Spade Racing

Spade Racing Opens Six 2017 Donruss Racing Packs: 2 of 6

Here’s my latest haul—a “blaster box” containing six ten packs of 2017 Donruss Racing cards. So join me as I take a look back about eight years ago with some cost-effective card packs

Pack 2 of 6: Jimmie times three, the older they be, and Bennedy

First Look: In retrospect I think we really took Jimmie Johnson’s Cup Series dominance for granted. And by “for granted”, I mean “assigned most of the responsibly correctly to Chad Knaus”.

To the Back: Speaking of Jimmie, I feel like Matt Kenseth’s stellar career was overshadowed by those of Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson. On the plus side, however, he DID get to close out his career in a truly bizarre fashion—half a year back with Roush, then most of a year with Chip Ganassi.

Say What: “Did you just say that I walk around here like I own the place? Well, funny you should mention that…”

Final Rating: 4 pit stop adjustments out of 10

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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: David Pearson (part 1)

David Pearson, super-sub for Dale Earnhardt (1979)

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).

Courtesy John Betts and Bench Racing from
the Volunteer State

Why? After running for several different teams at the start of his career, David Pearson settled into running a part-time schedule for the Wood Brothers from 1972-1979. Then, the 1979 spring Darlington race, a miscommunication led to an embarrassing pit road miscue. Pearson left the team that day, then found himself called into a substitute role for Rod Osterlund when Osterlund’s driver Dale Earnhardt suffered a broken collarbone.

How successful were they? VERY. Despite having run nothing but Mercurys for the past 6+ years, and having missed the past eleven races, The Silver Fox posted a win, two top-fives, and one top-ten in four races.

What was the aftermath? Pearson went on to run for seven more seasons (albeit still on a partial-schedule) for several different teams.

Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 2 Purolator filters out of 10—David Pearson ran for so many teams outside of his Wood Brothers years that the most-surprising thing here was probably his immediate success.

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The Hero Card Project 2025 Part 6

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Hero Cards! They’re collectable, they’re colorful, and they’re free! I have SASEs (Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes) going out to every Cup, Xfinity and Truck team, as well as a few major ARCA operations as well. If you’re new to hero card collecting, check out my guide at herocardguide.com for step-by-step instructions on how to request hero cards, how to receive them, and how to store them.

Here’s my third batch of Hero Cards—these arrived on Monday June 30th: