Race Picks (the last season?), Uncle Max vs. The Points Leader: NEW HAMPSHIRE


There’s big news afoot, and I don’t just mean the Nascar playoffs.  I just found out that my current store (where I’m an assistant manager) is expanding to a NEW location about a half hour from my townhouse.  And guess what?

I’m in the running to be the new store’s manager!

Now don’t get me wrong—I realize that most people (myself included) didn’t grow up with dreams of retail management.  But with what I’ve been doing all these years as an assistant manager, this has always been the end goal.  So wish me luck—interviews start next week!


TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) Team EJP 175 (Saturday 12pm on FS1) LAYNE RIGGS—even better than Layne Murtaugh.


XFINITY SERIES (2 wins) off 


CUP SERIES Mobil 1 301 (Sunday 2pm ET on USA) Points Leader picks DENNY HAMLIN.  Favorite (3 wins): TYLER REDDICK—someone’s gonna “punch their ticket this weekend…  Next Favorite (5 wins): BUBBA WALLACE—…and I think it’ll be someone from 23XI.  Dark Horse (2 wins): ALEX BOWMAN—OR someone one week too late.



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Spade Racing Opens a 2025 Donruss Hobby Box: Pack 5 of 16


It’s back to new cards, with a “hobby box” of 2025 Donruss racing cards.  There’s sixteen packs, so join me as I go through each of them!



Pack 5 of 16: E, Kulwicki, and West Virginny


First Look: Here it is, a really big letter E for Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Yeah, they really ARE starting to run out of ideas for subsets.


To the Back: I have no idea they they chose a picture of Alan trying to dislodge a sesame seed from his teeth here.


Say What: “Some country roads don’t take you home, just to a random gas station in Elkins.”


Final Rating: 2 loose race cars out of 10



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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: Ross Chastain



Ross Chastain subs in for an injured Ryan Newman at RFR (2020) 

Join me throughout this year as I take a look at when some of the sport’s biggest stars drove some unusual cars! (Presented in no particular order).

Ross Chastain racing Kurt Busch, Courtesy Racer


Why? After several years in mostly backmarker equipment in all three national touring series, Ross Chastain found himself with a full-time Xfinity Series ride in 2020 with Kaulig Racing.  However, Ryan Newman’s vicious wreck in the Daytona 500 necessitated a substitute, and RoushFenway chose the experienced Chastain for the role.


How successful were they? Thrown into the 6 car with only a few days of prep-time, it’s perhaps understandable that Chastain would finish 27th, 17th, and 23rd in three races.  Any further starts were stymied by the sport shutting down for the COVID-19 pandemic.


What was the aftermath? Newman returned to the 6 car, while Chastain would return to the Cup Series in 2021 for Chip Ganassi Racing.  He stayed with the team as it transitioned to Trackhouse Racing, and has posted five Cup wins since.


Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 6 watermelons out of 10—Chastain had what it took to be a substitute on short notice, but its still an odd choice—he wasn’t even a Ford driver.




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The Bristol Night Race: The Overlooked Moments


We all know about the biggest events in the history of the Bristol Night Race—Dale Earnhardt wrecking Terry Labonte, Tony Stewart tossing his helmet, Dale Earnhardt wrecking Terry Labonte—but some events, nearly as big, have fallen through the cracks.  Here’s some moments under the lights at The Last Great Coliseum that you may have missed.


1979: The second Bristol Night Race is held.  Within five laps of the race starting, people are already complaining that the race “isn’t as good as it used to be”.


1983: Darrell Waltrip wins the race for a third straight time, his SEVENTH straight Cup win at Bristol.  So yeah, without “gimmicks”, Nascar IS kind of dull and repetitive.


1990: Ernie Irvan wins his first-ever Cup race.  And somewhere near New York a future limo driver is inspired.


1994: Rusty Wallace wins his first Bristol Night Race in the iconic Miller Genuine Draft car.  For those of you who weren’t around at the time, yeah, none of us know what made MGD special, or what “cold filtered” actually meant.


2003: Kurt Busch helps Sharpie pull off a rare Race Entitlement/Race Winner double as the Sharpie car wins the Sharpie 500.  Appropriate as Kurt’s brother would show what “entitled” REALLY meant in a few years.


2016: Kevin Harvick wins in the only edition of the Bristol Night Race (to date) to have been contested over two days.  The official cause was rain, but I think the cause of the rain itself was because I was there.



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Race Picks (the last season?), Uncle Max vs. The Points Leader: BRISTOL


Now that we’ve entered football season, it’s nice to remember that there ARE other sports—Nascar, baseball, uh…college football?

Oh who am I kidding—all other sports kneel at the feet of the mighty NFL.  Nascar could have a 40 car photo finish and the lead story on SportsCenter would still be what Dak Prescott had for breakfast.  Oh well—at least Nascar hasn’t kowtowed completely to the NFL—IndyCar, I’m looking in your direction.


TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) UNOH 200 (Thursday 8pm on FS1) COREY HEIM—going up against the NFL isn’t my idea of Heim time.


XFINITY SERIES (2 wins) Food City 300 (Friday 7:30pm ET on The CW) CONNON ZILISCH—going up against college football could get them a Zil(is)ch ratings share.


CUP SERIES Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Saturday 7:30pm ET on USA) Points Leader picks DENNY HAMLIN.  Favorite (3 wins): WILLIAM BYRON—it’s a “better safe than sorry” kind of win.  Next Favorite (5 wins): ROSS CHASTAIN—not a “Hail Melon”, but maybe a last lap punt.  Dark Horse (2 wins): RYAN PREECE—he has to win eventually, right?



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Spade Racing Opens a 2025 Donruss Hobby Box: Pack 4 of 16


It’s back to new cards, with a “hobby box” of 2025 Donruss racing cards.  There’s sixteen packs, so join me as I go through each of them!



Pack 4 of 16: The King, a Travel Thing, and Sponsor Zing


First Look: Here we see what Richard Petty would look like if you took massive doses of LSD.


To the Back: Its nice to know that Toni hasn’t let finishing 28th in random Truck Series races distract from her dreams.


Say What: “FedEx this, FedEx that, I can’t wait till I get to hang out with Flo.”


Final Rating: 5 sponsor decals out of 10



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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: Jeff Gordon



Jeff Gordon as a part-time substitute for Dale Jr. in the 88 (2016)

Join me throughout this year as I take a look at when some of the sport’s biggest stars drove some unusual cars! (Presented in no particular order).

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Why? Injuries to a teammate.  Jeff’s 2015 had been a picture-perfect final season—contending for a championship and winning his penultimate race.  According to legend he told team-owner (and business partner) Rick Hendrick to call him if he needed anything…which is what happened when Dale Earnhardt Jr. began to experience concussion-like symptoms.  Gordon, who until this point had never driven in Cup for any number other than the 24, wound up splitting the second half of the 2016 season in the 88 with Alex Bowman.


How successful were they? Decently so.  Considering Jeff had likely checked-out of competitive driving after 2015, he came back to post a pair of top-tens in eight races.


What was the aftermath? Gordon re-retired after the 2016 season as he transitioned into a management role with Hendrick Motorsports, while Dale Jr. returned for his final season in 2017.


Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 10 Pepsi commercials out of 10.  Seeing Jeff Gordon in anything other than a 24 car (usually with DuPont/Axalta sponsorship) was, and still is, absolutely bizarre.



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The Hero Card Project 2025 Part 8

 


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Hero Cards!  They’re collectable, they’re colorful, and they’re free!  I have SASEs (Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes) going out to every Cup, Xfinity and Truck team, as well as a few major ARCA operations as well.  If you’re new to hero card collecting, check out my guide at herocardguide.com for step-by-step instructions on how to request hero cards, how to receive them, and how to store them.


Here’s my latest shipment of Hero Cards—these arrived a couple of weeks ago:

Two cards from Young's Motorsports




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Race Picks (the last season?), Uncle Max vs. The Points Leader: GATEWAY (aka St. Louis)


EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s Uncle Max’s annual NFL season preview


Regular Season Standings (Playoff teams in ALL CAPS, *—first round bye)


NFC East: COMMANDERS, EAGLES, Cowboys, Giants

NFC North: *PACKERS, LIONS, Vikings, Bears

NFC South: BUCCANNERS, Falcons, Panthers, Saints

NFC West: 49ERS, RAMS, Cardinals, Seahawks


AFC East: BILLS, DOLPHINS, Jets, Patriots

AFC North: *RAVENS, BENGALS, Browns, Steelers

AFC South: TEXANS, Titans, Jaguars, Colts

AFC West: CHIEFS, CHARGERS, Raiders, Broncos


Teams making “The Leap”: 49ers, Titans

Teams making “The Drop”: Vikings, Steelers


NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Commanders over Eagles 42-31

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Ravens over Chiefs 37-31 (OT)


SUPER BOWL: Ravens over Commanders 49-21


TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) off


XFINITY SERIES (2 wins) Nu Way 200 (Saturday 7:30pm ET on The CW) CARSON KVAPIL—“I’d like to dedicate this next song to The Nu Way”.


CUP SERIES Enjoy Illinois 300 (Sunday 3pm ET on USA) Points Leader picks CHASE BRISCOE.  Favorite (2 wins): DENNY HAMLIN—after last week’s nuttiness, I’m predicting a dull race.  Next Favorite (5 wins): CHASE ELLIOTT—with nothing but contenders in the top ten.  Dark Horse (2 wins): CHRIS BUESCHER—ok, maybe a SLIGHT upset.



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