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SPAD3 RACING FORMS ALLIANCES WITH FORMULA 1 TEAMS

Special Protective Advance Defense Department Detachment (SPAD3) Racing has taken on a decidedly international flair lately, forming several alliances with Formula 1 teams and suppliers.

"Bengal Tiger"

“We’re always happy to work with anyone who shares the same goals as us”, said team principal Kent Simms. “By gaining crucial information from around the globe, we don’t think there will be anything stopping us.”

The team was surprisingly coy about revealing what team or teams they are actually working with.

“Well, we don’t have all the contracts taken care of yet”, Simms explained, “but we do have a guest from one of our new partners—Bengal Tiger, come over here!”

“Thank you Ice Bear”, the man known only as Bengal Tiger said. “I’m glad to be working with such a…fine, upstanding organization. I hope that by working together, we can help eliminate our common enemies, by which I mean losing.”

Bengal Tiger continued by saying, “This is a message for Green Panther—if Titan has rendezvous, continue as planned with Operation Viking. If not, eliminate Titan at once.”

The team said they plan to formally announce their partners after a summit meeting this upcoming weekend.

“We have big plans ahead”, Simms said, “and the racing media will know about them all in due time.”

To keep up with SPAD3 Racing, visit SPAD3.com

3 in Their Third: A Monthly Spade Racing Series—August Report

Two years ago there were six rookie drivers. Last year four of them returned for their sophomore seasons. This year the three best are back once again for their third seasons in Cup—and just like over the past two years, we’ll be ranking them here at Spade Racing.

Just like in years past we’ll be utilizing the PRETTY grade—Performance Relative to Equating Team’s Typical Year—as a way to properly rank someone from a top-flight team like Joe Gibbs Racing against someone from a top-flight slumping team like Stewart-Haas Racing against someone from a mid-level operation like RCR.

Here’s where our three guys stack up heading into Road America:

1.) Tyler Reddick (Richard Childress Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 1st (Road America & Indy). PRETTY Grade: A+. Reddick gets the higher ranking AND the higher PRETTY grade seeing as how he’s outpacing teammate Austin Dillon by a decent margin. And with a win in the books, now Reddick has over a year of awkwardness at RCR to look forward to!

2.) Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 1st (New Hampshire). PRETTY Grade: A. Its nice to see C.Bell turning up the wick, and possibly being a spoiler in the 2022 Playoffs. Then again, its not-so-nice to have it happen when a fellow third-year competitor is arguably the hottest driver in the sport.

3.) Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 9th (Atlanta & Indy). PRETTY Grade: D. With C.Bell establishing himself as a threat to win, and T.Reddick breaking through at the Cup level (with a new ride in the future), Cole is just kind of…there.

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UNCLE MAX vs. REPEAT WINNERS vs. THE ROULETTE WHEEL: Michigan

Figures—I get back from being sick, finally get back into the groove at work, and BOOM—sick again. And I do mean “BOOM”—yeah, it was, um, stomach-related. Thankfully I’m back on my feet but its no fun trying to recover at home when all you have to eat are frozen pancakes, cans of Chickarina soup, and beef patties covered in freezer burn.

As for my work review, well, it seems like things will be progressing normally—nothing too bad, nothing too great, just staying the course. The cost-of-living increase starting in September will be a nice change, and I think my “make good” for the summer will cover my preparations for my fantasy football draft—again, assuming I don’t get sick for a third time in six weeks!

TRUCK SERIES—off

Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES New Holland 250 (6 wins): Noah Gragson—heating up for the Playoffs.

Sunday CUP SERIES FireKeepers 400: LAST RACE’S WINNER picks Tyler Reddick. THE ROULETTE WHEEL picks 15th in points Chase Briscoe. FAVORITE (2 wins): Ryan Blaney—winning his way into the Playoffs. NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): Kyle Larson—winning his way into the points lead. DARK HORSE (2 wins): Daniel Suarez—winning his way into not being a one-win wonder.