This Florida Mansion Has a Private Race Track
If you have a surplus of cash and need a new home for your family and car collection, you might want to set your sights on Florida. This sprawling French-style mansion in Tampa is a gearhead’s dream.
The property has a 20-car garage to house your collection of ritzy rides, as well as an eight-turn personal race track out back so you can show off your high-octane models for your family and friends. Of course, it’s also a plush place for the human members of your family to rest their heads.
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Meet The Oaks
Though The Drive reports that the estate is actually worth $17.5 million, the asking price for the estate is $19.5 million. RV sales mogul Don Wallace originally built it back in 2012 as his family home. Located on 36 acres on the banks of Lake Thonotosassa, this house’s manicured landscaping provides a sophisticated backdrop for daily walks or outdoor parties. It boasts 400 oak trees, the reason for the family’s nickname for the house, “The Oaks.”
According to broker Mary Pond, this party pad is “one of Florida’s most significant homes […] built in the last century.” The main part of the house is four stories high and has eight bedrooms, 26 bathrooms, and a two-story guest house, as well as a separate gatehouse and pool house. The house has custom-stained wood floors, a 1950s-style diner, bowling alley, and gym zone, the latter of which includes a saltwater pool.
Auto-themed amenities
As previously mentioned, the property has a 20-car garage, where Wallace stored a quarter of his 80-car collection, and a race track that he constructed for go-karting. There’s also an 11,000-square-foot mechanic workshop, in case you prefer to modify and maintain your car collection yourself from the comfort of the property instead of outsourcing this job to nearby shops.
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Whitney Russell resides in Dayton, though her spirit can be found beach-bumming in Puerto Rico (the land of her half-Puerto Rican heritage). When not crafting car-related content, she can be found chasing after the most amazing toddler in the world, watching her “beaver” of a husband build amazing woodworking projects, hanging out with two crazy dogs, and visiting family and friends. She also enjoys traveling, crafting, and binge-watching period dramas when time allows. See more articles by Whitney.