Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Select ’24 Cards, Pack 2 of 12


PACK 2: They lied, the ride, and red pride


FIRST LOOK: The card itself is ok, but check the white card behind it—it’s a thick blank piece of foam used to simulate a “memorabilia card”.  Honestly, I wonder if anyone even BUYS cards by the pack at stores anymore, so they could probably ditch these.


TO THE BACK: “I’m proud to be along for the ride”, a quote that could apply to virtually any driver in any series at any time, with the possible exception of Elliott Sadler’s last year with RPM.


SAY WHAT?: “I’m redder than the author of these quips when he said I’d be fired before the end of the season!”


RATING: 6 pace laps out of 10



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 17 of 24


PACK 17: Sponsor landed, not that much demanded, and empty-handed


FIRST LOOK: Here we see Tyler Reddick doing something all drivers should learn immediately upon getting into racing.  No, not how to win—how to hold your sponsor’s product with the logo facing the camera.


TO THE BACK: Three races in the Truck Series isn’t really much to write home about, but Toni B keeps getting publicity.  Probably because she’s hot.


SAY WHAT?: “I had something in my hand, but now it’s gone.  Must’ve lost it in the divorce proceedings.”


RATING: 3 souvenir trailers out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2019: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Daniel Hemric
Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

2019

Winner: Daniel Hemric (RCR).  Runners Up: Ryan Preece (JTG-D), Matt Tifft (Front Row).  Aborted Attempts: none

How their careers turned out: Its still pretty early, but it’s hard to see much success ahead for any of these three drivers.  Daniel Hemric has a single Xfinity Series win across nearly 200 national touring series starts.  So far Ryan Preece’s biggest moment has been a crash at Daytona.  And unfortunately Matt Tifft’s NASCAR career (as a driver) seems to be over due to health issues.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Daniel Hemric won that single race in dramatic fashion, doing so to win the 2021 season finale and Xfinity Series championship.  I mean, at least that slots him ahead of Ty Dillon.

Ranking: #42 out of 50


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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Select ’24 Cards, Pack 1 of 12



PACK 1: Jawsome, saw some, and awesome


FIRST LOOK: Here we get our first look at the regular Select cards.  For some reason Panini (the makers of Select, and all Nascar cards for that matter) chose a rare picture of Jimmie Johnson completely clean-shaven.  I guess his facial flow-bee was on the fritz that week.


TO THE BACK: Brad Keselowski’s lived a pretty interesting life, as evidenced by his mini-bio here.  And yes, while he got a head-start in Nascar thanks to his family’s experience in the sport, so did Kertus Davis.


SAY WHAT?: “I need to stop staying ‘Awesome’ so much, but I have yet to make ’Splendiferous’ catch on”.


RATING: 3 grand marshals out of 10



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 16 of 24


PACK 16: Moose, deduce, and hanging loose


FIRST LOOK: Only in Nascar can any ol’ fan be transformed somehow into a moose!


TO THE BACK: Some slick advice from Lee Petty to Richard here.  Winning by a lot pays the same as winning by a little (and winning by nearly nothing could get you some more publicity).


SAY WHAT?: “Heyhihowsitgoinggottagogottaracetorun”.


RATING: 5 spinouts out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2018: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

2018

William Byron's rookie car

Winner: William Byron (Hendrick).  Runners Up: Bubba Wallace (RPM).  Aborted Attempts: none

How their careers turned out: Its still a little early, but William Byron appears to be a championship contending driver, having a break-out year in 2023.  Like him or rant about him online, Bubba Wallace is a Cup race winning driver, and still has a sizable chunk of his career ahead of him.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Who’d have thought that a college would sponsor a Nascar driver and it wouldn’t be DeVry?

Ranking: #22 out of 50



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Select ’24 Cards, Preview


My latest purchase was a hobby box of 12 packs of “Select ’24” cards from Panini.  These cards are a bit more high-end than the regular Panini or Donruss ones, which explains the low card count per pack.  Join me as I open all twelve packs!







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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 15 of 24


PACK 15: A pole, a goal, and an O’ll


FIRST LOOK: I still wish we had a version of the old Unocal bonus where a pole winner could win the race and get a growing bonus fund.


TO THE BACK: Being judged by Jeff Gordon has to be intimidating, but Kyle Larson has more than lived up to the hype.  And I’m sure Jeff has had to get between Larson’s team owner Rick Hendrick and Larson’s sponsor Rick Hendrick on occasion.


SAY WHAT?: “They don’t realize that I can see the O in the corner”.


RATING: 7 pistons out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2017: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Join me as we take a look at every NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year class from 1972 (the start of the modern era) through 2021, going from the worst to the first in terms of overall careers of each year’s rookie class.

Erik Jones
2017

Winner: Erik Jones (Furniture Row).  Runners Up: Daniel Suárez (JGR), Ty Dillon (Germain), Corey LaJoie (GoFAS), Gray Gaulding (BK).  Aborted Attempts: none

How their careers turned out: Strangely, this year turned out a class of journeymen.  While Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez have had decent careers for several teams, Corey LaJoie has never really gotten a full-time shot in decent equipment.  Meanwhile, Gray Gaulding is still best known for his Krispy Kreme sponsorship, and Ty Dillon has kept getting jobs despite, well, his whole career.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Erik Jones is arguably the best driver to wheel the 43 car since Richard Petty’s retirement—sorry, Aric. 

Ranking: #23 out of 50


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Spade Racing’s 2024-25 Offseason Preview

By the way, this is the 2,000th article I’ve done here!


Three new champions have been crowned, two teams are in Charter limbo, and one team’s headquarters has a sign out front that simply says “47”—welcome to the offseason!  Here’s what’s in store here at Spade Racing:


—ROTY Reports will continue every Monday through the end of the year, capped off with a final list of rankings.  Then stay tuned for a new series debuting in January for 2025.


—No racing means double the cards!  2024 Donruss will continue to be posted every Tuesday, while a new set of 2024 Select cards will be posted every Thursday.


—Offseason news, “news”, and other sundry content will be posted on weekends as needed.


—I have two major projects to work on over the offseason—a complete redo of my Race Shop Reviews website, and another website that I hope to have up and running by the Clash.


As always, thank you to everyone who reads my output—I sincerely appreciate it!


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