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Patrick Warburton as Grand Marshal Today? “Yeah, That’s Right”

As you may have heard, actor Patrick Warburton and his mustache will be the grand marshal for today’s Cup race at Phoenix. However, I’ve read through the official press release, and while highlighting some of his voice roles, there’s a DISTURBING lack of Seinfeld quotes. This from a guy who played David Puddy! So, to rectify that, here’s some of Puddy’s best quotes put into a Nascar context:

“Feels like an Arby’s night” —reaction after Justin Allgaier’s win yesterday.

“Gotta support the team” —Alex Bowman fans still rooting for the 48 today.

“High five” —Kyle Larson when he wins and/or gets airborne.

“I’ll come back, we’ll make out” —Tony Stewart to Leah Pruitt just before a race.

“You got a question, you ask the 8-ball” —Kyle Busch pointing to his destroyed race car that finishes 32nd”

“All signs point to YES!” —Mike Joy answering the question ‘What’s your favorite prog rock band?”

“Don’t boss me!” —championship drivers on the radio when spotters who barely qualified for Busch Series races tell them what to do.

“Sorry, ‘thou shalt not steal’” —JGR fans acting high and mighty about the whole Spire/Gabehart thing.

“That’s a misprint” —reading said press release with its dearth of Seinfeld quotes.

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Race Picks Phoenix: 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.

AI (1 win) Google Gemini 3 sez: “Front-Runners to Watch

Tyler Reddick: He is arguably the hottest driver in the garage right now, having already won the Daytona 500 and the Autotrader 400 at Atlanta earlier this season.”

Meanwhile, here’s MY human picks:

Truck Series (1 win) off

O’Reilly Series GOVX 200 Saturday 7:30pm ET on CW: COREY DAY—he’s gotta be more than just a road course ringer, right?

Cup Series StraightTalk Wireless 500 Sunday 3:30pm on Fox FAVORITE: DENNY HAMLIN—maybe it’s just going to be a Toyota kind of year. NEXT FAVORITE: KYLE LARSON—sticking with Larson as my next favorite because AI keeps picking Tyler Reddick. DARK HORSE: SVG—no road course required (well, this week).

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Spade Racing Opens 2 Blaster Boxes of 2025 Panini Prizm Cards—Pack 1 of 12

Rather than a “hobby box”, I decided to go with the more economical choice of two “Blaster Boxes” for the 2025 Panini Prizm cards (although they were bought in January 2026. With six packs of five cards each in each box, that’s twelve packs to open!

Pack 1: First first look, by the book, and what’s the hook?

First Look: As usual, the Prizm cards look great. And as usual, they don’t always photograph well. And and as usual, I’ll remind you that I didn’t take photography in school.