Simplicity racers?

[Bruker 2]

Over the weekend I watched an exibition of lawnmower racing. I saw a Deere, a Toro, a Cub and several others that I couldn't recognize but no Simplicity's! Does anyone here participate in lawnmower racing and do you race a Simplicity?

[dentwizz 3]

My neighbor does with an old MTD. I've been tempted to see how a Broad or Serf would do in it.

[Brettw 675]

Just take a 7116, remove the governor, cut out the seat pan and put a 2' diameter pulley on the BGB and a 2" pulley on the trans.... and hang on................8D

[3314WV 0]

I saw a post on the show and tell section of a guy that had his son entered in a tractor pull using a 717 Broadmoor in the 500 LB class and he won 1st place first time out....

[Dark 0]

I race tractors in drags and in circle ..some machines are better suited towards either type but the simplicity is well suited for pulling heavy frame design and stability make them very very good for pulling for circle tracks MTD is the most common easy to find body parts such as the fenders. Drag racing a long frame and stable steering is suitable such as a Toro/Wizard/Gilson. body style. Most sanctioned race rules are set at Factory RPM mostly for safety reasons so the governors are not really changed or removed. HP vs Torque is the name of the game not RPM from the engine the gear ratios make or break the race times most are like a go-Kart with a tractor body. light, wide and short tires. low end torque is the mainstay also dummy decks must be installed regardless of body type used. you can get a rule book here----> [url]http://www.letsmow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2010-USLMRA-Rule-Book.pdf[/url]to see what the mowers look like try this lnk [url]http://www.letsmow.com/media/uslmra-tv/[/url]