Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini PRIZM Cards, Pack 2 of 12





PACK 2: Its been done, 101, and branding fun



FIRST LOOK: As I’ve said before, I don’t really understand the proliferation of so many subsets.  Hey—do you like Mark Martin?  Well, I bet you’d like him better refracted and in green!


TO THE BACK: Time for Bobby Labonte 101, with such lessons as “Outgrowing Your Mid-90’s Haircut” and “Advanced Car Kicking”.



SAY WHAT?: “I just love my store branded water!”


RATING: 6 restarts out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1992: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Jimmy Hensley
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.

1992

Winner: Jimmy Hensley (Cale Yarborough).  Runner Up: Andy Belmont (Pat Rissi).  Aborted Attempt: Dave Mader III

How their careers turned out: This was one of the only years in Cup history that saw no ROTY contenders at the start of the year.  Thankfully Jimmy Hensley got a full-time ride shortly afterwards and was able to cruise to an easy ROTY win, and acquitted himself well enough in the Busch and Truck Series.  Andy Belmont, well, he seemed like a cool guy in his Rise of the Field Fillers interview.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Jimmy Hensley’s car number, 66, was in reference to sponsor Phillips 66.  This was one of the only times that a car number was also a sponsor reference—I’ve given up hope on Tyler Reddick running a Colt 45 sponsorship.

Ranking: #47 out of 50



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Ricky Stenhouse Jr vs Kyle Busch: Tale O’ The Tape


NICKNAMES 

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: The Dragon, The Krusher from Kroger, Mr Trapped in the Infield

Kyle Busch: Rowdy, Shrub, The Guy They Released Instead of Casey Mears


ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: Daytona 500 Winner, Two-Time Xfinity Series Champion, dated Danica Patrick

Kyle Busch: Virtually everything (Daytona 500, Southern 500, All Star Race, Brickyard), Cup & Xfinity Championships, made RCR relevant again


TEAM OWNER

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: George Smith, who may or may not exist 

Kyle Busch: Austin Dillon’s grandpa


FROM THE SAME PLACE AS

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: Lake Speed!

Kyle Busch: uhhh…Kurt Busch?


POST RACE STRESS RELIEVER

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: Talking, then punching

Kyle Busch: Refusing to do interviews


METHOD OF INSULT

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: “Yeah, just definitely built-up frustration with how he runs his mouth all the time about myself. But I know he’s frustrated because he doesn’t run near as good as he used to, and I understand that. We’re a single-car team over here. We’re working really hard to go out and get better each and every weekend, and we had a really good game plan coming in. Our car was really strong Friday in practice. I was looking forward to running to the front. I think we had passed a couple cars there and I was excited for the rest of the night, and he ruined it.”

Kyle Busch: “BRING IT! I DON’T GIVE A F***! I SUCK JUST AS BAD AS YOU!”


HOW HE’D DO IN AN ACTUAL BOXING MATCH

Ricky Stenhouse Jr: Get whaled on worse than than Roush before Keselowski 

Kyle Busch: Get obliterated worse than his Xfinity team did 



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Charlotte Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place



Why is it that whenever you have a vacation coming up, everything ELSE in life has to happen at the same time?!?

In the past few days I’ve had to deal with a bunch of callouts at work, my car developing an oil leak, my refrigerator breaking, AND waking up today with a really stiff neck.  Granted, it’s nothing too terrible, but it’s still damn annoying.

On the plus side, we got a huge raceday on Sunday.  For the record, my picks for the two “preliminary” races are for the pole winners to win.


Friday Night TRUCK SERIES (2 wins) NC Education Lottery 200: BEN RHODES—the winner gets a year’s supply of education!


Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (3 wins) BetMGM 300: JESSE LOVE—breakthrough win for the latest RCR wunderkind to be held back because of Austin Dillon. 


Sunday CUP SERIES Coca-Cola 600: 13th Place Picks CHRISTOPHER BELL.  FAVORITE (1 win): WILLIAM BYRON—just about time to get on a hot early-summer run.  NEXT FAVORITE: MARTIN TRUEX JR.—although this is a home race for everybody.  DARK HORSE: TY GIBBS—about time for a breakthrough, but will he cry like Jeff Gordon did?



