Panini comes out every year with a “super premium” series of Nascar cards, chock full of memorabilia pieces, autographs, and rookie cards. This year its the Chronicles Series. Join me as we unbox, unwrap, and unpack six “Blaster Boxes” worth of cards!
PACK 6—McLaughlin, JHN, and shiny, shiny Gilliland
FIRST THING’S FIRST: A rare “Spectra” card of Todd Gilliland highlights this pack. Its extra-thick—the card, not Todd—and is complemented by a pair of young ‘uns and a pair of veterans. Yes, we’ve reached the point where Chase Elliott is a veteran driver—deal with it.
TO THE BACK: Lucky number 13 of 49 here. So of the 49 of these cards in existence, I own more than 2% of them.
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING: “I sure am glad that the design of my uniform makes it look like I’m a giant white pair of needle-nose pliers”.
FINAL SCORE: 7 hot laps out of 10.