Race Picks Pocono: 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.


Google Gemini AI (2 wins) sez: Right now, all signs are pointing heavily toward Denny Hamlin taking the checkered flag at the "Tricky Triangle."


Truck Series (2 wins) off


O’Reilly Series (2 wins) MillerTech/KOA 250 Saturday 4pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—batteries and camping, together at last!


Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 Sunday 3pm on Prime  FAVORITE (1 win): TYLER REDDICK—due for a comeback after last week’s wreckfest.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): BUBBA WALLACE—currently 10th in points, too high for some, too low for others, just right to win this race.  DARK HORSE (1 win): AUSTIN CINDRIC—needs to “turn up the wick” now that “win and in” is “gone”.



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Spade Racing Opens a 2026 Donruss Hobby Box of Cards—Pack 2 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 2: A Nice Car, A New Star, and A Veteran by Far


First Look: Here we see one of the “car” cards, with a horizontal portrait.  I love the red white and black look, even though the black portion looks like it was earmarked for a sponsor who fell through (so, crypto).


To the Back: Nice to see this card from before Hurricane Hocevar won his first race—a bit of a Tropical Storm, if you will.


Say What: “I’m the short guy with the long career!”


Final Rating: 3 messy restarts out of 10




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Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 23rd, Ken Schrader

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 23rd: Ken Schrader #25 Kodiak Hendrick Motorsports Chevy


Finished: 7th


Schrader in retirement
(well, from the Cup Series)
Career Highlights: Four Cup Series race wins, three-time Daytona 500 pole winner, three Cup Series championship top-five points finishes, that hilarious Little Debbie commercial with the cardboard standup.


Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 14


Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 7th (1994)





1994 Fun Fact: Ken finished a career-best fourth in the final points standings in 1994.  This came despite not winning a race, his team fielding three cars, and being friends with Kenny Wallace.



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