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini PRIZM Cards, Pack 1 of 12



PACK 1: Justin B, Califor-nee, and Kev’s Victory


FIRST LOOK: And here we get our first look at the 2023 PRIZM cards.  Good news: They all look great, there’s twelve cards per pack, and have an extra-sheen to them.  Bad news: There’s not as many inserts, and that sheen makes it kinda hard to get a picture without making Justin look look he’s on the surface of the sun.


TO THE BACK: Well, that’s a bit of a bizarre fact to include on anything other than a town’s history page on its official website.


SAY WHAT?: “I look like this because I have years of Clint Bowyer’s inane jokes to look forward to.”


RATING: 3 pace laps out of 10




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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1991: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Bobby Hamilton
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.

1991

Winner: Bobby Hamilton (Tri-Star).  Runners Up: Ted Musgrave (US), Stanley Smith (Stanley Smith), Wally Dallenbach Jr. (Donlavey).  Aborted Attempts: Jeff Purvis, Sammy Swindell, Rich Bickle, Dave Mader III, Dorsey Schroeder

How their careers turned out: Bobby Hamilton (better known now as Bobby Hamilton Sr.) had a very good career, winning in all three national touring series and posting a Truck Series championship in 2004.  Beyond him its rather slim pickings, with a guy famous for not going for the win (Musgrave), a guy famous for crashing (Smith), and a guy famous for mentioning he raced whilst wearing his wife’s underwear (Dallenbach).

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Bobby Hamilton’s first Cup win was the first win for the 43 car in over twelve years, which is something else we can partially blame on Wally Dallenbach Jr.

Ranking: #28 out of 50



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As Seen on a North Carolina-area Classifieds Website


Note: This is a work of parody

FOR SALE—CHARTERS, EQUIPMENT, AND MORE!

Local race team is having a blowout sale for the rest of the year!  We can’t tell you who it is, but we’ll send you the address if you’re interested.  Check out all these items for sale—no reasonable offer will be refused!


—Two Nascar Cup Charters: Great condition, locks you into every points race in the 2025 season.


—Vintage Merchandise: Featuring motor oil, sandwich makers, pork processors, and watery domestic beer!  Many more may become available as the year progresses (possibly with blue ovals on them)!


—Like-New Equipment: We’re downsizing and this stuff is priced to move!  Springs, axles, carbon fiber, and plenty of tungsten!  None are stained by anything like grease, dirt, or victory lane confetti!


—Crew Members: Bring home your own properly-trained jackman, hauler driver, or engineer for cheap!  All arrangements must be made with team members before taking possession and BYOHT (Bring Your Own Hand Truck).


All this and plenty more is available—shoot us a message and we’ll arrange a time for you to come over.  Plus, order now and get a free box of fig bars (possibly expired)!



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 12 of 12



PACK 12: Standing on a Disc, Playing with some Risk, and a Walk that’s Really Brisk


FIRST LOOK: I have no clue why they thought that “drivers standing on a hovering chunk of asphalt” was a good look.


TO THE BACK: Well, there WAS room to spread out.  These days New Jersey is so overdeveloped you’re libel to run into a fence going for a pass.


SAY WHAT?: “Gotta keep walking or Bobby Allison will want to argue about that one missing win again.”


RATING: 7 post-race interviews out of 10.




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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1990: 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.

1990

Rob Moroso's rookie car

Winner: (posthumously): Rob Moroso (Moroso).  Runners Up: Jack Pennington, Jerry O'Neil.  Aborted Attempts: Jeff Purvis

How their careers turned out: While Rob Moroso showed his talent in the Busch Series, it’s hard to say anything good about his time in Cup, which ended abruptly in a fatal drunk-driving accident.  Meanwhile, competition for the ROTY award was so thin that Moroso still clinched it despite missing the end of the season.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: By way of sponsor Crown Petroleum, Rob was dubbed “The Crown Prince of Racing”, easily the lamest nickname until “The Rainbow Warrior”.

Ranking: #50 out of 50



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