Spade Racing Opens a Blaster Box of 2024 Panini PRIZM Cards—5 of 6



I’m changing things up a bit for 2024, as instead of “hobby boxes”, I will be exploring the world of “blaster boxes” for NASCAR trading cards.


Pack 5 of 6: A MISSING CARD?  A MISSING CARD?!?


First Look: So I only got four cards in this pack.  Nice going, Panini.


To the Back: This team hasn’t done all that much, but they DO have a win, so there’s that.


Say What: “Hi.  I’m in Delaware… Life’s firesuit.”


Final Rating: 0 lug nuts out of 10


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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: Kyle Petty



Kyle Petty fills his schedule with Hoss Ellington (1982)

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Join me throughout this year as I take a look at when some of the sport’s biggest stars drove some unusual cars! (Presented in no particular order).


Why? Kyle Petty started his career running the 42 car for his family team, Petty Enterprises.  However, the team didn’t seem up for running two cars (the 42 and 43) full-time.  As a result, Kyle would moonlight for six races in the 1982 season in Hoss Ellington’s #1 car.


How successful were they? A disappointing year for Kyle didn’t get any better in a different car, as he failed to crack the top-ten for Ellington.


What was the aftermath? Kyle would return to Petty Enterprises full-time for two more years before setting off on his own for several different teams.  Ellington, meanwhile, continued to field a part-time entry for several drivers through 1989.


Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 1 UNO-sponsored car out of 10—it was probably stranger when Kyle returned to Petty Enterprises running the #7 Ford.




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Nascar-afying Monday Night Football


It was recently announced that longtime Nascar on Fox director Artie Kempner will be moving to ESPN to direct Monday Night Football.  Given Fox’s Nascar coverage, here’s what we can expect:


—An extremely irritating bumpkin color commentator, otherwise best-known for being involved in a cheating scandal.


—Making a big deal about going “through the field”, focusing on the effects the game is having on each yard-line.


—“Crank It Up”, an annoucerless segment where viewers can bask in the cheering of the fans (well, not at Cleveland Browns games of course).


—Zip-line camera shots to get really, really close-up zooms of a head coach covering his mouth with a play-calling card.


—Constant promotion of competing leagues despite having disparate fan bases.


—Fair and balanced coverage of each team, unless Rick Hendrick becomes an owner.


—And, of course, what Nascar on Fox is best-known for: missing on-field action for commercials!



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