Palm Seashore Worldwide Raceway listed on the market

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

As reported by The Drive Tuesday, Palm Seashore 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 monitor for an industrial park.

Situated in Jupiter, Florida, 23 miles from West Palm Seashore and its airport, the monitor sits on 174.4 acres. It features a two-mile street course, quarter-mile drag strip, 7/10-mile kart monitor, plus area 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 wished 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 kind Formulation Race Promotions in an try to purchase the monitor, however misplaced out to Portman Industrial’s bid in 2022.

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

Palm Seashore Worldwide Raceway is not as recognizable a reputation as Indianapolis Motor Speedway or different marquee tracks, however it 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 street journey throughout the South.

A number of different racetracks have come up on the market in recent times, 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 at the very least these tracks are being provided on the market as a substitute of being became condos or warehouses immediately.