Macraes Moonlight farmer Tom McCone. Photo / Alice Scott
She's an oldie but a goodie.
This year was Macraes Moonlight farmer Tom McCone's "sixth or seventh" time racing his Greenfield ride-on lawnmower in the Angus McCutcheon memorial lawnmower race at Strath Taieri's A&P Show on Sunday and he snaffled the win easily.
The mower, which no longer has any
grass cutting facilities, was purchased from Timaru by McCone and fellow Macraes farmer Kent Tisdall with full intentions to "pimp it up" with a 250cc Kawasaki motor to take part in the annual competition.
The duo has enjoyed tinkering with the machine over the years to improve its throttle capabilities and McCone said not a lot needed to be done this year to prepare it for its one big day of the year but "working on the mower" was good code for enjoying a quiet beverage on a warm summer's evening.
The mower had reached a top speed of about 50kmh in an "undisclosed location" in the lead up to the race and McCone said he had not had any incidents ... "not yet anyway".
