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Nascar Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. The Tarot Deck—Sonoma

What a week!

No, not my Nascar picks, which have remained in a slump. I’m talking about my first week of work at the new location. Turns out everyone there is pretty cool—I got a lot of handy hints to make my day a lot easier. But there’s still lots of work to be done! I guess that’s why they moved ME over to this other location—they want me to whip it into shape like I did my last one ten years ago. So I’ll be putting in the extra hours to get things running smoothly until my vacation at the end of the month.

Until then, let’s hope I don’t get lost on my way to work again!

TRUCK SERIES (2 wins)—off

Saturday Late Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (1 win) DoorDash 250: Justin Allgaier—watch him wind up paying a much-higher entry fee.

Sunday CUP SERIES Toyota/SaveMart 350: The Tarot Deck (1 win) selects the the King of Cups, Aric Almirola. FAVORITE: Chase Elliott—back to basics. NEXT FAVORITE: AJ Allmendinger—when in doubt on a road course, go with the ‘Dinger. DARK HORSE: Kevin Harvick—just like Tony Stewart’s last win.

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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2021-22 Panini Prizm Nascar Cards, Pack 7 of 12

Join us (well, me) as we/I go through a box of 2022 Panini Prizm Nascar Cards. Because there’s 12 cards per pack, each pack is split in two.

Pack 7 Part 2—Poppy Bank, a Proper Rank, and Nations to Thank

FIRST LOOK: Remember when Hemric ran that Tony Stewart Home Depot paint scheme at Darlington? And then he just kinda stuck with it for the next couple of years? That was cool.

TO THE BACK: I feel like Carl Edwards is a tough driver to judge amongst the good-to-greats, but his fantastic final season is worth something. Much better than a “Victory Tour” for Travis Carter.

SAY WHAT: “I’d like to thank Uzbekistan and Lesotho for once again not sending any drivers to Nascar, so the USA can be the best stock car nation in the world—hey, back off Uruguay!”

RATING: 8 in car cameras out of 10

Musically Declined: Kyle Petty, Hard Times

Kyle Petty—racer, philanthropist, commentator, and musician! Kyle’s musical exploits have been going on since the 80’s, but just how good are they? Let’s take a look back at the songs of Nascar’s favorite long-haired scion.

The Song: Hard Times (…I think)

The Star: Kyle Petty

The Clip: https://youtu.be/4I7ojCBn2JU?t=235

The Review: A pretty decent wistful song about living through difficult times, Kyle performed this on a North Carolina local news station to promote both his book (which I highly recommend) and an upcoming performance. Unfortunately the video cuts off a little early but it seemed good to me. And yes, it hurts me to NOT make a Dusty Rhodes joke here.

The Verdict: Decent song about a difficult topic.