Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 24th, Jimmy Hensley

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 24th: Jimmy Hensley #55 Bondo/Mar-Hyde RaDius Motorsports Ford


Finished: 32nd


A 1994 Jimmy Hensley trading
card (found on eBay)
Career Highlights: 1992 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, one-time Cup Series pole winner, three-time Busch Series championship runner-up, “raised the roof” after a Truck Series win.


Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 2


Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 32nd (1994, 95)





1994 Fun Fact: Jimmy saved the best for last in 1994, finishing a season-best twelfth in the season finale at Atlanta.  And never forget—he never stopped driving his oil truck during the week.



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TNT Adds Lance Boyle to Broadcast Team


This is a parody

Earlier today TNT Sports announced its broadcast team for its upcoming slate of Nascar Cup races.  Anchoring the broadcast team for 2026 will be former MegaRace host, Lance Boyle.

“With the second edition of the Nascar in-season tournament coming around, we thought it was time to bring motorsports’ all-time greatest game show host”, a Turner Sports spokesman said in a prepared statement.  “MegaRace was really the in-season tournament of its time, in that it was really gimmicky and had no impact on reality”.

“It’s great to be back on the ol’ television set”, Lance Boyle said after being introduced in the Pocono media center.  “Hi, I’m Lance Boyle, and people often wonder if I’m real.  Well, here I am, in the flesh, and not just virtual flesh!”

Boyle brings years of experience to the position, including several sequels to MegaRace that weren’t seen by people who only knew him through Packard Bell Navigator.

“‘How you gonna handle these sharks, Nascar Cup racer?’, see that’s just some of the quips I’ll be bringing to the TNT broadcast booth”, said Lance Boyle.  “I’m Lance Boyle, and that’s what you’d be saying if you were me.”

TNT Sports also announced that several prizes to drivers who advance through the tournament.

“You could win a fabulous trip to the Seychelles—hey aren’t they supposed to be islands or something?”, Lance Boyle said.  “Or you could get a watch—now if anyone asks you the time, you’ll be able to answer, how about that?  Or covers for your car seats!  If I was a driver I’d love to win those, I really would.”



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Race Picks Pocono: 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.


Google Gemini AI (2 wins) sez: Right now, all signs are pointing heavily toward Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag at the "Tricky Triangle."


Truck Series (2 wins) off


O’Reilly Series (2 wins) MillerTech/KOA 250 Saturday 4pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—batteries and camping, together at last!


Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 Sunday 3pm on Prime  FAVORITE (1 win): TYLER REDDICK—due for a comeback after last week’s wreckfest.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): BUBBA WALLACE—currently 10th in points, too high for some, too low for others, just right to win this race.  DARK HORSE (1 win): AUSTIN CINDRIC—needs to “turn up the wick” now that “win and in” is “gone”.



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