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 5—Chillin with Hamlin and Dillon
A pretty basic set here with no real special inserts (unless you consider a Ray Black Jr. Optic “special”). We see two more characteristic poses here—Dale Jr. does the “arms crossed” while Clint Bowyer does the “shot from below so I look tall”. And is it just me or is there more facial hair than usual in this pack?
FIRST THING’S FIRST: Speaking of facial hair we get Dale Jarrett from his mustache phase. Donruss/Panani has a decent selection of Hall of Famers with the notable omission of Dale Earnhardt Sr.—I’m assuming that licensing agreement’s sitting in the middle of a giant stack of papers in Teresa’s old office.
SECOND LOOK: We get a nice look at Denny Hamlin’s Darrell Waltrip Western Auto throwback scheme. For the record, Western Auto no longer exists, as they went out of business years ago forcing that weird guy from your high school to go to work at Advance Auto Parts.
TO THE BACK: Three poles for Austin Dillon! We also get a look at one of the drivers’ personal logos, in this case the “AD Spade” logo that Austin uses. Hey Austin—quit stealing my moves!
FINAL SCORE: 2 wall scrapes out of 10