Nope, not airboats (good guess though)—it's swamp buggies. The craze was pioneered by Ed Frank, who began wrenching at age 12 and owned his own garage and machine shop by 19. By 1947 ...

Swamp buggies: Driver Tyler Johns will race eight months after losing his arm The flames were so close that Rodriguez and two helpers – a driver and an off-duty Collier County Sheriff’s Office ...

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 ...

We all want it to keep going.” Swamp buggies: Eddie Chesser chases down Tyler Johns to win Spring Classic in Naples Chesser won the Big Feature championship, the final race each of the three ...

What do you get when you cross the whirring of swamp buggies with the whine of fiddles? It’s the sound of cultures clashing at the Fire on the Swamp festival on Saturday at the Big Cypress ...

Although airboats and cars have long since eliminated the need for swamp buggies, racing the buggies is still a beloved part of Florida culture. From member station WGCU, Christine Buckley reports.

The Naples swamp buggy driver, who lost most of his left arm in an airboat accident, returned home Wednesday. Less than 24 hours later, Johns was out and about in Naples doing all his normal ...

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 ...

The Swamp Buggy Parade is one of Naples’ favorite traditions. The four-wheel truck that is carrying a two-wheel manmade machine is a Swamp Buggy. This is a 73-year-long tradition in Naples.

To excite thrill-seeking teenagers and 20-somethings, McHugh ordered the construction of a nationally ranked zip line in 2011 as well as a swamp buggy ride, which takes people off-roading through ...

Big Cypress National Preserve will restrict swamp buggies and other off-road vehicles in its Corn Dance Unit to designated trails, a milestone in the long battle between hunters and ...