1. To Login: Click on the lock  to open the login page

2. If this is your first visit to the new site, but you had spaces last year, please indicate your need to recover/reset your password. You will receive an email that has a link for changing your password. If you didn't have spaces in the last 3 years then you will need to re-register. 

Regular spaces are 9' x 18' (both asphalt and grass) are $55.00 each

Corner spaces are $70.00 each

Big Lot spaces are 25' x 100' are $600.00 each

Manufacturers Midway spaces are 25' x 50' $300.00 each

Car Corral are $55.00 each

All regular spaces will be an additional $10.00 starting March 2, 2024.

1. To find a space to rent, first login, then click on one of the maps found on the Information Tab. Also maps by zone or an overview map can be found at the bottom of every page. FYI: the entire meet is broken into zones 0 - 4A. ( hint: you can enlarge the map by holding down the ctrl button and using the scroll wheel on the mouse)

then 

2. Once you have located the "Zone" you wish to rent in, you can reserve any space that is GREEN by clicking on the space or around the edge of the space and it will be added to your shopping cart.

3. When you are satisified with your cart selections, please agree to the terms of services by clicking on the box as indicated on the checkout pagesand then click on checkout where you will be able verify your billing address from your login information, Select your payment method and confirm your order.

Note: If you choose to use a credit card your billing information needs to match what is on your card. If you choose check or money order you need to send the check in to the indicated mail location so that it will arrive within 10 days, otherwise your spaces may be lost. 

Also note that online sales are in real-time, so the spaces you have in your cart will not be reserved until you pay for them or indicate you are sending a check during check out. If you intend to renew your space reservations, by using the mail, your check and indicated spaces you want (you are only guarenteed the same space you had the year before), must be received during the 30 day reserve period that follows the last day of Pate every year. 

We are happy to announce that "ALL" Zone maps that are online are now "clickable" (clicking on a green space will add it to your shopping cart).

Either at the bottom of almost every page under information or from the main menu under information and spaces, any line that says "Map" will link to a map that is clickable.

We encourage all vendors to purchase their spaces in advance. There will be limited spaces available to be purchased at the Pate event at the Registration desk, but you can reserve spaces at that time.

Portable toilets can be ordered at the same time as you order your spaces. They are listed under the Accessories in the top menu. 

Private Portable Toilets (Regular): $95.00
Private Portable Toilets (Handicap): $110.00

Each portable toilet has a hand wash station. There are no separate had wash stations to be ordered. We recommend you put a lock on the door to keep the general public from using your toilet.

Please note: Portable toilets must be ordered in advance. 

Swap meet spaces are not assignable except at the amount paid at time of purchase. Your space(s) will be designated with a numbered marker in each space. Your displays must be kept within the boundaries of your space(s).

Purchase of a Pate Swap Meet vendor space entitles the purchaser to use that space in its entirety. The corners of these spaces are marked on the ground, and the perimeter of these spaces extends vertically. If the corners of a space are in question, notify the Pate Swap Meet HQ or Security personnel.

Any intrusion into someone else’s space or into the street is a violation of Pate Rules and must be corrected. Failure to abide by this rule may result in expulsion from the Swap Meet.

Vendors must vacate their spaces by noon on Sunday. All parts left unattended after noon on Sunday are subject to removal by the cleanup
crews. Vehicles or other items left in an unauthorized space will be removed at owner’s expense.

To prevent noise during the late night sleeping hours, absolutely no vehicle traffic will be allowed to move within the meet area between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The gates will be closed to keep traffic from going in or out during these hours and security guards will be on duty.

No food or beverage may be sold in the swap meet areas except as authorized by the Texas Motor Speedway. 

The menus, location and hours of service for each of the Texas Motor Speedway approved concessions are listed on the “Food at Pate” page.  Locations of the concessions are identified by the boxed-in letter “C” on the “Zone Maps”

Vendor Access to the Swap Meet

Access by the vendors into the Texas Motor Speedway is from Interstate 35W, Exit 72 or from Texas Highway 114.

Entry to the swap meet area is through Gates 2, 4, 6 and 8 off of Lone Star Circle.

The Vendor Stickers are color coded to each of the four vendor access gates:

Gate 2, (Color Green) stickers only for access to Zones 3 and 3A;

Gate 4, (Color Coral) stickers only for access to Zones 2 and 2A,

Gate 6, (Color Yellow) stickers only for access to Zones 1, and 1A

Gate 8, (Color Blue) stickers only for access to Zone 0.

Each of the gates along Lone Star Circle will have a vertical flag in the color associated with that gate’s zones to facilitate access identification by vendors traveling along Lone Star Circle.

Vendors who plan to purchase their spaces on site or need to pick up their already purchased vendor space package need to stop first at Pate Registration. Pate Registration is located on the east side of the track (midway along the backstretch of the main track) off of Lone Star Circle. Lone Star Circle is a one-way street running counterclockwise around the main track, so it would be easier going to Registration by exiting onto the Texas Motor Speedway off of Highway 114.

Vendor Hours of Admittance

Pre-registered vendors will be admitted from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Hours of admittance Thursday, Friday and Saturday are 7:00 a.m. to 10 a.m.

