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Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards chats with Marc Fucarile and his son Gavin Sunday. Fucarile was the final Boston Marathon bombing victim to leave the hospital.
Sunday was one of the "good days" for Boston Marathon bombing victim Marc Fucarile and his family.
He returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, a place where he used to visit with his dad when he was younger.
Auto racing and a love for NASCAR is in his DNA.
Fucarile's father Ed was known "The Frogman" and raced at short tracks in Lee, Hudson and Epping across the Granite State. Ed would race on Saturday night at Star Speedway in Epping and then he and Marc would pack their equipment and drive over to Loudon, arriving in the wee hours of the morning.
"We'd camp outside the track. Party a bit and then get up a bit late on Sunday and watch the races."
Thanks to NASCAR and the people at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Fucarile, his fiancee Jen Regan, their son, Gavin, and several of his family members were guests of honor at Sunday's Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup race.
Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag, but Marc Fucarile won the day. Fucarile attended the pre-race driver's meeting and was given a standing ovation by everyone in the room, including Sprint Cup drivers and crew chiefs [photo at right courtesy of NHMS]. His dad told Dale Earnhardt Jr. about the time he met Dale Sr. at Hudson Speedway back in 1981. That earned Ed a big hug from the son of The Intimidator.
They left the race after about 200 laps because Marc Furcarile was exhausted. The fatigue is understandable. Furcarile was the final bombing victim released from the hospital, leaving after 100 days on July 24. He spent 45 at Mass General and 55 at Spaulding Rehabilitation Center
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