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NASCAR won’t let fans in the Coca-Cola 600, but these diehards still camped out

CONCORD, N.C. — Tommy Kelly has been camping Memorial Day weekend outside Charlotte Motor Speedway for 15 years.Why should a pandemic that kept fans out of the Coca-Cola 600 bust up that tradition?Kelly sat under an awning attached to his camper Sunday afternoon, across Morehead Road from the speedway. He was surrounded by a half-dozen friends and family. They had makings for a Lowcountry Boil, motorcycles to ride and a big-screen TV set up for the race’s scheduled start around 6 p.m.So even with COVID-19 restrictions keeping fans out of the track, this felt familiar and comfortable.“This wasn…

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