Watch Lawnmowers Driven to Oblivion in 12-Hour Endurance Race

This particular series is dedicated to lawnmowers. You know, those tools used to chop the high grass in the backyard.

Back in 1973, an Irishman called Jim Gavin came up with the idea of lawnmower racing. He even helped set up the British Lawn Mower Racing Association (BLMRA), a group that from May through October each year organizes endurance events at venues across the country.

This past weekend, the series arrived in Five Oaks. A total of 48 teams lined up on the starting grid in Le Mans fashion, ready to drive all night along a makeshift course covered not in tarmac, but grass.

The competition is structured like any other endurance race in the world. It sees drivers race on the circuit by taking turns behind the wheel, it uses pit stops for refueling and eventual repairs, and eventually a winner is declared.

This year's Five Oaks winning team is called Best Western. They crossed the finish line after completing 348 laps.

"The best feeling ever," said according to Euronews Geoff Bishop, one of the 'team's members.

"Wanted to win this for so long. The cream of the crop really turn up here and it's not a twelve-hour endurance it's a twelve-hour sprint. And it's a race to the death as you can see anything can happen in those twelve hours."

What did the team get at the end of the race? A thrilling experience, and 'that's it. As per the rules of the BLMRA, sponsorships, cash prizes and modified engines are not allowed.

For the record, lawnmower racing is thrilling for everyone, not just unknown Joes. Over the years the competition drew to the circuits people like F1 legend Stirling Moss, Le Mans winner Derek Bell, and actor Chris Evans.