Spade Racing Opens 2 Blaster Boxes of 2025 Panini Prizm Cards—Pack 4 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 4: Tyler twice, Hailie’s nice, and a high price


First Look: Yet again I must ask, how is it 2025/6 and we’re still getting repeats of the same card type in the same pack?


To the Back: So she’s nice.  Ok, that’s good to hear.  Now if she could just, y’know, race better.


Say What: “I really shouldn’t have had that five alarm chili for lunch”


Final Rating: 2 annoying commercials out of 10



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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 12th, Rusty Wallace

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 12th: Rusty Wallace #2 Miller Genuine Draft Penske Racing South Ford


Finished: 4th


Wallace's 1994 car
Career Highlights: 1989 Cup Series champion, 55 Cup Series wins, most Cup wins for Pontiac, somehow went his entire career with a single “major” race win.


Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 12


Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 2nd (1995, 2000, 02)





1994 Fun Fact: Rusty bounced back from a last place finish the previous week to come home fourth in the 1994 Brickyard 400.  And now his team owner owns the entire track!



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Fox Sports Plans “Throwback” Telecast at Darlington by putting Race on Basic Cable

This is a parody

Once again the spring Darlington race will be a chance for Nascar to look back at its storied past, with most teams fielding cars with historical “throwback” paint schemes.  Fox Sports, for its part, will get into the spirit by putting the race on FS1, a basic cable channel, instead of on free-to-fair television.

“Every spring we look forward to getting into that ‘turn back the clock’ spirit for Darlington”, said Fox Sports producer John White.  “Whether it’s having our pit reporters in vintage clothes, putting up some classic graphics, or barely tolerating Clint Bowyer, we love to share the love with our fans.  And what’s more 1990’s than having a race on basic cable?”

The upcoming spring Darlington race will follow in the footsteps of previous spring races at “The Lady in Black” by being aired on basic cable, although with a modern twist.

“For most of the 80’s and 90’s the annual ‘400’ race was held on ESPN”, said White.  “While we’d love to bring back some of the old ESPN crew or even their graphics package, ‘The Worldwide Leader’ is too busy figuring out what LeBron James is going to have for dinner tonight, so we’ll be keeping it Fox Sports-centric.  But hey—you still need to have a cable hookup to watch it, right?”

Other highlights of the throwback broadcast will include an SD-filter for in-booth standups, classic “Nascar on Fox” sound cues going to commercial, and the same damn Quaker State commercial every other commercial break.


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