To make Pate Swap Meet even safer for our vendors/shoppers/buyers, all unnecessary vehicle traffic on Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of 10 a.m and 5 p.m. is prohibited.

Please – all vendors, plan to arrive prior to 10 a.m. to avoid any delays or confusion. No shopping from your personal vehicles. If you purchased spaces to include room for your vehicle, you are to take it there and leave it there.

As with any large gathering, we have put in place regulations to help make this a safe and successful event.

Vendor rules can be seen on our website and in your vendor packet. 

Acceptance of space constitutes your agreement to abide by the rules outlined below. Please read these rules completely
before purchasing a Pate Vendor space. If you are removed from the meet, your registration will be refunded and future
registration will be forfeited.

The selling of food and drink or NASCAR racing items (sunglasses, jewelry, tapes and souvenir items) is prohibited.

Swap meet spaces are not assignable except at the amount paid at time of purchase. Your space(s) will be designated with a numbered marker in each space. Your displays must be kept within the boundaries of your space(s).

Purchase of a Pate Swap Meet vendor space entitles the purchaser to use that space in its entirety. The corners of these spaces are marked on the ground, and the perimeter of these spaces extends vertically. If the corners of a space are in question, notify the Pate Swap Meet HQ or Security personnel.

Any intrusion into someone else’s space or into the street is a violation of Pate Rules and must be corrected. Failure to abide by this rule may result in expulsion from the Swap Meet.

Vendors must vacate their spaces by noon on Sunday. All parts left unattended after noon on Sunday are subject to removal by the cleanup
crews. Vehicles or other items left in an unauthorized space will be removed at owner’s expense.

The Car Corral is for running, operational road vehicles only.  No parts or miscellaneous items and no oversized vehicles like motor homes, R.V’s or buses.  Vehicles must be driven into and out of the Car Corral.  Trailers or car haulers are only permitted in the staging area north of the Car Corral.  Trailers and car haulers are to be removed from the staging area after unloading.  Trailers and car haulers can be parked in the Vendors Trailer parling lot north of the swap meet on the west side of Lone Star Circle.

CAR CORRAL OPERATIONAL RULES

1. The Car Corral is for running, operational vehicles only. (No parts, Motor Homes, R.V’s, Buses or miscellaneous items.) (Pop up tents during daylight hours only, tents must be removed at night.)
2. The Car Corral windshield stickers must be filled out and displayed on the upper right inside corner of the windshield on the car driven into the Car Corral area. You will not be admitted until this is done.
3. There will be a sticker for each vehicle for sale. Stickers may not be transferred to another vehicle.
4. All replacement stickers will be issued at full face value.
5. Vehicles may enter the Car Corral between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7p.m. only, except Wednesday, when vehicles will be admitted from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
6. The owner is responsible for vehicle at all times. This includes the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. when vehicles may be viewed, and between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. You may take your vehicle out each night before the gates close.
7. Vehicles must be driven into the Car Corral. Trailers or car haulers are only permitted in the staging area north of the Car Corral. Trailers and car haulers are to be removed from the staging area after unloading.
8. Neither the Pate Swap Meet nor the Texas Motor Speedway will be responsible for damages, injuries or accidents during the event.
9. The swap meet directors and the Texas Motor Speedway officials reserve the right to reject and/or eject any person or firm they deem as undesirable for any reason. The directors’/officials’ actions and decisions are final.

No stakes shall be driven into the asphalt surfaces anywhere on the Texas Motor Speedway property.  

Weights should be used to anchor tents or awnings on asphalt or concrete surfaces. 

Violators will be fined or removed from the grounds by Texas Motor Speedway security.

Generators causing excessive noise and fumes are prohibited.

From 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. generator noise shall not exceed 70 dBA.

After 10:00 p.m., generators noise shall not exceed 45 dBA. 

Loud generator or excesive fume complaints should be reported to Headquarters during the day and the Security Officer at Gate 4 after 6:00 p.m.

Texas Motor Speedway reserves the exclusive right to sell all racing and sport related souvenir items such as wearables, souvenirs, sunglasses, jewelry, tapes and like products.

Vendors who have questions about this rule must deal directly with the Merchandising Department at the Texas Motor Speedway, 817-215-8560. 

A company/corporation that is exhibiting their company product will be allowed to sell wearables and other souvenir type products mentioned above that display their company/corporation logos. 

For detailed information, contact the Texas Motor speedway Merchandising Department, 817-215-8560.

Then login if necessary.

Then click on the last tab in the list which is the Vendor Info tab.

In the Description area place your categories like this.

The word "Categories:" and then your categories such as Ford Motors and or GMC transmissions.

Note: The information after the word "Spaces:", will be automatically be updated to reflect the spaces you have rented prior to the swap meet. 

Example Below

Vendor packets will be mailed after March 1^st. Vendors who place orders after March 1^st can pick up their vendor packets at will call at the Registration building during the meet.

Vendors receive one pass per spot paid for.

Follow the signs to the Registration booth to pay for spots or vendor packects being held at Will Call.

1. First Login so the system will know whose orders to look for:

   To Login: Click on the lock  to open the login page

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2. Once you have logged in you can find information about your profile by clicking the person icon. 

