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A Note From USLMRA President Bruce “Mr. MowItAll” Kaufman

Each race in this year’s STA-BIL National Lawn Mower Racing Series will be covered by one of our own members, a designated “Pit Reporter” who’ll report back on the weekend’s happenings, the racing action, and mow!

The fifth race in our 2015 Season, held at Vestaberg Kart Speedway in Mount Pleasant, Michigan was covered by USLMRA National Technical Inspector / Race Director Manny Torres.

A weekend to remember! WOW what started to be a weekend of Celebration and fellowship along with good racing started out to be a weekend of a mud fest.

Arriving at Vestaburg Kart Speedway on Friday evening, it started to rain and soon the entire site was engulfed with mud and miserable conditions. On Saturday morning it wasn’t any better with it having rained most of the night conditions didn’t look good.

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With the Vestaburg staff working and doing all they could with hope that they would be able to get the track ready we conducted registration and Tech. They soon realized that it was a losing battle against Mother Nature. So with no other choice and after a short drivers meeting to explain our options it was decided with the best interest of safety to postpone racing events until Sunday with a single day double header.

But the day wasn’t LOst! The Feature event of the day went on despite the weather conditions, The WEDDING! What can I say! I couldn’t believe my eyes! The Bride and Groom looked marvelous. LAWN MOWER RACERS, you would have never known except for their race mowers displayed. And the number of family and friends that attended was un-believable despite the weather conditions. A day to remember. Our congratulations to the newlyweds!

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After a rain out on Saturday 67 race mowers were ready to hit the track on Sunday, However the track was in no condition to race when we arrived. But with the untiring efforts of the Vestaburg Staff and after of hours of efforts the track was finally ready. After 1 practice round and the initial heat race it was finally time for features. And I will tell you that the track was unbelievable. A small banked track lead to some exciting races. However the most exciting race was the GP with David Martin of Michigan being the class of the field with a remarkable display of driving skill and strong running mower would come from the back of the pack of a field of 14 mowers to win the first race and finish 2nd in an exciting 2nd feature race.

FXT heat….. Robbie StoneJim Baley

Posted by Vestaburg Kart Speedway on Sunday, May 31, 2015

 
After a long day that ended around 6 pm it was trophy time and because this event was in honor or the Bride and Groom I asked Alex and Ivy to present the trophy to the winners.
It was an Honor to be the Chief Steward and Head Tech Inspector for this Special event and there are so many people to thank but I must thank the Staff at Vestaburg for their hospitality and hard work to make this event happen, Tony Thompson and Dave Martian for Tech, Kerry Evans for his work as usual. And for all the racers who made the journey to not only race (some came from as far away as Florida) to Celebrate Alex & Ivy’s Wedding.

As I was driving out the Vestaburg told me up from that they truly enjoyed having us there and that we were welcome back anytime.

Click here for Vestaburg Race Results, and here for 2015 Season Points to date.


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