Recently I got a sealed box of 2019 Donruss Racing Cards—24 packs, 8 cards per pack. Join me as I go through the entire case, pack-by-pack, to see what awaited me. (Click any picture to enlarge)
PACK 5 OF 24: The King, a 90’s Thing, and a Slight “Ding”
OVERVIEW: While its awesome to include so many little history lessons for what are, in theory, younger fans to collect, here we see the possible issue with that—only two cards in this pack are from active drivers. We also see that Donruss hasn’t outgrown last year’s Carl Edwards obsession—guys, he ain’t coming back.
SPECIAL SPECIAL: The “RACE KINGS” subset are stars of the sport shown against what appears to be an impressionist background. See? Who says I know nothing about art—I’m as cultured as a yogurt pack!
IN FOCUS: Wow—we get “Retro Rated Rookies” this year, and no better way to see them first than with a Richard Petty OPTIC variant. The only downside is that, as you can see, the OPTICs don’t really photograph all that well.
SPOTLIGHT: “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville” gets the totally tubular 90’s Decades of Speed treatment here, which is strange since the 90’s were probably his worst decade as a driver. Bogus.
SCORE: 6 throwback paint schemes out of 10