Like many quirky, homegrown traditions, swamp buggy racing started out small. In the early 1940s, about a dozen hunters in Naples, Florida, who used the strange, jeeplike vehicles to navigate the ...
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Racing swamp buggies is deeply rooted in the history of Naples and the surrounding area, including the Everglades. But what are swamp buggies and how did the tradition begin? As one might imagine, ...
NAPLES, Fla. – The second race of the swamp buggy season is ready to make some noise at the Florida Sports Park for the Budweiser Winter Classic, just like they’ve been doing three times a year for ...
“Take these spectral bleachers and fill the air over them with Coppertone and kettle-corn perfume and Skynard and rebel flags snapping,” writes the Southern author Padgett Powell in the introduction ...
Following close competition last year and a long offseason, there’s excitement surrounding the Swamp Buggy Races as the Naples original sport enters its eighth decade. The swamp buggies enter their ...
Swamp buggy racing just might be the most Florida thing to come out of Florida. Three times each year in Naples, goggled drivers whiz down a flooded dirt track—officially christened the "Mile O’ ...
NAPLES, Florida — Before this town was a vacation spot, there were only swamps, and the men who played in them. Back in the day, which around here means the 1930s, Collier County was known for farmin' ...
If you’ve been a fan of Mud Life for a while, you most certainly know the name Big Ed the Butcher. From event articles to hunting trips, Ed Wojtusik has been there time after time to help us out when ...
It’s been a long 10 months for swamp buggy racing legend Eddie Chesser. Fresh off his 21st Big Feature win in March, Chesser was itching to defend his title in November, which was supposed to be the ...
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