For the first time since March, fans attended a sporting event in North Texas Sunday.

Many of the fans entering the gates below the grandstands wore their masks as they approached the ticketing booths. Some elected to put them on as they walked closer to the gate agents. And some had to be instructed to put their masks on at the gate. Gate agents told patrons they could not enter the facility until they had put their mask over the face.

Every fan that entered @TXMotorSpeedway today had to be wearing a mask as they passed through the front gates.

If they weren’t wearing a mask, they were instructed to put it on before they entered, and they were not permitted to enter until they had done so.#NASCAR | @wfaa

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) July 19, 2020

Once inside, fans were spaced out throughout the cavernous bleachers that rise above the Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval. A grandstand that can seat over 120,000 people allowed for spacing of the various families and groups who elected to come to the Speedway. 

The families and groupings pockmarked the frontstretch grandstand all along the track.

Most fans in the stands appeared to follow social distancing guidelines, both in their seats as well as on the concourses. As they entered outside the gates, it was less precise, as fans waited to have their tickets scanned to enter.