Angela Ruch was just getting the hang of the life of a full-time driver on the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. In two races this year, she finished in 28th and 24th. The driver of the No. 00 Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet, she felt she was poised for a breakthrough race. With a motorcoach and nanny in tow, she established a routine on the road with her husband, Mike, and their two young children.
Then everything came to a halt with the global coronavirus pandemic. The season was suspended in March, and Ruch, 36, and her family headed back to their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to isolate indefinitely.