Dino-madness! T-Rex costumes fill racing track

From left, friends Carmen Alvarado, Donaji Torres, Mazay Jimenez and Hector Hernandez pretend to eat their deflated T-Rex friend Joselyne Rivera, on the ground,

Fan-favourite event transforms horse racing track into a prehistoric playground as participants don inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costumes and race to the finish line.

Racers are escorted to the track.

Racers wait in their gates before the men's championship.

The event, a quirky fan-favourite, featured three thrilling heats: men’s, women’s, and children’s divisions. Each group was packed with dino-suited racers whose vision was limited, arms were hilariously short, and balance was a daily struggle—but whose enthusiasm knew no bounds.

T-rex racers participate in an over-50 race.

Herd of bobbling dinosaurs thundered down the track. Inflatable tails whipped around, feet flailed in every direction.

Cody Vancina of Skydive Snohomish dives at the finish line after parachuting down to the track in a T-Rex outfit with two colleagues during the "T-Rex World Championship Races" at Emerald Downs.