Spade Racing: November 2024

MEGA POST: Spade Racing presents The Hero Card Project 2024 Part 10

A bit of a different Hero Card Project entry this time: last week I took a trip to the race shops of NASCAR for another, larger project. I was able to fill in some missing hero cards in the process. My pics below show what I picked up at various race shops that I didn't already have. Click here to learn more about collecting Hero Cards:

Five cards from RCR's shop in Welcome/Lexington

Two cards from the 9/24 Hendrick shop in Concord

Four cards from the soon-to-close Stewart-Haas Racing

Five cards from RFK Racing in Concord

Two cards from Team Penske's Mooresville shop

A very cool and unique "welcome" card from
23XI's new shop in Huntersville

A slew of cards from Front Row's shop in Mooresville

A hero card and trading card from Spire Motorsports in Mooresville

Four cards from LiveFast in Mooresville

The lone missing card I needed from Legacy MC in Statesville

Two more RCR cards

An Our Motorsports card from their new shop in Welcome

Two missing cards from Kaulig Racing on the RCR campus

Five cards from SS-Greenlight in Mooresville

Three hero cards from Statesville's AM Racing

Five smaller cards from Xfinity team SHR Racing in Mooresville

Five cards from JAR's Statesville shop

A total HAUL of cards from Alpha Prime in Mooresville!

Two additional cards from TRICON in Mooresville

Two cards from Truck & ARCA stalwarts REV Racing
near Charlotte Motor Speedway

Two additional Truck Series cards from JAR

CR7 provided a card from their small Mooresville shop

Two more cards from FRM

A Truck Series card from Spire

A Thad Moffit card (and a Petty Garage one too)
from the Richard Petty Museum

Two more cards from REV Racing

Three ARCA cards from AM Racing

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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 14 of 24

PACK 14: Chris’s car, a rising star, and the company car

FIRST LOOK: As I’ve said in years past, I’m always a fan of the horizontal “car pic” cards. A good reminder that it’s not just about the drivers—it’s about the car (and crew, and support staff, and tracks, and fans, etc.).

TO THE BACK: William Byron really has stepped up his game slowly but surely every single year, hasn’t he? Not too bad for a guy who still doesn’t have a nickname.

SAY WHAT?: “I got a company car from Panini, and I don’t even need to log my mileage.”

RATING: 5 pit stalls out of 10

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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2016: 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.

2016

Chase Elliott's rookie car

Winner: Chase Elliott (Hendrick). Runners Up: Chris Buescher (Front Row), Ryan Blaney (Wood Bros.), Brian Scott (RPM). Aborted Attempt(s): Jeffrey Earnhardt

How their careers turned out: Two recent champions highlight this group, and a resurgent Chris Buescher means that a trio from this quartet might move this class further up the rankings in the next few years. Beyond those three, well, Brian Scott had that one YouTube video.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Chase is just one of the members of this group with famous older racing relatives. Beyond that, well, Brian Scott made Aric Almirola pretty mad.

Ranking: #7 out of 50

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Spade Racing BINGO—Cup Series Finale

As is tradition around here, here’s a BINGO card for today’s Truck Series championship race. Mark off each square as you catch them—go for five in a row, then go for a “Cover All”!

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Spade Racing BINGO—Xfinity Series Finale

As is tradition around here, here’s a BINGO card for tonight’s Truck Series championship race. Mark off each square as you catch them—go for five in a row, then go for a “Cover All”!

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Spade Racing BINGO—Truck Series Finale

As is tradition around here, here’s a BINGO card for tonight’s Truck Series championship race. Mark off each square as you catch them—go for five in a row, then go for a “Cover All”!

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Phoenix: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place plus champions

And it all comes down to this! Well, it always comes down to this in NASCAR, because that’s how their points system is set up. But still, it all comes down to this! Here’s my picks for the races and the championships themselves—come back next week for my final totals for the year, plus the result of my battle with Thirteenth Place!

Friday Night TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) CHAMPIONSHIP 150: MATT CRAFTON—salvaging an otherwise crummy season. CHAMPION: COREY HEIM

Saturday Night XFINITY SERIES (5 wins) CHAMPIONSHIP 200: AUSTIN HILL—maybe RCR can bring back the old 31 car in 2026—woo Cingular throwback scheme! CHAMPION: AUSTIN HILL

Sunday CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP 500k: 13th Place (2 win) Picks ALEX BOWMAN. FAVORITE (2 wins): JOEY LOGANO—Twenty 2-time becomes a 3 for all. NEXT FAVORITE: CHRISTOPHER BELL—a little too late for C.Bell. DARK HORSE: BRAD KESELOWSKI—getting a head-start on 2025. CHAMPION: JOEY LOGANO

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Spade Racing presents The Hero Card Project 2024 Part 9

CLICK HERE FOR PART 8

On March 15th, I mailed out to every major, mid-major, and minor Nascar team in the three touring series for Hero Cards, the free glossy card-stock giveaways provided by race teams. Last week I posted my first responses, but I got so many this past week I wanted to post what else I’ve received! See what came in below, and click here to learn more about collecting Hero Cards:

Three cards (of three lady drivers) from ARCA mainstay
Venturini Motorsports

An impressive haul from Joe Gibbs Racing

3 cars from Jordan Anderson Racing

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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 13 of 24

PACK 13: Production Line, aging like wine, and a slimming line

FIRST LOOK: The Production Line—not to be confused with the hockey crew, or an actual line of workers who produce something. And thanks to that lower quarter panel logo, I have that one Smirnoff Ice commercial that aired on PTI stuck in my head.

TO THE BACK: Ah, Mikey—going from a joke on the track to a joke in the booth.

SAY WHAT?: “These lines around the Napa logo give me a slimming look!”

RATING: 6 roof flaps out of 10

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