Continuing a tradition of limited esteem, Spade Racing bought, unboxed, and unpacked a sealed box of 2020 Donruss (Panini) Nascar trading cards. Join us as we go through each eight-card pack to find the good, the bad, and the downright weird.
PACK 14—Petty, Ricky, and #2 on #3
In my opinion this is a near-perfect mix—a retired legend, an active champion, some well-known drivers, and two oddities. No, Ryan Truex isn’t an oddity, but that mustache is—he looks like the kind of guy who pumps your gas at 2am.
FIRST THING’S FIRST: This is one of the few times where the Optic outline works out—as I always say, “you never go right with yellow on white”. In fact my constant uttering of that is probably why my last girlfriend left me.
SECOND LOOK: Number 2 of 99 of this green Austin Dillon variant. From what I’ve seen teams/drivers usually hold onto special numbers—#1, their car number, any anything else with any meaning (like the number of times Austin’s had to deal with weirdos leering at his wife).
TO THE BACK: We get a Cliff Notes version of Richard Petty’s accomplishments here. Since card collecting is now really the provenance of hardcore fans, I don’t really know WHAT they could’ve put here that would’ve educated fans—maybe his favorite pizza topping?
FINAL SCORE: 7 in-car cameras out of 10