Join us (well, me) as we/I go through a box of 2021 Donruss Nascar Cards, pack-by-pack, week-by-week.
Pack 17—Brad’s Game Face, a “Famous” Race, and a Pensive Place
FIRST LOOK: Brad Keselowski gives us his “angery” pose here for his Race Kings card. This subset used to have a painted portrait effect, but now they just make the driver’s picture slightly bigger than on other cards. Luxury!
TO THE BACK: Denny Hamlin talks about his big Darlington win in the historic Sou—oh, wait this is the spring race. While its great to win anytime at Darlington, the “other” Darlington race has an awesome finish between Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch and…well, Lake Speed’s only Cup win.
SAY WHAT: “Well, I lost my Cup ride. Wonder how it happened? Oh, right, I never won, came close to winning, or contended.”
RATING: 7 Darlington Stripes out of 10
Pack 18—A Used Tire, a Bit of a Liar, and a Grocery Buyer
FIRST LOOK: Boom—a Ryan Blaney race-used tire swatch! And this one is worn down to the cords. Dunno what’s stranger—that this threadbare tire didn’t explode, or that antenna coming out of Ryan’s shoulder.
TO THE BACK: Oh come on Timmy—if you REALLY had it your way you’d build The Timmy Hill Trackatorium in Port Tobacco, Maryland.
SAY WHAT: “The great thing is I can wear my firesuit to the store and use is as a grocery list! Oh, yeah, most of those foods don’t really go together—that’s why the toilet paper company is really big on the front.”
RATING: 9 lug nuts out of 10
