The Hero Card Project Part 8

Link to my preview (contains all team addresses)


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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 September 15th

A DOZEN cards from Kaulig Racing!




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Race Picks Kansas: 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.


Grok AI (5 wins) sez: Top Contenders: Kyle Larson — The clearest favorite right now. He just took the Chase lead by 1 point over Denny Hamlin after finishing 2nd at Bristol. Kansas is one of his best tracks: he has multiple wins there in recent years, leads all drivers in laps led at the 1.5-mile oval in the Next Gen era, and consistently runs up front on intermediates. His recent momentum makes him the guy to beat.


Truck Series (2 wins) Kansas 200 Saturday 1pm ET on FS1: JAKE GARCIA—at least its not GREG Garcia.


O’Reilly Series (4 wins) off


Cup Series Hollywood Casino 3pm ET on USA  FAVORITE (1 win): CHRISTOPHER BELL—maybe there’ll be a brawl after this race too.  NEXT FAVORITE (3 wins): WILLIAM BYRON—a quiet run finally gets loud.  DARK HORSE (2 wins): BRAD KESELOWSKI—fuuuueeeellllll mileagggge.



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Spade Racing Opens Three 2026 Select “Blaster” Boxes—Pack 1 of 18


I’m moving away from Hobby Boxes to three “Blaster” Boxes this time for the 2026 Panini Select cards.  Join me as I go through all 18 packs!


Pack 1: First first look, the path took, and are “obscure Truck Series drivers” this series’ hook?


First Look: Here’s a look at the 2026 Select cards’ basic look.  As is often the case, they’re very fancy, very slick, and VERY hard to photograph.


To the Back: As always there’s the issue of these cards going to print months before they are released to the public.  So they missed all the great things Jake Garcia’s done since then like…uhh, more top-tens.


Say What: “I’m a little teapot”


Final Rating: 2 pre-race interviews out of 10



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