Spade Racing: June 2026

The Hero Card Project 2026: Part 4

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Hero card responses just keep pouring in! 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. I sent SASEs (Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes) to every Cup, O’Reilly and Truck team, as well as a few major ARCA operations as well. Who’ll be the first to respond? Who’ll send in the most cards? Whose cards will be brand new? And will any teams send in autographed cards? Join me over the next few months as I find out!

The following cards arrived from June 1st through June 19th.

Four cards from 23XI Racing

8 cards from O'Reilly mainstay SS-Greenlight Racing

WOW!!! 22 cards (one of them signed by Corey LaJoie)
from RFK Racing!!!

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Race Picks San Diego: Spade Racing vs. AI

Join me as I test my wits against various AI programs in picking the 2026 Cup races. Once they’ve made their picks, I’ll make my normal Favorite, Next Favorite, and Dark Horse picks (in addition to my regular O’Reilly & Truck Series picks). At the end of the year we’ll see who knows more—me, or a soulless machine gobbling up water and electricity.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI (3 wins) sez: My pick (is) Shane van Gisbergen. He's the overwhelming favorite per most NASCAR analysts — since 2025 on road courses he's 6 for 8 at finishing 1st with a 2.0 average finish, the best Driver Rating by a healthy margin, and a perfect 2-for-2 record winning new debuting road courses (Chicago and Mexico City).

Truck Series (2 wins) Navy 250 Friday 7pm on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—and I still think “Kaden Honeycutt” sounds like a WWE NXT name.

O’Reilly Series (3 wins) United Rentals 250 Saturday 5pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—from the superspeedway that thinks its a road course to the military base that thinks its a road course.

Cup Series Anduril Race the Base 250 Sunday 4pm on Prime FAVORITE (1 win): DENNY HAMLIN—he’s a modern-day Harry Gant, without the chaw. NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): ROSS CHASTAIN—do they allow watermelons on-base? DARK HORSE (1 win): AJ ALLMENDINGER—Kaulig’s gotta win SOMEhow this year, right?

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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 3 of 16

It’s back to a hobby back for the first official 2026 cards. Join me as I go through all 16 packs of 8 cards each!

Pack 3: Metal Took, Time to Cook, and a Distinctive Look

First Look: My first memorabilia piece of the set! I’ve often wondered what happened to the pieces from these cars they CAN’T use, like curved parts—do they become paperweights at JRM?

To the Back: Alright, time for this team to start contending, right? RIGHT?

Say What: “Looking like a middle school English teacher? That’s incredible!”

Final Rating: 7 seconds for Prime to load out of 10

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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 24th, Jimmy Hensley

Join me as I take a look back every Monday at the starting lineup for one of the biggest races in NASCAR history, the inaugural Brickyard 400.

Starting 24th: Jimmy Hensley #55 Bondo/Mar-Hyde RaDius Motorsports Ford

Finished: 32nd

A 1994 Jimmy Hensley trading
card (found on eBay)

Career Highlights: 1992 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, one-time Cup Series pole winner, three-time Busch Series championship runner-up, “raised the roof” after a Truck Series win.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 2

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 32nd (1994, 95)

1994 Fun Fact: Jimmy saved the best for last in 1994, finishing a season-best twelfth in the season finale at Atlanta. And never forget—he never stopped driving his oil truck during the week.

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TNT Adds Lance Boyle to Broadcast Team

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Earlier today TNT Sports announced its broadcast team for its upcoming slate of Nascar Cup races. Anchoring the broadcast team for 2026 will be former MegaRace host, Lance Boyle.

“With the second edition of the Nascar in-season tournament coming around, we thought it was time to bring motorsports’ all-time greatest game show host”, a Turner Sports spokesman said in a prepared statement. “MegaRace was really the in-season tournament of its time, in that it was really gimmicky and had no impact on reality”.

“It’s great to be back on the ol’ television set”, Lance Boyle said after being introduced in the Pocono media center. “Hi, I’m Lance Boyle, and people often wonder if I’m real. Well, here I am, in the flesh, and not just virtual flesh!”

Boyle brings years of experience to the position, including several sequels to MegaRace that weren’t seen by people who only knew him through Packard Bell Navigator.

“‘How you gonna handle these sharks, Nascar Cup racer?’, see that’s just some of the quips I’ll be bringing to the TNT broadcast booth”, said Lance Boyle. “I’m Lance Boyle, and that’s what you’d be saying if you were me.”

TNT Sports also announced that several prizes to drivers who advance through the tournament.

“You could win a fabulous trip to the Seychelles—hey aren’t they supposed to be islands or something?”, Lance Boyle said. “Or you could get a watch—now if anyone asks you the time, you’ll be able to answer, how about that? Or covers for your car seats! If I was a driver I’d love to win those, I really would.”

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Race Picks Pocono: Spade Racing vs. AI

Google Gemini AI (2 wins) sez: Right now, all signs are pointing heavily toward Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag at the "Tricky Triangle."

Truck Series (2 wins) off

O’Reilly Series (2 wins) MillerTech/KOA 250 Saturday 4pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—batteries and camping, together at last!

Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 Sunday 3pm on Prime FAVORITE (1 win): TYLER REDDICK—due for a comeback after last week’s wreckfest. NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): BUBBA WALLACE—currently 10th in points, too high for some, too low for others, just right to win this race. DARK HORSE (1 win): AUSTIN CINDRIC—needs to “turn up the wick” now that “win and in” is “gone”.

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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 2 of 16

It’s back to a hobby back for the first official 2026 cards. Join me as I go through all 16 packs of 8 cards each!

Pack 2: A Nice Car, A New Star, and A Veteran by Far

First Look: Here we see one of the “car” cards, with a horizontal portrait. I love the red white and black look, even though the black portion looks like it was earmarked for a sponsor who fell through (so, crypto).

To the Back: Nice to see this card from before Hurricane Hocevar won his first race—a bit of a Tropical Storm, if you will.

Say What: “I’m the short guy with the long career!”

Final Rating: 3 messy restarts out of 10

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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 23rd, Ken Schrader

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Starting 23rd: Ken Schrader #25 Kodiak Hendrick Motorsports Chevy

Finished: 7th

Schrader in retirement
(well, from the Cup Series)

Career Highlights: Four Cup Series race wins, three-time Daytona 500 pole winner, three Cup Series championship top-five points finishes, that hilarious Little Debbie commercial with the cardboard standup.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 14

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 7th (1994)

1994 Fun Fact: Ken finished a career-best fourth in the final points standings in 1994. This came despite not winning a race, his team fielding three cars, and being friends with Kenny Wallace.

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Legacy Motor Club’s 27 Celebrity Investors

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Recently Jimmie Johnson told Sports Business Journal that Legacy MC had additional funding coming—additional CELEBRITY funding! Johnson said that “We have a huge group of celebrity investors, and we look forward to making that formal announcement with all 27 of them.” With Darius Rucker already announced, who are the rest of them?

1. Darius Rucker

2. Patrick Warburton

3. Jay Leno (he took Conan O’Brien’s shares)

4. the estate of Spuds McKenzie

5. Frankie Muniz

6. Rae Dawn Chong

7. the original red Power Ranger

8. Billy Ripken

9. Guy Gilchrist

10. Danica McKellar

11. Danica Patrick

12. David Faustino