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 3—DJ’s Fur, Rainbow Blur, and a Signature
Plenty of talent in this pack (…and Ty Dillon) from a Hall of Famer to two multiple-time champions. Dale Jarrett’s glorious mustache is in full view, while Ryan Blaney is, for some reason, doing the “Nervous Collar Tug” thing from The Simpsons.
FIRST THING’S FIRST: A much happier-poking Kyle Busch gets another Race Kings treatment. The turquoise really pops on this one—I think it was to advertise hazelnut M&Ms or white chocolate peanut or cinnamon or radioactive or something.
SECOND LOOK: Again, its worth pointing out that the silver-foil cards do not, in actually, have rainbow colors on them. After all, if I was to assign a color scheme to Tony Stewart it would be smokey gray and Home Depot orange, not Roy G. Biv.
TO THE BACK: Its our first autograph! Kurt Busch’s John Hancock is on full display here. The back of the card shows how this is one of only 99 autographed cards (at least of this variety), which likely meant plenty of cramped hands in the garage that day.
FINAL SCORE: 8 crew members out of 10.