoey2072]

Amazing content

[@harry._.4598]

That's legit where I live billingshurst witch is like 3 mins from 5 oaks

[@zed804]

great video!

[@ayanosman2575]

When I saw the title I instantly thought.. TURBO FAST ON NETFLIX 💨

[@Rottenkirsche13]

This is great innit

[@kinderboeken55]

This looks so much fun

[@Brixish00]

lol i was watching this, typed "how to make" into the search bar and the first thing that comes up is "how to make a racing lawnmower"

[@khez_]

Looks like fun!!!

[@lewisjones1143]

Great job

[@agungnugroho3008]

Wow, mini Le Mans here That's awesome!

[@cathy9423]

Oh the Brits! Gotta love ‘em!

[@ohhxcake5434]

This is how I want to spend my time

[@joekrim6557]

love our sisters and brothers across the pond

[@hopps118]

9 minutes and 44 seconds, these guys are legit

[@ryanhuerta7]

Its 5 lights... and its lights out AND AWAY WE GO!

[@Glihi]

Always knew that Wisborough Green had a big lawnmower race, didn't know it was the original!

[@erickim8315]

Who needs Mario Kart

[@robie4569]

Agreed

[@billfrank471]

I want another yearly review of the event!

[@ronaldbutler4480]

awesome!!

[@sadlife8495]

wow that looks really fun especially the lack of rules

[@bakuganguy5885]

That looks so fun

[@SpudEater]

Lawn mower racing and demo derby, that’s the shit that I’d love to do. I’ve always been a bit nutty when it comes to Motorsport, quads and dirt bikes are my thing but I’m always looking for something new

[@amansiddique7222]

Very Interesting video

[@Michael-ul2dg]

Here i'm Brazil Great Big Story's translation is like "Big Big Story" haha

[@Fb6.Nan0]

I wish we had this in northern Texas

[@beatsbykana]

was definitely expecting this to be set somwhere in the US midwest lolo

[@dave5194]

"No one would ever want to sponsor something like that, let's race those!" 😂

[@lego007guym8]

Now this. This is the news I want

[@retrosniperrus]

Yo man this Wreckfest server looks epic

[@bhupendrachauhan9571]

No One: Literally No One: Then comes Britishers racing a LAWNMOWER.

[@jakedeane5304]

bhupendra chauhan who says ‘britishers’?

[@bhupendrachauhan9571]

@@jakedeane5304 It was started by an Irishman in England

[@bhupendrachauhan9571]

@@jakedeane5304 2:56 Watch this

[@tedbeauchamp2009]

Because it's FUN!

[@yogipratama3583]

Those lawnmowers has more HP and CC than my bike :(

[@Bruh-vp2vv]

Me: I can cut a hole lawn in 10 minutes Dan Jones: *hold my beer*

[@chasevans7171]

I used to live near there and remember someone telling me that the late great Oliver Reed was a regular participant back in the day.

[@nothingnothing9285]

My 08 can am outlander 650 xt motor blew so i just got a new motor then started rebuilding the old engine and put it on a old John deer lawn mower striped evrything but the body and frame redid the entire drive system and now with the v twin 650 and a small turbo up front I hit 140 on my uncles farm sketchy but fun

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

It’s lights out and away we mow!

[@cboals]

this is the best

[@killerzz734]

In Canada we have mod classed racing with sled engines and motorcycle engles

[@excoupe2.4]

1:04 when you freestyle in your head

[@darknitethunder]

Best to check out the Lawn-Mower Racing at the Logger's Jubilee in Morton Washington, USA. Been doing the Loggers things for 80+ Years, not sure how long the Mower Racing been around there.

[@indianheadlogan]

Damn, that lawn lookin THICC

[@xAviiso]

My mans head was steamin at 1:03 XD

[@drgopta2180]

CLEETUS we need this at the FREEDOM factory.

[@majortom1538]

I got an old racing mower mostly made with bicycle parts and a straight 3 I fixed up from a yard, it goes about 60-70 mph but is very unstable, I think I'll be widening the front axle to allow it to open up more

[@majortom1538]

For clarification, the bicycle parts is the drive system which is driven by 2 chains and 2 sprockets from a bicycle, the body is reinforced by cut down pieces of a bike chassis and the foot pegs for the throttle and brake are the end pieces of the handle bars

[@latergator9622]

Of COURSE I get a lawnmower ad on this video XD

[@eddiemclean7011]

Fools! These men are fools! And I would love to join them! Great video.