Dover Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place

Ugh—I came within a few yards of the winning pick at Talladega.  To continue my roulette analogy from last week’s picks, it’s the equivalent of picking your number, having the pill bounce in and around it, only to shimmy out at the end.  Oh well—nobody likes a “bad beat story”.

With that being said, I’m glad it looks like we have a decent stretch without any “plate” races.  At least for the next few months any bad picks I make will be on ME, not on someone trying to block the rest of the field repeatedly.

TRUCK SERIES (2 wins) off

Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (2 wins) Bet Rivers 200: RYAN TRUEX—hey, its his home track too.

Sunday CUP SERIES Wurth 500: 13th Place Picks ROSS CHASTAIN.  FAVORITE (1 win): CHASE ELLIOTT—building up a head of steam for the summer push.  NEXT FAVORITE: MARTIN TRUEX JR.—building up a head of steam for a possible final full-time season.  DARK HORSE: JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK—building up a head of steam for a million “he learned from Jimmie” stories.

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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 9 of 12

PACK 9: Status, the Struggle Bus, and Hair Un-Mussed

FIRST LOOK: Ooh, a “status swatch”!  Now I’ll be able to get into the most-exclusive clubs in New York City!  “Table for one please—here’s my Ricky Stenhouse Jr. memorabilia card”.

TO THE BACK: Brittney’s had so many cards and so few results, she’s the second coming of Danica—just much less annoying.

SAY WHAT?: “My hair doubles as a crash helmet”

RATING: 7 pace laps out of 10.

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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1987: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years

Davey Allison

Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

1987

Winner: Davey Allison (Ranier-Lundy).  Runners Up: Dale Jarrett (Freedlander), Steve Christman (Winkle), Derrike Cope (Stoke).  Aborted Attempts: Jerry Cranmer, Rodney Combs

How their careers turned out: Five Daytona 500 wins and a Cup championship highlight this sneaky-good class.  And while Davey Allison’s career was tragically cut short, Dale Jarrett was arguably the best “late bloomer” in Cup, posting his first win well into his 30s.  Meanwhile, Derrike Cope got the looks, and Steve Christman may or may not have actually existed.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Experts put it at roughly 1997 when Davey Allison would’ve finally requested that people just call him Dave or David.

Ranking: #8 out of 50

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