2020 Donruss Panini Nascar Cards Unboxing PACK 13

Continuing a tradition of limited esteem, Spade Racing bought, unboxed, and unpacked a sealed box of 2020 Donruss (Panini) Nascar trading cards.  Join us as we go through each eight-card pack to find the good, the bad, and the downright weird.

PACK 13—Race Kings, Throwback Things and Blurry Zings

Two—count ‘em—two Race Kings in this pack.  This is also as good a time as any to mention that the main parallel set in this series (like the Matt DiBenedetto and Denny Hamlin cards at the bottom) are 1987 Donruss baseball throwbacks.  Donruss does this every year and its a nice touch, though I don’t understand if the Bobby Labonte card above is a parallel parallel or a printing error.

FIRST THING’S FIRST: Dale Jr.’s “distressed”-style hat looks positively grungy in the portrait-style presentation here, not to mention that his firesuit looks like it has been crumpled up in a ball somewhere for months.

SECOND LOOK: Austin Cindric’s card must’ve saved them some money on ink considering how incredibly white his firesuit is.

TO THE BACK: My apologies for not getting a good picture of the back of this Rusty Wallace card.  He mentions how he likes to talk to fans, although I’m guessing he’s not considering those who constantly ask him where his water bottle is.

FINAL SCORE: 5 splitters out of 10

Uncle Max vs. Last Year’s Winners: Kentucky

Hi, Uncle Max here with some helpful hints for anyone trying to have a summer barbecue in the time of Social Distancing:

—The bigger the porch, the better the head count.

—Turn the area under the deck into a makeshift “kids area” for more room.

—Skip the appetizers—they’ll lead to communal eating!  Entrees only, buddy.

—Ask people to RSVP with how they want their burgers cooked.  Saves time and contact, AND you can weed out anyone who wants it well done.

—BYOM—Bring Your Own Mask (or macaroni salad).

—No kegs, pony or otherwise.  Get some six-packs and tell anyone who demands a cup to leave.

—Take their temperature when they arrive, and their BAL when they leave—don’t drink and drive!

Thursday Night XFINITY SERIES Shady Rays 200 (2 wins) Harrison Burton—the young young one starts it…

Friday Night XFINITY SERIES Alsco 300 (2 wins) Brandon Jones—…and the old young one finishes it for JGR.

Saturday Evening TRUCK SERIES Buckle Up 225 (1 win) Brett Moffitt—please Brett, help me FINALLY get out of single-win territory here.

Sunday CUP SERIES Quaker State 400.  LAST YEAR’S WINNER (4 wins) Kurt Busch.  FAVORITE: (2 win) Kevin Harvick—seems like its always Harvick….  NEXT FAVORITE: (1 win) Denny Hamlin—…or Hamlin this year.  DARK HORSE: (0 wins) Clint Bowyer—is it possible to have a party in victory lane six feet apart from each other?

2020 Donruss Panini Nascar Cards Unboxing PACK 12

Continuing a tradition of limited esteem, Spade Racing bought, unboxed, and unpacked a sealed box of 2020 Donruss (Panini) Nascar trading cards.  Join us as we go through each eight-card pack to find the good, the bad, and the downright weird.

PACK 12—Bobby, Kasey, Denny, and, uh, “New Age”

A great selection of drivers muddled a bit by some odd choices.  What exactly makes Ross Chastain “New Age”—isn’t his whole thing that he’s just an old-school guy?  Why choose a picture of Kasey Kahne promoting a long-gone soda flavor?  And with the outline on Chase Elliott’s Optic card, is he subsuming into the fourth dimension?

FIRST THING’S FIRST: Bobby Allison’s High Life look is always a classic one.  Kind of funny to see him with conflicting sponsors (Miller and Busch) though.

SECOND LOOK: Again, I don’t know what makes a watermelon farmer “New Age”…or Premium for that matter.

TO THE BACK: Let the world know that I, and only I, have the 202nd variant on the red throwback edition of the Donruss 2020 Kasey Kahane card.  Oh, and that he finished fourth in one race.

FINAL SCORE: 8 trophies out of 10