Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2020

20 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.VOICEofMPpodcast.com BY BILL FARLEY The Race is On! NASCAR’s“The Real Hero s 400”Makes History T he question of the day for sports fans might have been: “What if they held a NASCAR Cup Series race, and nobody came?” That would have been a reasonable inquiry during the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen businesses closed, a population in lockdown, the NBA schedule canceled, no Major League Baseball spring training nor any immediate plans for NFL to return in the fall.