Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 42nd, Harry Gant

Join me as I take a look back every Monday at the starting lineup for one of the biggest races in NASCAR history, the inaugural Brickyard 400. 

Starting 42nd (provisional): Harry Gant #33 Skoal Bandit Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevy

Finished: 37th

Career Highlights: 18 Cup Series wins, two-time Southern 500 winner, oldest Cup Series race winner, legitimate friend of Burt Reynolds.

Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 1

Gant's 1994 car

Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 37th (1994)

1994 Fun Fact: The 1994 spring Martinsville race would see a stunning DNQ as Harry failed to qualify for the race.  How stunning was it?  ESPN made Harry’s name about twice the size of everyone else’s on the screen.

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Nascar to CBS? What to Expect

With the recent Skydance media mega-merger putting TNT Sports and CBS Sports under the same corporate umbrella, Nascar has reached out to CBS about airing (or at least simulcasting) some of TNT’s five Cup races going forward.  Here’s what to look out for in a possible return of Nascar to The Tiffany Network:

—30 seconds of highlights of past Nascar on CBS coverage by an AI Ken Squier, followed by the same exact coverage you’d see on TNT.

—Boomer fans stopping their whining for about a minute, followed by them returning to blaming everything wrong in the sport on Bubba Wallace.

—Plenty of locally-placed ads for window replacement, that one independently owned furniture store that’s somehow still in business, and car (well, truck) dealerships.

—Promos for Professional Bull Riding with awkward transitions like “…and you thought the action here at Sonoma was rough!”

—Continuing to treat the in-season tournament like something anyone other than the winning driver cares about.

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Spade Racing Opens Three 2026 Select “Blaster” Boxes—Pack 4 of 18

I’m moving away from Hobby Boxes to three “Blaster” Boxes this time for the 2026 Panini Select cards.  Join me as I go through all 18 packs!

Pack 4: Leery, teary, and cheery

First Look: No clue why they chose a picture of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. eyeing the crowd like he just saw someone steal a beer out of his cooler.

To the Back: Looking forward to yet another season with no top-tens outside of drafting tracks is enough to make anyone cry.

Say What: “Every day I wake up thankful that I didn’t get stuck running for a backmarker IndyCar team.

Final Rating: 3 sets of tires out of 10

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