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The Hero Card Project 2026: Part 4

Link to my preview (contains all team addresses)

Hero card responses just keep pouring in! If you’re new to hero card collecting, check out my guide at herocardguide.com for step-by-step instructions on how to request hero cards, how to receive them, and how to store them. I sent SASEs (Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes) to every Cup, O’Reilly and Truck team, as well as a few major ARCA operations as well. Who’ll be the first to respond? Who’ll send in the most cards? Whose cards will be brand new? And will any teams send in autographed cards? Join me over the next few months as I find out!

The following cards arrived from June 1st through June 19th.

Four cards from 23XI Racing

8 cards from O'Reilly mainstay SS-Greenlight Racing

WOW!!! 22 cards (one of them signed by Corey LaJoie)
from RFK Racing!!!

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Race Picks San Diego: 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.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI (3 wins) sez: My pick (is) Shane van Gisbergen. He's the overwhelming favorite per most NASCAR analysts — since 2025 on road courses he's 6 for 8 at finishing 1st with a 2.0 average finish, the best Driver Rating by a healthy margin, and a perfect 2-for-2 record winning new debuting road courses (Chicago and Mexico City).

Truck Series (2 wins) Navy 250 Friday 7pm on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—and I still think “Kaden Honeycutt” sounds like a WWE NXT name.

O’Reilly Series (3 wins) United Rentals 250 Saturday 5pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—from the superspeedway that thinks its a road course to the military base that thinks its a road course.

Cup Series Anduril Race the Base 250 Sunday 4pm on Prime FAVORITE (1 win): DENNY HAMLIN—he’s a modern-day Harry Gant, without the chaw. NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): ROSS CHASTAIN—do they allow watermelons on-base? DARK HORSE (1 win): AJ ALLMENDINGER—Kaulig’s gotta win SOMEhow this year, right?

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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 3 of 16

It’s back to a hobby back for the first official 2026 cards. Join me as I go through all 16 packs of 8 cards each!

Pack 3: Metal Took, Time to Cook, and a Distinctive Look

First Look: My first memorabilia piece of the set! I’ve often wondered what happened to the pieces from these cars they CAN’T use, like curved parts—do they become paperweights at JRM?