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

By the time you read this I’ll be on my way to my buddy’s beach house for my annual vacation!  I just finished up getting things squared away at work when I got the dreaded pre-vacation call—something was wrong at my townhouse!  It turns out that one of my toilets wouldn’t stop running, and decided to leak all over the floor.  Thankfully it was the one on the ground floor, and even MORE thankfully I rent, so my landlord got things squared away.  But why is it that something ALWAYS comes up right before vacation?  Oh well—time for grilling, drinking, and relaxing by the beach!

TRUCK SERIES (3 wins) off 

XFINITY SERIES (1 win) Chilango 150 (Saturday 4:40pm ET on CW) CHRISTOPHER BELL—well, unless JPM punts Scott Pruett out of the way again. 

CUP SERIES Viva Mexico 250 (Sunday 3pm ET on Prime) Points Leader picks WILLIAM BYRON.  Favorite (2 wins): CHASE ELLIOTT—nothing like having your most-popular driver win a historic race.  Next Favorite (2 wins): CHRIS BUESCHER—staying on a roll (in multiple countries!).  Dark Horse: DANIEL SUAREZ—NO, it’s not a fix.

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Spade Racing Opens 10 Value Packs of 2012 Press Pass Cards: 9 of 10

Here’s my latest haul—ten 8 card packs of 2012 Press Pass Cards.  So join me as I take a look back about 13 years ago with some cost-effective card packs

Pack 9 of 10: RePeters, Roush Heaters, and Bubbly Treaters

First Look: Yeah, Timothy Peters is the guy who shows up way too much in this set of packs for me this time.  Its even funnier since its the exact same card, as opposed to when I get about five different Hailey Deegan cards.

To the Back: Yes, folks, there was a time that a Roush-owned team was dominating Nascar.  And the lack of information about David Ragan’s race success is a good example of why they fell off.

Say What: “KSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhHHHHHHHHhhhhhHHHHH”

Final Rating: 2 overtime attempts out of 10

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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: Junior Johnson

Junior runs a one-off for Petty Enterprises (1955)

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).

Junior (after becoming a full-time team owner) and
Richard Petty, courtesy Autoweek

Why? Very few drivers ran for the same team owner the entire season in the sport’s early days.  So it’s not surprising to see Junior Johnson having run for four different team owners in 1955.  But for a single race, Junior ran for his longtime rivals in Petty Enterprises.

How successful were they? Running the Petty Enterprises 44 car Johnson came home second in the Greenville-Pickens Speedway race.

What was the aftermath? Both driver and team went their separate ways, with Johnson later hitting his stride as a legendary team owner.

Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 5 “Durllll”s out of 10—Junior ran for plenty of different teams, but the fact he ran for his arch-rivals early on, albeit for a single race, is just bizarre.

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