Denton County’s 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine administered at Texas Motor Speedway

by Mike Haag | Posted on Saturday, March 6th, 2021

FORT WORTH, Texas – This past Thursday Denton County’s 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine was administered at Texas Motor Speedway.

Since early February Texas Motor Speedway has been a major Denton County Public Health vaccine site, featuring a 16 lanes of traffic which has allowed DCPH officials to administer up to 1,000 doses per hour.

Despite only operating just two or three days per week due to vaccine availability and having to miss about a week due to the winter storm, it took officials very little time to reach the 100,000 mark.

Ruth Owens from Little Elm, Texas received the 100,00oth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Owens was informed and recognized by Denton County Judge Andy Eads.

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About the Author Mike Haag

Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 35 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 18 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.