Join us (well, me) as we/I continue going through 2021 Donruss Nascar Cards with six “Fat Packs”.
Fat Pack 2—Mr. Brown, He of the Hometown, and Smile of Renown
FIRST LOOKS: This picture from what is likely Clint Bowyer’s final year as a driver appears to be taken while he got a vision of a future of pretending to argue with Jeff Gordon every Sunday. Meanwhile here’s Dale Jarrett—its funny how he won numerous Daytona 500’s, a Cup championship, and made the Hall of Fame, yet is still pretty much best-known for a series of funny UPS commercials. Oh well, there’s worse things to be known for—like being at the center of a massive cheating scandal, right Clint?
TO THE BACKS: I’m surprised that they didn’t mention Dover being one of Martin Truex Jr’s dozen or so home tracks. And while Aric Almirola isn’t from Indiana, he dreamt of racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Because who doesn’t dream of three hours of follow-the-leader “racing” at a track with no banking?
SAY WHATS: “I’m sick and tired of people making fun of my teeth. Why don’t they make fun of me for something else, like my sucking up to pit reporters by calling them by name?” “I love my smile—Mouth of the Month at the dentist in April 2015!”
RATING: 6 cookie-cutter tracks out of 10