Lawn Mower Speed Record

lawn mower on the salt flats

It’s late summer and the heat wave killed the grass on your lawn, so what better to do than challenge Bob Cleveland’s record for the fastest lawn mower yet? Not sure your mower has what it’ll take to race down the salt flats at over 80 MPH? Wimp.

Utah’s KSL TV quotes Bob saying “we don’t need a whole lot of horsepower to go fast.” And when you look at the tiny wheels on that thing, well, you’ve gotta imagine you can do better.

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30 Comments

  1. Comment by Bryce on September 26, 2006 7:27 pm

    80 Mph?! BULL!

    [tags]BULL[/tags]

  2. Comment by cory on December 31, 2006 1:04 pm

    got it beat by a long shot lawndragster13.tripod.com

  3. Comment by cory on December 31, 2006 1:24 pm

    it takes a lot of guts for this sort of speed

  4. Comment by Kevin on February 11, 2007 3:41 pm

    guts ….. and this isn’t with a motor … just following one

  5. Comment by Timothy Leary on April 22, 2007 7:48 pm

    ok i have an old torro ridin lawn mower and im lookin to make it go fast for as cheap as possible, could you please tell me how to make it go fast for as cheap as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HEL{P ME

  6. Comment by fdshfgh on May 3, 2007 10:35 am

    80 MPH IS GARBAGE I CAN GO 150!!! (hints a motorcycle ingine

  7. Comment by gabers on July 17, 2007 3:52 pm

    Put a snow machine engine in it then talkto me.

  8. Comment by Taylor on July 21, 2007 12:03 am

    What size of moter did you use?

  9. Comment by Derek Ten Eyck on July 28, 2007 10:18 pm

    just went to the 1/4 mile drags turned 17.58 at 76.71mph on a murry lawn mower comin after that fastest lawn mower title Bob

  10. Comment by James on August 30, 2007 1:14 am

    I’ve never seen this before but right now Im in the process of fitting a 110hp 617cc twin l/c sled engine into my riding mower, really limited on space but cant wait till its finished!

  11. Comment by Mark on October 22, 2007 3:41 pm

    We are going to shatter your bitch ass record you pussy.

  12. Comment by adam on October 22, 2007 7:33 pm

    fuck you thats slow were gunna blow u out of the water we got a cr 500 the does about 180 so your fucked your gunna lose your fast speed record

  13. Comment by adam on October 22, 2007 7:34 pm

    fuck you

  14. Comment by Julian on December 16, 2007 12:22 pm

    If your using a bike or snowmobile engine, then its not a lawn mower. I think to break the record you would have to use a lawn mower engine (like something that actually came in a mower to mow your lawn with). Just my 2 cents worth.

  15. Comment by kenneth glaude on January 28, 2008 11:49 pm

    I have raced mowers for three years and that is going 50mph on a 1/12th mile track with a 8hp briggs n’straton engine and a stock mower rear end. To get speed all you need to do is get the right pullies like a 7:3 ratio will push you to 55-60 no problem (thats a 7inch front to a 3inch rear). a 7:2 or 8:1 would probable get you to 80-90mph. for some real fun contact me a kennethg089@yahoo.com and leave me a message and i will try to answer any questions you have FREE OF CHARGE. this is to see how fast we can ge a MOSTLY STOCK LAWN MOWER. if you want to put stupid shit on it like a booster bottle or nos or a gocart tramsmission then it is up to you.

  16. Comment by Hillybilly boy on January 29, 2008 6:52 pm

    we had our old murry 95 mph with a old 18
    hp briggs

  17. Comment by auston on February 4, 2008 10:27 pm

    Hey i have a yard machine i got my friend had..I want to make it faster but how.. I took the deck off and painted it and put an underglow on it.. it has an 11 and a half hp motor with 6 gears it shifts on go right now stock it go about 9 i wan it to go at least 15 and top of 35 if you have any tips email me at austondakota@aol.com

  18. Comment by Brett on February 13, 2008 9:38 pm

    on my serries 2000 lawn mower i put go kart hubs on the rear 3 on 3 pattern and kart racing slicks all the way round its got a 2 inch on the rear and soon to be 7 on the motor it should scoot around pretty good!!!!

  19. Comment by JIM SHIPLEY on February 17, 2008 9:31 pm

    I HAVE A 18HP B&S TWINCYLINDER,
    L-HEAD ENGINE.
    I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PLACE YOU CAN BUY ANY RACING PARTS FOR THAT
    TWINCYLINDER ENGINE.

    THANK’S JIM SHIPLEY

  20. Comment by jeff fletcher on February 25, 2008 7:59 pm

    well i can see that thats fast and all.. but if ya want to go fast 1 to 1 ratio and big tires

  21. Comment by chris bundy on March 13, 2008 11:22 am

    HELP!!!!! i am building a half gocart/half mower. i have a tecumseh 700 trans and want to go atleast 40 mph but dont know how. can the gears inside be changed? help me

  22. Comment by 110%redneck on March 20, 2008 2:02 pm

    i’ve got a 292 yamaha snowmobile engine and i want to put it on an old lawn chief. how do i do it?

  23. Comment by 110%redneck on March 20, 2008 2:06 pm

    the whole frame is stripped. i’ve had an axle machined. but i’ve ran into problems.The axle is solid and i don’t know what the steerin is gonna be like. any suggestions?

  24. Comment by poop on March 20, 2008 4:27 pm

    poo

  25. Comment by seth on March 29, 2008 10:14 pm

    HELP ME PLEASE

    ok ive got a murry somthing and its got 12hp i want to make it like a go cart / mower with out the blade though please help me make it go fast at least over 10 MPH if any tips email me at fatmonkeylover281@yahoo.com thanks

  26. Comment by Joe on March 30, 2008 4:31 pm

    if yall want to go faster change the pully ratio down under

  27. Comment by Andrew on April 16, 2008 6:48 pm

    what kind of rear end do u recomend using besides my stock one with a 6 speed, i want to go to a chain drive, what would be the best for a rear axle there, go cart or what

  28. Comment by lawn mower racer on April 17, 2008 6:44 am

    :( I was expecting to see what the fastest was. Does anyone know what the record was?

  29. Comment by Stahlwerks on April 26, 2008 4:05 pm

    We are in the process of building a land speed record lawnmower, using a Cub Cadet transaxle and a V-twin Kohler. Right now on a 300′ pulling track and dragging a 10,000 lb weight transfer sled we are having ground speed (track speed) of 30 mph with a 50 mph gear, I think with a little regearing we should easily get there and we don’t use pulleys, that’s a pityful way to do it, we just use stock gearing now that’s a lawnmower to do it with stock gearing.

  30. Comment by LeEarl on July 17, 2008 9:31 am

    You must use a lawn mower engine if you want to set the Lawn Mower speed records. Of course you can build it super fast with a motorcycle or snowmobile engine, but that is not what it’s about. Getting to 80mph with a well build lawn mower is easy and you will see a TRUE lawn mower over that speed without a doubt..

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