In Pictures: Competitors all revved up for lawnmower racing world champs By Press Association May 26 2024, 2:30pm May 26 2024, 2:30pm Share In Pictures: Competitors all revved up for lawnmower racing world champs Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/4991913/in-pictures-competitors-all-revved-up-for-lawnmower-racing-world-champs/ Copy Link Competitors race in a heat during the World Lawnmower Championships (Andrew Matthews/PA) Competitors have descended on Surrey to take part in the World Lawnmower Championships. The event is being held by the British Lawn Mower Racing Association (BLMRA) at Pondfield Farm, Alford. The association says lawn mower racing started in 1973 when an Irishman named Jim Gavin was looking for a cheaper form of motorsport. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) The main objectives were – and still are – no sponsorship, no commercialism, no cash prizes and no modifying of engines. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) With the aim of keeping costs down, the resulting race series has been described by Motor Sport News as “the cheapest form of motorsport in the UK”. The BLMRA still sticks to its origins as a non-profit making organisation, with any money generated given to good causes. (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Andrew Matthews/PA)