Inside Florida’s Swamp Buggy Racing Subculture by Carey Dunne March 17, 2016 March 17, 2016. Subscribe to our newsletter.

Two hours west of Miami lies the city of Naples, surrounded by the Florida Everglades and, since 1949, home to the tradition of swamp buggy racing.

Because the Swamp Buggy Races in Naples, Florida — it might sound familiar thanks to “American Sports Cavalcade,” which aired the event on TNN from 1983 to 1995 — have lasted 70 years ...

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 ...

The state of Florida also used these buggies in law enforcement as early as 1930s. As the buggies uses and popularity grew, more hunters and farmers started building their own swamp buggy.

At the milestone anniversary, the Fall Classic returns to Florida Sports Park, the East Naples venue that is home the “Mile-O-Mud” and all swamp buggy competitions.

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 ...

Naples, Fla., is home to the "swamp buggy" races, an Everglades tradition that dates back to 1949. Although airboats and cars have long since eliminated the need for swamp buggies, racing the ...

Swamp buggy racing is unlike any other type of off-road racing. The majority of the course is covered in 17-19 inches of water, and there are two “sippi” holes that are 5½ feet in depth.

Whether or not they knew it at the time, the oval-eight course named "Mile-O-Mud" would be the birthplace of the sport and home to the first-ever swamp buggy races in Florida.

The state of Florida also used these buggies in law enforcement as early as 1930s. As the buggies uses and popularity grew, more hunters and farmers started building their own swamp buggy.