Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 9 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 9: Race Kings, Reunion Things, and Noah Sings!

First Look: Jimmie’s a lot like “The King” Richard Petty—seven championships, accusations of cheating, wasting the last few years of their careers…

To the Back: I’m thinking Christian saw a vision of Kaulig Racing in 2026 and decided to return to MHR.  “Oh no—I dreamt I finished 18th every weekend in a gaudy-looking truck!”

Say What: “And now, here’s a song about being two laps down and convincing people I deserve a better ride”

Final Rating: 5 spoilers out of 10

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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 29th, Jeff Purvis

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 29th: Jeff Purvis #51 Country Time Lemonade Phoenix Racing Chevy

Finished: 34th

A promotional piece from Country Time in 1994

Career Highlights: Three-time World 100 winner, Three-time All American 400 winner, 1995 Snowball Derby winner, was kind of just “there” in Cup.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 2

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 34th (1994)

1994 Fun Fact: Jeff only made seven starts in 1994, with a best finish of 21st at the spring Atlanta race.  Oh well—still better than being a start-and-park for Hendrick in 1995.

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The O’Reilly Series Off Weekend—Top Ten Plans

This is a parody

With the O’Reilly Series off this weekend, here’s what the top ten in points are doing with their free time:

Justin Allgaier—considering retiring, maybe, possibly, hmmm…nah.  But mayb--no.  However…

Jesse Love—selling a shipping container’s worth of Chevy swag on Craigslist.

Corey Day—making sure his racing seat fits in the 48 car jussssst in case.

Sheldon Creed—shopping for even bigger glasses.

Austin Hill—racing in the Cup race.  And by “racing”, I mean crashing.

Brandon Jones—preparing for regular every-other-year switch to another team.

Carson Kvapil—reminding people that he’s not Carson Ware.

Sammy Smith—still waiting on becoming a breakout star so that 1 of 1 card I have will be worth thousands.

Parker Retzlaff—waiting on Sheldon Creed to get even bigger glasses so he can get Sheldon’s older, slightly-less-big glasses.

Sam Mayer—May-ing all over the place.

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Race Picks North Wilkesboro: 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.

ChatGPT AI (5 wins) sez: I think Kyle Larson takes the Window World 450. 

Truck Series (2 wins) FaithFest 250 Saturday 12:30pm ET on FS1: LAYNE RIGGS—a festival of faith, but I’m still not picking a Ram to win.

O’Reilly Series (4 wins) off

Cup Series Window World 450 7pm ET on TNT  FAVORITE (1 win): CHRISTOPHER BELL—and why isn’t this a Saturday night race, for the third straight week?  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): DENNY HAMLIN—and I don’t know why this is a “450”, but I kinda like it.  DARK HORSE (1 win): BUBBA WALLACE—back from the DQ.

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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 8 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 8: Last Name Seen, What’s That Mean, and Louis XV

First Look: Durst?  Like Fred?  Is he sponsored by hot dog flavored water?

To the Back: While I realize that “Spellbound” refers to the letter on the front of the card, what is spellbinding about a fuel mileage race?  Especially one in Iowa?

Say What: “Après moi, le déluge”

Final Rating: 6 stage break caution laps out of 10

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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 28th, John Andretti

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 28th: (rookie) John Andretti #14 Bryant/Byrd’s Cafeteria Hagan Racing Chevy

Finished: 28th

John Andretti shortly
after retiring from full-
time racing

Career Highlights: Two Cup Series race wins, one IndyCar race win, first driver to “Do the Double” (Indy 500 & Coke 600), lifetime supply of cereal.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 11

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 7th (1998)

Signed by Doug Williams,
John Andretti's crew chief

1994 Fun Fact: John raced for two teams in 1994, starting with Hagan Racing and moving to Petty Enterprises.  Before shutting down, the Hagan team replaced Andretti with Phil Parsons, which I think was a law of some sort.

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50 States of Fans at Tonight’s Race…Even These Ones

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A press release issued from EchoPark Speedway noted that fans are attending tonight’s race from all fifty states.  While some seem obvious (the Carolinas, California, Georgia), there ARE people attending from some of the lesser-thought-of state as well.  Here they are:

Hal Warren, Shelby Montana: Comes to this race every year as part of a visit to his step-grandparents, with the race taking up 3 days and the visit taking up 3 BINGO games.

Johnny Reynolds, Fairbanks Alaska: Superfan of Carson Hocevar—a welcome change after nearly 20 years as a superfan of Brian Scott.

Diane Murray, Peterborough New Hampshire—won these tickets in a divorce, sits next to a wooden sign reading “Was She Worth It?”

Jackie Neyman, Binford North Dakota: Actually lives outside Macon Georgia, but maintains a North Dakota mailing address so she can claim to be “North Dakota’s biggest Chase Elliott fan”.

William “Dub” Jennings, Little Heaven Delaware: Helped Marcus Smith change a tire on a rental car last year, now he gets free tickets to any SMI race he wants (well, except Bristol).

Bernie Rosenbaum, Honolulu Hawaii: We go on vacation to Hawaii, but Hawaiians go on vacation to watch Ryan Preece possibly fly through the air…again.

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Race Picks Atlanta/Lime Rock: 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.

ChatGPT AI (4 wins) sez: If I had to make one pick, I'd go with Ryan Blaney. 

Truck Series (2 wins) LiUNA 150 Saturday 1pm ET on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—Lime Rock, next to Lemon Rock?

O’Reilly Series (4 wins) Focused Health 250 Saturday 7pm ET on CW: SHELDON CREED—as opposed to what, unfocused health?

Cup Series Quaker State 400 7pm ET on TNT  FAVORITE (1 win): CHASE ELLIOTT—and why isn’t this a Saturday night race, either?  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): AUSTIN CINDRIC—hey, my #2 pick is #2.  DARK HORSE (1 win): SPIRE PICK’EM—Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suarez, or Michael McDowell.

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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 7 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 7: What Happened…

First Look: What Happened to World Wide Technology?  They were sponsoring the RPM 43 for about 2/3s of the season, now they sponsor a random track outside St. Louis and nothing else?

To the Back: What Happened to talking about WHY the 25 was available in 1988, huh?  HUH!?!

Say What: “What Happened to my name?  Is it just me or does ‘John Paul Southern’ sound like the name of a Nascar driver in a bad cartoon?”

Final Rating: 3 obscure regional series drivers out of 10

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