“The only place I’d be tonight,” said Betsy Taylor of Knoxville, Tennessee. “Watching on television has been all right, but nothing beats being here.'
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- In an unprecedented sports year, Bristol Motor Speedway was the capital of strange Wednesday night.
Anxious to admit a significant number of fans but also aware of the possibility of crowds accelerating the spread of the coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, officials limited All-Star ticket sales to 30,000. The cavernous facility can seat more than 160,000. Across Highway 11E from the track, fans roamed through a group of souvenir tents, a pre-race shopping ritual for many. The crowd there was smaller, too, and there were fewer proprietors.
“You never know what’s going to happen at Bristol,” she said. “Somebody can lead all night and then lose the race on the last lap. It’s some of the best racing you’ll see.”
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