Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 15 of 24


PACK 15: A pole, a goal, and an O’ll


FIRST LOOK: I still wish we had a version of the old Unocal bonus where a pole winner could win the race and get a growing bonus fund.


TO THE BACK: Being judged by Jeff Gordon has to be intimidating, but Kyle Larson has more than lived up to the hype.  And I’m sure Jeff has had to get between Larson’s team owner Rick Hendrick and Larson’s sponsor Rick Hendrick on occasion.


SAY WHAT?: “They don’t realize that I can see the O in the corner”.


RATING: 7 pistons out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2017: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

Erik Jones
2017

Winner: Erik Jones (Furniture Row).  Runners Up: Daniel Suárez (JGR), Ty Dillon (Germain), Corey LaJoie (GoFAS), Gray Gaulding (BK).  Aborted Attempts: none

How their careers turned out: Strangely, this year turned out a class of journeymen.  While Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez have had decent careers for several teams, Corey LaJoie has never really gotten a full-time shot in decent equipment.  Meanwhile, Gray Gaulding is still best known for his Krispy Kreme sponsorship, and Ty Dillon has kept getting jobs despite, well, his whole career.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Erik Jones is arguably the best driver to wheel the 43 car since Richard Petty’s retirement—sorry, Aric. 

Ranking: #23 out of 50


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Spade Racing’s 2024-25 Offseason Preview

By the way, this is the 2,000th article I’ve done here!


Three new champions have been crowned, two teams are in Charter limbo, and one team’s headquarters has a sign out front that simply says “47”—welcome to the offseason!  Here’s what’s in store here at Spade Racing:


—ROTY Reports will continue every Monday through the end of the year, capped off with a final list of rankings.  Then stay tuned for a new series debuting in January for 2025.


—No racing means double the cards!  2024 Donruss will continue to be posted every Tuesday, while a new set of 2024 Select cards will be posted every Thursday.


—Offseason news, “news”, and other sundry content will be posted on weekends as needed.


—I have two major projects to work on over the offseason—a complete redo of my Race Shop Reviews website, and another website that I hope to have up and running by the Clash.


As always, thank you to everyone who reads my output—I sincerely appreciate it!


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