CHICAGO — On NASCAR race day Saturday, Chicago native Aaron Moy stood alongside Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain decked out head-to-toe in NASCAR gear, complete with a checkered shirt and “DuPont Motorsports hat” with racing flags sticking out of it.
Unlike the race-goers surrounding him, the NASCAR lanyard that hangs from his neck doesn’t boast a VIP pass or a staff badge — it displays a picture of his deceased mother.
“She would’ve loved to see the race,” Moy said, recalling his mother’s excitement at seeing a NASCAR event won by four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon. “One of the rare times of seeing my mother excited was seeing that,” he recalled. “Our mom got us into NASCAR,” his sister, Amy Moy added.
