Foundational Bricks—The 1994 Brickyard 400: 25th, Todd Bodine

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 25th: Todd Bodine #75 Factory Stores Butch Mock Motorsports Ford


Finished: 9th


Todd Bodine's 1994 car
Career Highlights: Two-time Truck Series champion, five-time Cup Series pole winner, 15 Busch Series wins, “cue ball headed fool”.


Total Brickyard 400 Starts: 8


Best Brickyard 400 Finish: 9th (1994)





1994 Fun Fact: Todd’s career-best finish, third, came in the 1994 season finale at Atlanta.  Not too bad for an onion.



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The Hero Card Project 2026: Part 4

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Hero card responses just keep pouring in!  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.  I sent SASEs (Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes) to every Cup, O’Reilly and Truck team, as well as a few major ARCA operations as well.  Who’ll be the first to respond?  Who’ll send in the most cards?  Whose cards will be brand new?  And will any teams send in autographed cards?  Join me over the next few months as I find out!

The following cards arrived from June 1st through June 19th.

Four cards from 23XI Racing

8 cards from O'Reilly mainstay SS-Greenlight Racing

WOW!!! 22 cards (one of them signed by Corey LaJoie)
from RFK Racing!!!




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Race Picks San Diego: Spade Racing vs. AI

Join me as I test my wits against various AI programs in picking the 2026 Cup races.  Once they’ve made their picks, I’ll make my normal Favorite, Next Favorite, and Dark Horse picks (in addition to my regular O’Reilly & Truck Series picks).  At the end of the year we’ll see who knows more—me, or a soulless machine gobbling up water and electricity.


Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI (3 wins) sez: My pick (is) Shane van Gisbergen. He's the overwhelming favorite per most NASCAR analysts — since 2025 on road courses he's 6 for 8 at finishing 1st with a 2.0 average finish, the best Driver Rating by a healthy margin, and a perfect 2-for-2 record winning new debuting road courses (Chicago and Mexico City).


Truck Series (2 wins) Navy 250 Friday 7pm on FS1: KADEN HONEYCUTT—and I still think “Kaden Honeycutt” sounds like a WWE NXT name.


O’Reilly Series (3 wins) United Rentals 250 Saturday 5pm ET on CW: JUSTIN ALLGAIER—from the superspeedway that thinks its a road course to the military base that thinks its a road course.


Cup Series Anduril Race the Base 250 Sunday 4pm on Prime  FAVORITE (1 win): DENNY HAMLIN—he’s a modern-day Harry Gant, without the chaw.  NEXT FAVORITE (2 wins): ROSS CHASTAIN—do they allow watermelons on-base?  DARK HORSE (1 win): AJ ALLMENDINGER—Kaulig’s gotta win SOMEhow this year, right?



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