Palm Seaside Worldwide Raceway listed on the market

Palm Seaside Worldwide Raceway might not have the provenance of fellow Florida racetracks Daytona and Sebring, however in contrast to these tracks, it is on the market.

As reported by The Drive Tuesday, Palm Seaside Worldwide Raceway is now listed on the market by actual property agency CBRE at an undisclosed value. This comes after the native zoning fee blocked a 2022 proposal by a developer to demolish the observe for an industrial park.

Palm Seaside Worldwide Raceway (picture through CBRE)

Positioned in Jupiter, Florida, 23 miles from West Palm Seaside and its airport, the observe sits on 174.4 acres. It features a two-mile highway course, quarter-mile drag strip, 7/10-mile kart observe, plus house for mud runs and a 13,000-square-foot clubhouse.

The location is positioned adjoining to each the Bee Line Freeway and a CSX railroad line, which could clarify why somebody needed to show it into an industrial park. That transfer was strongly opposed by native residents, The Drive notes, in addition to Indy 500 winner Danny Sullivan, who labored with others to type Components Race Promotions in an try to purchase the observe, however misplaced out to Portman Industrial’s bid in 2022.

Tesla Mannequin S drag-races 2015 Dodge Challenger Palm Seaside Intl Raceway, Hellcat, Jan 2014 [YouTube]

Palm Seaside Worldwide Raceway is not as recognizable a reputation as Indianapolis Motor Speedway or different marquee tracks, but it surely does have one declare to fame. Underneath its earlier guise as Moroso Motorsports Park, it was a cease on the notorious “Prime Gear” low-cost automotive highway journey throughout the South.

A number of different racetracks have come up on the market lately, together with Oregon Raceway Park, Michigan’s Grattan Raceway, and California’s Willow Springs Worldwide Raceway. This does not converse properly of the state of motorsports curiosity within the U.S., however a minimum of these tracks are being supplied on the market as a substitute of being become condos or warehouses right away.