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For a few
dedicated motor sport lovers, Sunday marked the start of the
British lawnmower racing season, in which participants drive
laps around a track in slightly souped-up sit-down mowers with
the blades removed.
The championship, dreamt up in a countryside pub in 1973, runs
from May to October and features three categories: roller-driven
mowers; wheel-driven mowers and wheel-driven lawn tractors.
"It's a little unusual, it's not like jumping in a car and
turning the wheel and peddles and gears," said Dean Fuller,
British Champion on the wheel-driven variety, at the season's
first meeting in Surrey.
"You have got to learn how you lean, how you brake, the
different types of surfaces ... So it really does take three or
four years before you get the hang of (it)."
(Writing By Reuters Television and Marie-Louise Gumuchian;
editing by John Stonestreet)
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