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Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Roar! Emerald Downs hosts T-Rex Championship Races
Spectators at Emerald Downs took a trip back in time this weekend. The racetrack hosted the T-Rex World Championship Races. More than 300 participants ran down the track, in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costumes – hoping to cross the finish line first. Advertisement The event began in 2017 as a team-building activity for TriGuard Pest Control, but it quickly gained popularity. Andrew Stuber from Houston, Texas, was crowned this year's winner according to the racetrack. The action wasn't just on the ground this year - three parachuting T-Rex from Skydive Snohomish jumped 5,000 feet from a plane and soared down onto the track, racing to the finish line from the air.
Associated Press
15 hours ago
- Science
- Associated Press
Photo highlights from T-Rex World Championship Races
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. The actual dinosaur roamed the planet between 65 million and 67 million years ago. A study published four years ago in the journal Science estimated about 2.5 billion of the dinosaurs roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years. Hollywood movies such as the 'Jurassic Park' franchise have added to the public fascination with the carnivorous creature. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
The Independent
15 hours ago
- Science
- The Independent
Photo highlights from T-Rex World Championship Races
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. The actual dinosaur roamed the planet between 65 million and 67 million years ago. A study published four years ago in the journal Science estimated about 2.5 billion of the dinosaurs roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years. Hollywood movies such as the 'Jurassic Park' franchise have added to the public fascination with the carnivorous creature. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
