Las Vegas Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place


Well, I’m all ready for Christmas at work (and yes, we have a Hanukkah endcap as well).  These corporate visits get more annoying every year.  I *know* they have to find SOMETHING wrong to justify their existence, but really—marking us down for a bent shelving unit that THEY paid for?  Bah!

Anyways, we’re down to four weekend left in the season, and I’m really hoping to break this tie with Thirteenth Place.  Nobody likes a tie—not gamblers, not players, and not even racers (although such a thing is statistically impossible).  On the plus side, at least I’m not at the whims of chance—just my own judgement.


TRUCK SERIES (6 wins): off


Saturday Night XFINITY SERIES (5 wins) AMBETTER HEALTH 302: COLE CUSTER—how can there be a “302” race and it’s not in Delaware?!?


Sunday CUP SERIES SOUTH POINT 400: 13th Place (2 win) Picks KYLE BUSCH.  FAVORITE (2 wins): CHASE ELLIOTT—watch some people claim this is a “make good” for last week’s DQ of Alex Bowman. NEXT FAVORITE: CHRISTOPHER BELL—hard to believe the driver second in points hasn’t won since New Hampshire—thanks, bizarre points system.  DARK HORSE: TY GIBBS—the breakthrough win has to happen soon, right?



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 10 of 24


PACK 10: A piece of a tire, some animal fire, and a bit of a liar


FIRST LOOK: Here’s our first “insert” of the box—a piece of Brennan Poole’s tire.  Funny thing is, this small piece of rubber is probably still more valuable than a DC Solar generating unit!


TO THE BACK: Maybe get a more-intimidating looking pic if you’re going to show drivers as wolves, bears, or snakes.


SAY WHAT?: “When they call me a race car driver, that’s a bit of a stretch”.

RATING: 7 springs out of 10 



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2012: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Steven Leicht
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.

2012

Winner: Stephen Leicht (Circle Sport).  Runner Up: Josh Wise (Front Row).  Aborted Attempts: Timmy Hill

How their careers turned out: The third straight year of terrible ROTY battles finished up with The Battle of the Backmarkers, as one-time Xfinity Series race winner Stephen Leicht—despite starting the season without a ride—beat out future Dogecoin driver Josh Wise.  These things happen when there simply aren’t any open Cup rides, folks.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Stephen Leicht made such an impression on the Cup Series that he didn’t make another start there until 2017.  Yeah.

Ranking: #48 out of 50


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