Join us (well, me) as we/I go through a box of 2021 Donruss Nascar Cards, pack-by-pack, week-by-week.
Pack 23—Petty Way Back, The Action Track, and The Oldsters Attack
FIRST LOOK: Most fans only know Richard Petty as the cool older guy who owns a race team, so its always nice to see when he was the cool younger guy who drove his cars to win after win after win (repeat as necessary).
TO THE BACK: Um, a regular season championship is good, but getting one with an eighth-place finish isn’t really something to write home about. I guess they mentioned it because he did so at Richmond, which is a hop, skip, and two states between away from his hometown.
SAY WHAT: “Before you make any elder-bashing jokes, remember that I stopped a robbery in process a few years back.”
RATING: 8 checkered flags out of 10
Pack 24—A Young Gun, The Other One, and NewDONE (kinda)
FIRST LOOK: Young Taylor Gray looks like this was approximately the 87th pose he had to do for this photo shoot. Well, at least they didn’t need an 88th.
TO THE BACK: A friendly reminder that this is Bob Jenkins, restaurant and trucking magnate—not Bob Jenkins, longtime motorsports broadcaster. This puts him in such company as CBS Sports’ Jim Brown and the other Reggie White.
SAY WHAT: “This part of the series is done for now. I can’t contain my excitement.”
RATING: 5 burnouts out of 10
