APEX Motor Club is asking for permission to add a full bar license at its private Maricopa racetrack—and the first public vote is on Tuesday night’s City Council agenda.
The application is for an Arizona Series 6 license at 22408 N. Ralston Road. That license category covers all spirituous liquor for on-premises consumption and allows limited sales of unopened containers to take away. It is broader than a beer-and-wine bar license.
The provocative part is the setting: a motorsports club built around a road course. The practical part is the process. Council is not issuing the license Tuesday, and an agenda vote would not mean bar service can begin immediately. The item asks the mayor and council to recommend approval to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, which makes the state licensing decision.
The City agenda identifies Andrea Lewkowitz as the applicant acting on behalf of APEX Motor Club. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, in Council Chambers.
What a Series 6 license would allow
Arizona describes Series 6 as a bar license. It authorizes sales of beer, wine and distilled spirits for consumption on the licensed premises. It also permits off-premises sales in original, unopened containers, but those sales cannot exceed 30% of on-sale receipts.
That distinction matters. The application is not simply for a one-night event permit or a beer-and-wine-only license. It seeks the state’s general bar-license privileges for this location.
The state’s current license guide also identifies Series 6 as a quota license available on the open market. The Council agenda does not say whether APEX is buying or transferring an existing license, what part of the property would be licensed, what service hours are planned, or whether service would be limited to members and guests.
Those are important operational questions, especially at a business centered on high-performance driving. The public agenda provides no safety or service plan, and OurMaricopa will not invent one. A recommendation vote should not be treated as proof of how APEX would manage alcohol service around track activity.
What APEX is—and what this vote does not decide
APEX markets itself as a private motorsports club. Its official contact page lists the same Ralston Road address as the license item and invites prospective members to request membership information or a private tour. The City’s visitor information describes a membership-based road course.
Residents can find APEX in the OurMaricopa business directory, alongside other local recreation and automotive listings. That directory entry confirms the location and public contact information; it does not indicate that a liquor license is already active.
Tuesday’s action has a narrow scope:
Council can discuss the application and vote on a recommendation.
The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control receives the local recommendation.
The state reviews and decides the application under its licensing process.
Until the state grants the license and all effective-date requirements are met, the request remains pending.
The Council agenda had not posted a staff report, floor plan, protest record or proposed conditions with the publicly visible item by OurMaricopa’s Monday research cutoff. The meeting page also says the minutes are not finalized and lists no result before the meeting.
Questions worth asking before the state decision
The application can be understood without assuming that a bar at a motorsports club is inherently safe or unsafe. The useful questions are specific:
Which building and outdoor areas would be inside the licensed premises?
Would alcohol service be restricted during active driving sessions?
What training, identification checks and transportation safeguards are planned?
Would service be limited to members and invited guests, or available for public events?
Are neighbors or public-safety staff proposing conditions?
None of those answers appears in the short agenda summary. If council members or the applicant address them Tuesday, the public record will become more complete.
Residents who want to watch the decision can use the City’s meeting-video link from the Legistar agenda page. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. The item number is LIQ 26-08.
For now, the accurate headline is that APEX has applied, the City Council is considering a recommendation, and the state decision remains ahead.
Sources
City of Maricopa, “City Council Regular Meeting,” item LIQ 26-08, meeting scheduled October 20, 2026; accessed October 20, 2026: https://maricopa.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=36F047AB-4542-4C0D-B440-FB765832D47E&ID=1456147&Options=info%7C&Search=
Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, “Liquor License On- and Off-Sale Privilege,” updated October 8, 2013; accessed October 20, 2026: https://www.azliquor.gov/forms/on-%20and%20off-sale%20privilges%20by%20license%20type.pdf
Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, “License Types and Fees,” effective January 1, 2026; accessed October 20, 2026: https://www.azliquor.gov/forms/forms_2025/Informational/License_Types_%26_Fees.pdf
APEX Motor Club, “Contact Us,” accessed October 20, 2026: https://apexmotorclub.com/contact-us/
City of Maricopa, “Touring the Region,” accessed October 20, 2026: https://www.maricopa-az.gov/Our-City/Visitors/Touring-the-Region