Last minute addition as MMTV headed to Immokalee overnight to bring this years's Winter Warm Up to everyone all week long.

Another all door car final. Caroline McCarty gets the win over a redlighting Gary Williams

Wasn't immokalee gonna be closed down at some point? Or am I making that up? Is it that track or Palm beach that's actually a temporary dragstrip on a military air base runway and can be cleared if ever needed.

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Originally posted by Nim Rod:
Wasn't immokalee gonna be closed down at some point? Or am I making that up? Is it that track or Palm beach that's actually a temporary dragstrip on a military air base runway and can be cleared if ever needed.

Palm beach shut down. It was a dragstrip and a road course. Immokalee is at an airport. They did have some issues with the airport needing more room and had to move the dragstrip further down decreasing the shut down a little bit. The track has been going strong. Nice track if you're thinking about going. The Hester family are great people and treat the racers extremely well.

Met the Hester's once about 20 years ago.

Went to Bradenton 5Day and after day 2 broke/ repaired everything but the engine. After beaking the R&P, driveshaft and trans case we threw in the towel.

Anyway, day 3 we went down to immokalee to pick up a bare dragster chassis that a friend had bought to take back to NJ.

Very nice people! Even got free tshirts. I think the track was running and might have fed us.

Funny thing is, the Hester's ended up buying the car a couple years later as a running car.

Troy Williams getting the win tonight in his dragster over a redlighting AJ Ashe

50,000 to win Saturday!

Immokalee a great track. The Hesters and crew make you feel like family. I been running there 20 years now. I hurt transmission on 1st day of winterfest last week so I been spectating on motormania.

Thanks to track and all sponsors for putting on an event like this.

Vic (No Good!) announced that in 2024 the event would be a $51k (McCarty 51st yr) along with a $25k (Immokalee 25th yr) and several $10ks. I put it on the race calendar. Looked like an Excellent race event and great weather.

Marie Muller defeats Doug Foley Jr in the $50k