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Sriya Reddy

Uvalde families celebrate with NASCAR in Fort Worth four months after mass shooting

FORT WORTH — Annabell Rodriguez loved going fast. No toy, whether it was a drifter car or an electric scooter, was fast enough for the 10-year-old.

This weekend, Annabell’s mother, Monica Gallegos, was treated, along with 61 other Uvalde residents, to a weekend at the races at Texas Motor Speedway — four months after Annabell and 18 of her classmates and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting.

“Yesterday, what was going through my head seeing the car racing was: ‘My baby would have loved to be out here,’ ” Gallegos said.

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