Swamp buggies are completely custom made. While they're designed to accomplish the same basic goal, each is one-of-a-kind. Most have been built by their owners, based on the theory that they know ...

In the first two events of 2019-20, driver Dan Greenling had been so dominant in his pro-modified buggy Roll On that he won the season championship despite not racing in the spring.

At this weekend’s rescheduled Swamp Buggy Races Fall Classic, those drivers will be racing for no money. Not that swamp buggies are a lucrative hobby – even the winner usually spends more than ...

Swamp buggy racing is in Malcolm Lightner’s blood. His great-uncle, R.L. Walker, who drove a buggy called Flying Saucer, was a racing champion in the 1950s and, to this day, his not-too-distant ...

This weekend's Winter Classic of Swamp Buggy Race has been canceled, according to their website. This isn't the first time races have been canceled or postponed to a later date. In November 2020 ...

Swamp buggy fans had to wait a little longer to see races as the Winter Classic was canceled the weekend of Jan. 29-30 so there will only be two race weekends instead of the usual three.

The owner of this one-of-a-kind custom swamp buggy is best known for this talent as an artist and world-class airbrusher. Chris “Bones” Tolson, the 37-year-old South Floridian, grew up around ...

A breakdown on the clubhouse turn at Aqueduct yesterday delayed the start of the second race for 12 minutes. Luckily, it wasn’t a horse but a harrow tractor that suffered the injury, diagnose… ...

The Swamp Buggy Races began in 1949, a formal competition between hunters who, until then, could only brag about how much faster their much-modified Everglades machines were than the next guy’s.

Swamp buggy races are back in Southwest Florida. The outdoor event will provide weekend entertainment for people flocking from all over to watch them, bringing in some money to the region’s ...

The 5000-pound metal beast pitches me forward as it lurches to a stop. Eight feet below, swamp water sloshes in front of our 4-foot-high tractor tires, rousing an alligator that wriggles away for ...

NAPLES, Fla. — A professional swamp buggy racer from Naples isn’t ruling out a return to the sport even after losing a significant portion of his left arm in a horrific accident earlier this ...