Thousands of people packed into Ace Speedway in North Carolina Saturday ... and it's a vision of coronavirus.
Check out the pics ... most people aren't wearing masks as they squeezed in like sardines to watch the race.
Around 4,000 fans paid $15 a pop in rural Alamance County. Only around 1 in 10 folks were wearing masks.There were hand sanitizer stations available, but it doesn't seem many of the fans were into it as they watched the races and hit up the concession stands. North Carolina's Governor has partially opened the state, but the point is to practice social distancing and wear protective masks when out in public ... that message was lost here. This is the first big sporting event in the state since March.
Folks at the race track made an effort to do contact tracing in case someone has the virus. If even one person showed up with the virus, it could spread in a situation like this like wildfire.
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