Reigning Dunlop MSA British Touring car champion Gordon Shedden will be aiming to keep off the turf when he heads to Silverstone for the final round of this year’s series on 13 October. but he took time out from his preparations to have a bit of fun, lining up on the grid with three-time champ and team-mate Matt Neal on a special mower created by their team Dynamics squad.
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The imply Mower is a bit different to Gordon and Matt’s Honda Yuasa Racing Civics. It’s based on a Honda HF2620 lawn tractor, but the regular 20bhp 614cc V-twin engine has made way for a 1,000cc V-Twin from a Honda Firestorm motorbike. This delivers 110bhp, and gives a power-to-weight ratio of 520bhp per tonne – enabling the mower to do 0-60mph in under four seconds and hit 130mph.
To cope with this huge pace, the regular mower chassis has been replaced with a chromoly spaceframe. Suspension and wheels from an ATV help increase the handling, plus there’s a body-hugging racing seat and Alcantara steering wheel with buttons for the sequential gearbox. This drives the rear wheels through a chain to a rear axle sourced from a go-kart. Yet this amazing device can still cut grass.