East Texas’ Dragstrip Pine Valley Raceway Offered For Sale

For the first time in its more than two-decade history, East Texas’ Pine Valley Raceway is on the market.

The quarter-mile dragstrip outside Lufkin, Texas, has been listed for sale by the Bailey family, which built the facility and has remained its longtime owner through a succession of operators, closures, and comebacks. The announcement, made Sunday, Nov. 8, puts 186 acres of East Texas racing property up for grabs, with no asking price publicly disclosed.

The offering includes the 3,500-foot racing surface, extensive paved and concrete pit areas, grandstands, a timing tower, announcer booth, storage buildings and onsite utilities. The property is being marketed for continued motorsports use, special events or potential redevelopment.

For racers across the region, however, the significance goes well beyond the real estate.

The Bailey family began developing Pine Valley in 2000, with the facility opening to competition in March 2004. Originally sanctioned by the IHRA, the track quickly established itself as a home for grassroots drag racing in a part of Texas where racers otherwise faced considerable travel to compete.

Its history hasn’t been without interruptions. Various groups have operated the track over the years, including father-and-son team Buck and Austin Hayward, who took over operations ahead of the 2023 season. Their arrival brought renewed attention to facility improvements and the racing program, along with the track’s addition to the NHRA Member Track Network that year.

Following another period of inactivity beginning in late 2024, the Bailey family announced plans to revive Pine Valley in the summer of 2025. Operating as Bailey & Sons Racing, the family enlisted veteran motorsports executive Steve Quien to manage the facility, oversee improvements and help rebuild its schedule.

Quien, whose career spans decades in motorsports, discussed the family’s commitment in a May 2026 interview with In Wheel Time, explaining that four Bailey brothers were carrying forward their late father Billy Ray Bailey Sr.’s dream. He also detailed work on the facility’s lighting, timing system, public-address equipment and grounds.

The comeback appeared to be gathering traction. In November 2025, NHRA announced Pine Valley’s return to its South Central Division member-track network for 2026, while the facility continued hosting events such as Draggin’ and Pullin’ in the Pines, a popular gathering of trucks, racing and pulling competition.

Now, just as that latest chapter was taking shape, ownership has elected to explore a sale. What happens next will depend largely on who acquires the property and what that owner envisions for it.

In addition to its weekly and regional racing events, Pine Valley has hosted the Mid-West Drag Racing Series, Funny Car Chaos, the Outlaw Fuel Altered Association, and other traveling organizations during its tenure.

A representative for the raceway declined to share details regarding the asking price for the property or its status for 2027 should a buyer not come forward.

For a track that has survived changing leadership and uncertain seasons, the hope among East Texas racers will be that its next chapter still includes racing for years to come.