Photos: Canine celebrity Bullseye, the Target dog, helped open Texas Motor Speedway's new puppy park
Target's mascot Bullseye poses for a photo before helming NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Larson cut the ribbon on a newly opened Puppy Pit Stop Dog Park in a campground outside Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Friday, November 4, 2016. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Texas Motor Speedway's first puppy park opened on Nov. 4, 2016. The dogs were too busy playing to stop for an interview.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
An estimated 300,000 people will visit Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth Nov. 4, 5 and 6 for AAA Texas 500 weekend. But how many dogs will join them?
At 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, the speedway celebrated the grand opening of the Milk-Bone Puppy Pit Stop in the campgrounds near Texas Motor Speedway. Bullseye the Target dog and professional race car driver Kyle Larson hosted a ribbon cutting. (Larson's son Owen was there, too.)
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While dogs were allowed in the campgrounds, they never had a place to run around previously. The new Puppy Pit Stop will be open for race weekends only and will give owners a place to let their dogs off leash to romp.
Brewtus, a boxer owned by Andrew Repp of Lewisville (left) stops for a drink of water at the newly opened Puppy Pit Stop Dog Park in a campground outside Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Friday, November 4, 2016. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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Brewtus: busy guy.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
'Not in my backyard,' Daisy tells Brewtus
It ended amicably.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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Diesel the dalmation was made for this park
Diesel, a dalmatian owned by Mike Repp of Sanger, chases Willie, a beagle owned by Luke Mesi of More, Oklahoma around a fire hydrant.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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Zen Star checks out the obstacles
Zen Star, a German Shepard owned by Able Ramirez of San Antonio plays in a tunnel at newly opened Puppy Pit Stop Dog Park.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
'Tag, you're it!'
Brewtus, a boxer owned by Andrew Repp of Lewisville (left) chases Willie, a beagle.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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How do they make Bullseye's bulls-eye look so perfect? Or is it natural? These are questions for another day.
Target's mascot Bullseye poses for a photo before helming NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Larson cut the ribbon on a newly opened Puppy Pit Stop Dog Park in a campground outside Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Friday, November 4, 2016. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Sarah Blaskovich, Senior Food Reporter. Sarah writes about restaurants, bars and culture in Dallas. Follow @sblaskovich on Twitter and ask her what to do, where to eat or where to drink in your area.
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