When Stephen F. Briggs and Harold Stratton founded their company in Milwaukee in 1908, they couldn't have imagined how far their small engines would travel. What began as a modest venture making auto ...

Lawn-mower racing came to the United States in 1992. It had been going strong in England since 1973, when Jim Gavin, an Irish rally driver, created the sport to be a low-buck endeavor for the average ...

A swing in physical or economic climate would give this small-engine maker a much-needed boost. Remember when pre-adolescents in go-karts were free to ramble around on suburban streets, and having a ...

Briggs & Stratton Co. has never liked ethanol because it can make a mess of things at the worst possible time — like when you need to cut the grass and your lawn mower spits, sputters and just won’t ...

Briggs & Stratton is moving its engine-component production to Auburn, according to a Wisconsin television station. The company, the world’s largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power ...

Car sales are down across the board, as are the sales of pretty much everything except cleaning products, toilet paper, and bicycles. As of yet, no automakers have declared bankruptcy, but at least ...