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 6—Glossy, an Aussie, and Lookin’ Cross-y
Other than the entire middle row looking to the right (or their left, I guess) this is a pretty standard pack. It seems like Paul Menard might be the winner of the “random driver I get a ton of in this box” award this time, while Tyler Reddick’s Optic card again shows the difficultly of photographing high-gloss collectables. Still, its better than the old school waxy-cards where if you touched them with your fingernail they were ruined forever—ah, memories.
FIRST THING’S FIRST: Chase Elliott gets the “portrait look” here, posing in front of what looks like an old Fiesta Bowl logo.
SECOND LOOK: Bobby Labonte shows two no-no’s here—posing with crossed-arms when your firesuit’s logos aren’t applied properly, and looking royally pissed. I’m sure Bobby was fine here, however—unless he was tired of dealing with weirdos from Delaware at MBNA.
TO THE BACK: My main man Marcos Ambrose gets some love here for…reasons. Well, I guess its because they have the rights to produce his cards for a number of years. Surprised they didn’t list his REAL highlight in Nascar—knocking out Casey Mears.
FINAL SCORE: 3 contingency decals out of 10