FAQ: Common Questions with Answers

How Pacific Raceways Supports People with Disabilities

All bathrooms have handicap stalls and no thresholds. All paved paddock, handicap parking is available up front by admissions gate. The concessions area is paved and the two middle grandstands have chair pads. Cart rentals are not available on site; however, motorized mobility aids such as wheelchairs and scooters are permitted for spectators with handicap tags.

What Food and Drinks Can You Bring?

Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed. Coolers may not exceed 12″ x 12″ x 12″ in any dimension. All beverages must be in a plastic container and be sealed/unopened. Pacific Raceways does not permit outside alcohol or glass containers inside the facility or in the parking lots. Coolers and backpacks are subject to search upon entrance and at any time. No BBQs (propane or charcoal) are allowed on Pacific Raceways property.

Rules and Restrictions

Prohibited Items – Things You Definitely Cannot Bring

Pacific Raceways reserves the right for any employee to confiscate any items deemed unsafe at any time.

  • Alcohol
  • Glass bottles/containers
  • Weapons, including, but not limited to, guns, knives, stun guns and pepper spray
  • Any gang-related colors, logos, or apparel, and any clothing that depicts verbiage or images that may be offensive
  • BBQs of any kind
  • Unsealed/already opened beverages
  • Fireworks
  • Inline skates/skateboards
  • Lawn chairs or stadium-type seats with legs (all chairs must sit flat against your seat)
  • Umbrellas
  • Motorized vehicles.

Rain Outs / Rescheduled Events

Race rainout at Pacific Raceways

If a Pacific Raceways-sanctioned event is deemed “Rained Out,” the face value of the ticket and/or tech card may be used within one year at any other Pacific Raceways event; your ticket stub must be present to redeem the value (rules and restrictions may apply).

If the event is rescheduled, all tickets will be honored on the rescheduled date. No refunds or vouchers for future events will be given.

No Pets, but There Are Exceptions

Pets are not allowed in the grandstand or spectator areas; however, leashed pets are allowed inside the facility – except NHRA NW Nationals and any non-sanctioned event. Licensed working animals are welcome.

Nothing with Wheels – Unless You’re Racing

Sign that says, "No Bicycles, Scooters, or Skateboard."

Cart rentals are not available at the track. Spectators are not allowed to use wheeled vehicles inside the facility: golf carts, mopeds, four wheelers, skateboards, bicycles, etc.

Motorized wheelchairs are permitted for spectators with handicap tags. Racers or participants are allowed motorized vehicles within the pit area only during Pacific Raceways sanctioned events and must be registered with the NHRA during National events. Kids under 16 are NOT allowed to operate a motorized or wheeled vehicle on Pacific Raceways property at any time.

No Large Stadium Seats or Seat Pads. No Saving Seats

View from the grandstands at Pacific Raceways.

Stadium seats and seat pads may not exceed 18″ wide x 10″ deep.  Stadium seats and seat pads must fit within your allocated seat space and not encroach on your neighbors’ space next to or behind you.  Stadium seats may not have legs and must sit flat against your allocated seat.  Seat widths vary depending on the grandstands.  Pacific Raceways reserves the right to remove stadium seats that encroach into other customers’ seat space.

Saving General Admission (GA) seats from one day to another by fixing a blanket or any other device to a seat is not permitted. Track personnel may confiscate blankets or any seat-saving device at the end of the day.

No Bad Attitudes Allowed

At all times, participants and fans are expected to conduct themselves professionally and non-disruptively. Track personnel are allowed to remove anyone from the raceway (and ban them from the facility) who does the following:

  • Verbally or physically threatens another participant or other person;
  • Uses vulgar or derogatory language;
  • Are overly intoxicated and/or exhibit excessive drug use;
  • Enters with a weapon;
  • Engages in unsportsmanlike conduct, conduct detrimental to the sport of racing, or otherwise creates a condition or circumstance that is unsafe, unfair, or out of order.