Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Donruss Cards, Pack 15 of 24



Pack 15: Danica x2, what’s old is new, and Chase Part Deux


FIRST LOOK: Twice the Danica in this pack, even though she hasn’t raced anywhere in years.  Surprised she won’t even attempt SRX—oh wait, that’s right, she doesn’t like racing.


TO THE BACK: They keep mentioning Hemric’s 2022 Daytona Xfinity pole—were these written 15 months ago?


SAY WHAT: “We are ChaseClones—out of our way.”


RATING: 2 green flag commercials out of 10



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Track “Facts”: COTA (Austin)




Nascar races on all sorts of tracks, from short to long, oval to road course, concrete to asphalt.  Here’s a weekly look at all the tracks of Nascar’s National Touring Series.


CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS


3.426 mile asphalt road course


Opened 2012


Lights?  No


Series: Cup, Xfinity, Trucks


Nicknames: COTA, America’s Tilkedrome


THREE FUN FACTS:

1. What’s a “Tilkedrome”?  Essentially, its Formula 1’s version of a “cookie-cutter” track, a road course with far too much in common with other road courses designed by Herman Tilke.  See?  American racing fans aren’t the only ones allowed to be bitter.


2. A 5,000 seat stadium is located inside the track, built for a minor league soccer team that relocated after the 2001 season.  Abandoning stadiums—what is this, a Summer Olympics?


3. Circuit of the Americas has hosted the United States Grand Prix F1 race since 2012.  This year a THIRD race in the US is added to the F1 calendar, because if something works once, might as well saturate the HELL out of it.



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The Hero Card Project Part 10

 


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Another year, another season.  Another season, another batch of hero card requests sent out to Nascar Cup, Xfinity, Truck, and ARCA teams!  CLICK HERE to learn more about hero cards, one of my favorite things to collect.  These cards arrived on November 25th.

A late-arriving shipment from JR Motorsports--one autograph, two owner cards...

...and a potato salad recipe!



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