3. Then select "Orders" from the left menu

Public Parking for the Pate Swap Meet is in the Texas Motor Speedway controlled main grass parking lot on the west side of the swap meet areas with entrance off of Victory Circle and Highway 114.

The Public Parking lot will be open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Parking will be $10.00 per vehicle with no reentry provisions.

No camping or overnight RV parking is allowed in the Public Parking area. Contact the Texas Motor Speedway website for their camping and RV accommodations availability during the swap meet. No use of unauthorized motorized vehicles is permitted in the Public Parking lot except for handicap scooters'

Access to the Pate Swap Meet is free through Gates 3, 5 and 7.

Vendor personal vehicles are allowed only during no-public hours. 

Vehicle traffic by vendors or shoppers within the Swap Meet area is limited to the following:

• Allowable vendor driving hours is from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and after 5:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
• Five (5) mile per hour speed limit will be enforced.
• Driving during prohibited hours is allowed for emergency exit of the meet and no re-admitance is allowed.  Prohibited hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Unauthorized vehicles during swap meet hours are: mini-bikes; skateboards; inline skates; private motorized carts, lawn tractors or lawn mowers; personal 2 wheel scooters; motor bikes or motorcycles; powered or non-powered bicycles; 3 or 4 wheel All Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s); or electric or gas powered golf carts, or any other motorized transportation of any type other than the exceptions noted in Handicapped Access.
• No motorized vehicle of any kind can be driven at any time within the grounds of the swap meet by anyone who does not possess a valid state driver’s license.

Riding around in the swap meet areas during prohibited hours can result in expulsion from the swap meet

There are mobility carts available to rent from Event Scooters

Driving within the Public Parking Lot will have a five (5) mile per hour speed limit enforced

Approved electric handicap scooters are welcome in the swap meet areas.

Electric mobility units (Three and four wheeled freestanding, electric scooters that are authorized by the federal government for access in public buildings) may be used at any time in the swap meet area. This is limited to wheel chairs, 3 or 4 wheeled electric scooters and electrical power chairs.

Modified approved electric handicap scooters and those that are home built are not allowed.

A single garden type trailer (size not exceeding 2 ft by 4 feet) is allowed to be towed behind a handicap scooter, but no multiple trailers. Use of a handicap mobility unit is limited to the authorized operator only and riders are not allowed on the vehicle or any towed trailer.

Handicapped Scooters rental are available;  EVENT SCOOTERS RENTAL -OR CALL 877.588.4782.

To prevent noise during the late night sleeping hours, absolutely no vehicle traffic will be allowed to move within the meet area between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The gates will be closed to keep traffic from going in or out during these hours and security guards will be on duty.

Information booths are positioned at gates 1 through 8.

Shoppers may pick up a printed copy of the Pate Times for their use as they enter the swap meet areas and request other information as needed.

Lost and missing persons and emergencies should be reported to Swap Meet Headquarters or to one of the information booths for assistance.

A parts hauling service is available for items purchased inside the swap meet areas that are heavy and/or bulky items. The Swap Meet field has seven (7) information booths in which customers may walk up to and request the parts hauling service. 

Parts will be delivered free to the Public Parking Lot from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

There is also a single engine picker available. Please request this service at one of the seven (7) information boths. 

Customers are to ride with drivers to pick up or drop off parts ONLY on the Golf cart. NO ONE is permitted to ride on the trailer. (Driver discretion in certain cases)
If the customer requests taking the parts directly to their vehicle in the parking lot and the parts hauler agrees, the parts may be taken to the customer’s vehicle dependent on queued customer demand. We are not a taxi service!

No customer will be able to flag down an empty cart and trailer for their use when other customers are waiting at an information booth. 

The Drivers are not responsible for loading or unloading the parts on or off the trailer but may assist at their discretion.

Public Toilets are available on the north side of Petty Ave near Gates 3 and 4 and at alternating ends of a cross street at the swap meet area fence lines.

Vendors rent toilets for their private use within their spaces and should not be used without their permission.

No sale, display or exhibition of firearms is permitted on the Texas Motor Speedway property.

For safety of pets and the general public, pets are discouraged at the swap meet. However. any pets present shall be kept on a leash no longer than six (6) feet at all times. Owners are responsible for cleaning up after pets.

No open fires or glass containers are permitted on Texas Motor Speedway property at any time.  

Trailers, campers, and RVs parked within the swap meet areas are required to place at a minimum 1 ft by 1 ft, by ¾ in thick wood plate under the landing gear to protect the asphalt surfaces.

Contact the Texas Motor Speedway website for their camping and RV accommodations availability during the swap meet. 

The Restroom/Shower building on Parsons Ln (south of Zone 0) is expected to be open as it is managed by TMS.

We love to answer questions and the contact us request page is great for that. We are always improving the site and if you as a question we can add more FAQ's to our list on how to use the site. Click here to go to pate Contact us page

You may also call us by phone at 817-396-5118, answered live 8-5 (but callbacks could be in the evening). Please note this is a new phone number for the Pate Registrar. Previous numbers are no longer valid.