Abstract: An automatic control system for a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine of a load device, in which a switching unit is responsive to an input signal produced in response to a given operating condition of the load device and generates an operating signal by which an ignition coil is energized. A first driving unit is responsive to the operating signal and generates an output signal by which a starter device is energized. The first driving unit is also responsive to a speed discriminator signal generated by a speed sensing unit when the engine speed reaches a predetermined value and generates no output so that the starter device is de-energized when the engine speed reaches the predetermined value. A second driving unit is also responsive to the operating signal from the switching unit and generates an output signal for a predetermined time interval so that a throttle valve of an engine carburetor is closed for the predetermined time interval determined by the output signal from the second driving unit.