Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 35th, Bobby Hillin Jr.

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 35th: Bobby Hillin Jr. #44 Buss Fuses Charles Hardy Racing Ford

Finished: 21st

Career Highlights: One Cup Series win, two Busch Series wins, fourth place finish in the 1986 Daytona 500, “Thanks for the Ride, Harry Hyde”.

A 1994 Hillin trading card, from
Trading Card Database

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 3

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 21st (1994)

1994 Fun Fact: 1994 was the last year for Bobby’s Hardy Racing ride, as it would essentially become the Bill Elliott co-owned 94 car the following year.  Bobby would re-emerge midway through the 1995 season driving the Jasper Motorsports “company car”.

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Suggested Titles for the Days of Thunder Sequel

Tom Cruise has announced that a sequel to Days of Thunder will be coming out in the Summer of 2028.  Here’s some suggested titles:

Days of Twonder

Days of Thunder 2: The Thundering

2 Days 2 Thunder

Days of Thunder 2: Electric Engine Boogaloo

I Still Days What You Of’d Last Thunder

Thunder and the Days of: The Squeakquel

Thunder Act 2: Back in the Firesuit

F1 The Movie but its Nascar

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Race Picks Daytona: 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.

Microsoft Grok AI (5 wins) sez: Ryan Blaney is a strong pick to win (or at least contend strongly), though Daytona superspeedway races are notoriously chaotic and hard to predict with high confidence.

Truck Series (2 wins) off

O’Reilly Series (4 wins) Winn-Dixie 250 Friday 7:30am ET on CW: AUSTIN HILL—if only he could win…well, anywhere else.

Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 Saturday 7:30pm ET on NBC  FAVORITE (1 win): CARSON HOCEVAR—they’re already starting with the “he’s doing too much outside of racing” stuff.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): JOEY LOGANO—Team Penske getting hot at the right time.  DARK HORSE (1 win): RYAN PREECE—on all four wheels this time.

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