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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Throwback Weekend: Sparky Plugg


In honor of Nascar’s annual throwback weekend, please enjoy this signed print of the concept artwork for the WWF’s Thurman “Sparky” Plugg, the first (and to date only) Nascar driving WWF Superstar!

I purchased this at WrestleCon in Philadelphia (during WrestleMania weekend) directly from Tom Fleming, the artist who designed and drew it way back when.  He didn’t have a copy to purchase right there, so he mailed this to me a few days later.  I’m guessing this is the first time anyone has spent put this much time into Sparky Plugg since the early-90’s (and even then it might be more now).

It just goes to show you that if you wait long enough, you can get proof of your obsessions crossing over!

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Darlington Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place



Boom!  I have my summer vacation plans ready to go!  I’ll be taking my annual trip to my buddy’s shore house at the start of June, ready and willing to barbecue for the guests and any visitors we might get!

Of course now comes the tough part—muddling through four weeks of work to get to my vacation.  In a weird way this is when I hope to be busier than usual—give me a big organization project and the time will just fly by.  If not I have to make sure nobody catches me daydreaming about getting the perfect sear on a black n bleu burger on the grill.


Friday Night TRUCK SERIES (2 wins) Buckle Up SC 200: COREY HEIM—How long till Jimmie Johnson makes him Secretary of Partying Down?


Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (3 wins) Crown Royal 200: SAM MAYER—In the time it took you to read this, Crown Royal’s introduced five new flavors. 


Sunday CUP SERIES Goodyear 400: 13th Place Picks JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK.  FAVORITE (1 win): DENNY HAMLIN—will he exit the car and call The Lady in Black One Tough Mother?  NEXT FAVORITE: WILLIAM BYRON—he just knows how to win.  DARK HORSE: CHRIS BUESCHER—two words: Fuel Mileage.



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 11 of 12



PACK 11: An Autograph (Nice), Bubba Twice, and the Coliseum will Suffice


FIRST LOOK: Here’s our third autograph of this box, and it’s of Trucks & Xfinity mainstay Brett Moffit.  I’m hoping he eventually gets a decent shot in a Cup car, and not with some obscure backmarker team with a name like “Velocity Force Motorsports” or “Mach III Ventures” or “Rick Ware Racing”.


TO THE BACK: Double your Bubba, double your fun!  But these are pretty banal facts, aren’t they?


SAY WHAT?: “I don’t get why we’re racing inside a stadium either, but at least it’s nicer than Rockingham looks now.


RATING: 5 souvenir pieces of sheet metal out of 10.




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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1989: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Runner-up Hut Striklin
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.

1989

Winner: Dick Trickle (Stavola).  Runners Up: Hut Stricklin (Osterlund), Larry Pearson (David Pearson), Jimmy Spencer (Baker-Schiff), Rick Mast (Mach 1), Ben Hess (Hess).  Aborted Attempts: Chad Little (Donlavey), Butch Miller (Miller), Mickey Gibbs

How their careers turned out: This class was a real mixed-bag.  Dick Trickle saw FAR greater success on the short-tracks of the midwest, while Larry Pearson was a Busch Series champion.  Jimmy Spencer had two Cup wins, while Hut Stricklin seemed to always lose his rides (and sponsors) to Mr. Excitement.  Rick Mast famously won the pole for the inaugural Brickyard 400, while Ben Hess infamously DNQ’d for more races than he started.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: I met Dick Trickle at one of his final Cup Series starts—no wonder he retired.

Ranking: #33 out of 50



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Spade Racing presents The Hero Card Project 2024 Part 4



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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:  

Six cards (some of them autographed!) from the folks at Niece

A nice selection of cards (some autographed) from Front Row

Two one-sided cards from Trackhouse

A slew of cards from 23XI Racing

Two Brad Keselowski cards from RFK Racing

A BJ McLeod card from, well, BJ McLeod


Two cards from Xfinity Series stalwart JD Motorsports

ELEVEN different cards from RCR!




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Kansas Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place



Ah, Kansas—a state, a band, and a track.  And while I don’t have much to say about the American prog rock group, the state has been in the news a bit lately with the whole “luring the Chiefs and Royals across state lines” attempt.

Now, this may come as a surprise to some of you, but despite being a lifelong sports fan, I do not support cities and states giving out hundreds of millions of dollars to build stadiums and arenas.  The way I see it, if you can’t win because you “don’t have a nice enough home field/court/rink”, maybe you’re just not that great of a team owner to begin with.

Heck—if it were up to me, one cent of every dollar bet on a team would go towards the team specifically for facility construction.  That way the only money going towards them is from (in theory) their fans.  But what would a retail assistant manager know?


Saturday Night TRUCK SERIES (2 wins) Heart of America 200: BEN RHODES—No relation to Dusty Rhodes or the other Dusty Rhodes.


XFINITY SERIES (3 wins) off 


Sunday CUP SERIES Wurth 500: 13th Place Picks DEREK KRAUS (in place of AJ Allmendinger).  FAVORITE (1 win): CHASE ELLIOTT—sticking with Chase, even though Dover and Kansas have nothing in common…  NEXT FAVORITE: DENNY HAMLIN--…despite the fact that its a track where Hendrick or Gibbs cars are likely to dominate…  DARK HORSE: BUBBA WALLACE—…or a satellite team.



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 10 of 12



PACK 10: Big Three, Not to Me, and Jumpan23


FIRST LOOK: THREE swatches from seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson!  A pretty impressive haul, even if the past seven or so years of his career have been very pedestrian.  Who knew he’d turn into the next Darrell Waltrip?


TO THE BACK: Huh, I would’ve thought that the best words in racing are “you’ve” and “won”, but what do I know?


SAY WHAT?: “Every time I ask MJ why he wasn’t in NBA Jam, he just makes the ‘finger motion for money’ gesture”.


RATING: 8 dashboard gauges out of 10.



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1988: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years



Runner-up Ernie Irvan
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.

1988

Winner: Ken Bouchard (Whitcomb).  Runners Up: Ernie Irvan (US), Brad Noffsinger (Curb).  Aborted Attempts: Jimmy Horton

How their careers turned out: Both Ken Bouchard and Brad Noffsinger had brief Cup careers that led to steady employment as driving instructors.  But Ernie Irvin, on the other hand, won the Daytona 500, nearly won the 1994 championship, and managed to make plenty of enemies along the way (including me—his “autobiography” was TERRIBLE).

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: They were never booing, Ken.  They were shouting “BOO-chard, BOO-chard”.

Ranking: #29 out of 50


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