Race Picks (the last season?), Uncle Max vs. The Points Leader: DOVER

The heat is on…and I don’t just mean the run up to the Nascar playoffs.  I mean the heat is on outside—it’s hot out there!

I’ve never been someone who does great in the heat (or the cold for that matter), and of course the air conditioner in my townhouse doesn’t exactly match up to the heat wave here.  And of course my job location doesn’t let the A/C get below 75 degrees.  So thankfully my car has air conditioning!  Sometimes a long drive with the cold air blasting in my face is the best antidote to Triple-H weather: Hazy, Hot, and Humid.

TRUCK SERIES (4 wins) off 

XFINITY SERIES (1 win) Bet Rivers 200 (Saturday 4:30pm ET on CW) ARIC ALMIROLA—He gets us.  And “He” is the set-up guys at JGR, and “us” is Dover.

CUP SERIES AutoTrader 400 (Sunday 2pm ET on TNT) Points Leader picks WILLIAM BYRON.  Favorite (2 wins): KYLE LARSON—doesn’t count as a home win, unless Kyle’s secretly bought a house in Milford.  Next Favorite (3 wins): DENNY HAMLIN—11 vs. Delaware?  I think the 11 could win.  Dark Horse (1 win): BRAD KESELOWSKI—the return of BradK.

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Spade Racing Opens Six 2017 Donruss Racing Packs: 3 of 6

Here’s my latest haul—a “blaster box” containing six ten packs of 2017 Donruss Racing cards.  So join me as I take a look back about eight years ago with some cost-effective card packs

Pack 3 of 6: Burger King, three championship rings, and one more thing

First Look: I’ll never forget my trip to Concord North Carolina where a bunch of media members were camped outside Nascar R&D waiting for the results of a Chad Knaus penalty appeal.  Landon Cassill brought Burger King (his quasi-sponsor at the time) for the assembled crowd.

To the Back: I feel like Joey’s career is somehow under appreciated—dude has THREE Cup championships.  Maybe it’s the format.  Maybe it’s the lower level of popularity.  Or maybe its just his voice.

Say What: “Here—SHAKE HANDS WITH DANGER” *jangly guitar*

Final Rating: 6 car lengths to the lead out of 10

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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: David Pearson (part 2)

The end of David Pearson’s career in the OTHER 21 (1985-86)

Join me throughout this year as I take a look at when some of the sport’s biggest stars drove some unusual cars! (Presented in no particular order).

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Why? As part-time drivers were becoming rarer and rarer, David Pearson found it difficult to find a place to run only a few races each season.  Meanwhile, Wood Brothers Racing (where Pearson had dominated in the 1970s) was not using their famous #21 due to 7-Eleven sponsorship.  So Pearson was able to use the famed 21 on cars first owned by Hoss Ellington, then owned by himself.

How successful were they? Pearson was obviously past his prime here, but the results are still glaring—a best finish of tenth place (twice) and numerous DNFs.

What was the aftermath? David Pearson retired, and the famed 21 returned back to the Wood Brothers, who had just picked up primary sponsorship from Citgo.

Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 3 silver foxes out of 10—probably the oddest-thing here wasn’t Pearson, bur rather seeing the 21 on the side of a Chevy.

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