Racers take off during a preliminary heat during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Racers wait in their gates before the men's championship during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Racers take to the track during a preliminary heat during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A T-Rex face-plants near the finish line in a preliminary heat during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Participants line up for a women's preliminary heat during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Spectators cheered as participants ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costumes during the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington.
The Sunday event started in 2017 as a pest control company’s team-building activity.
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Hollywood movies such as have added to the public fascination with the carnivorous creature.
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