Talladega Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place



I finally got the finishing touches on my store’s holiday displays—now I just have to wait for the corporate tour next week.  Needless to say, I’m exhausted, but I’ve been wondering lately: what’s with all these food delivery services being so damn expensive?

I’ve had to order through some apps with the 12-hour days I’ve been working, and I’ve noticed that WOW—not only is the food costlier, but there’s always fees tacked on as well.  And that doesn’t even include tip!  Sometimes I think we should go back to the old delivery system, but then again that limits me to pizza, Chinese, and that one random burger place that’s open till 2am.


Friday Afternoon TRUCK SERIES (6 wins) LOVE’S RV STOP 225: CONNOR ZILISCH—not to be confused with Zilch, the little-remembered assistant chef at Barth’s Burgery.


Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES (5 wins) UNITED RENTALS 250: SAM MEYER—should be a lot easier for him to name his sponsors next year—Haas, Haas Tooling, Haas Outlet, Haas Artisanal Lemonade…


Sunday CUP SERIES YELLAWOOD 500: 13th Place (2 win) Picks DANIEL SUAREZ.  FAVORITE (2 wins): AUSTIN CINDRIC—let’s break that two-two tie with win number two for car number two. NEXT FAVORITE: BRAD KESELOWSKI—plenty of first names mentioned in the post-race interview.  DARK HORSE: AUSTIN DILLON—unPopPopular win.



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Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2024 Donruss Cards, Pack 8 of 24


PACK 8: A king, the thing, and a zing


FIRST LOOK: Jeff Gordon—there’s no question he’s A king, just not THE king.  Although I don’t know what Richard Petty’s succession plans look like.


TO THE BACK: The thing is that MTJ always knows how to contend.  And I’m just glad we get to see him go out on top, unlike…well, almost any other driver not named Carl Edwards.


SAY WHAT?: “Yes, yes, I know there’s ‘P’ on my head, very funny.”


RATING: 7 hot laps out of 10



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NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 2010: 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.

2010

Kevin Conway's rookie car

Winner: Kevin Conway (Front Row/Robby Gordon).  Runners Up: none.  Aborted Attempts: Terry Cook

How their careers turned out: Look, I’m sure Kevin Conway is a good guy who could race circles around me.  But he made a mockery of the ROTY award this year, running with a joke of a sponsor that wouldn’t pay its bills and saw him moved from car to car just to stay in the top-35.  This is probably the only season where they should’ve just awarded the ROTY to nobody.

“Fun” “Fact” about the winner: Kevin Conway owned and operated a motorsports marketing company, as you probably could’ve guessed.

Ranking: #49 out of 50



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