Spade Racing Opens 10 Value Packs of 2012 Press Pass Cards: 5 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 5 of 10: Vertigo, Jennifer Jo, and Sponsors? No

First Look: The design and placement on this card makes it look like it was upside down.  Then again, I’m in Delaware, so maybe its the decades of DuPont putting forever chemicals in the drinking water.

To the Back: Jennifer Jo Cobb never really got a decent shot in good equipment, but at least she made a decent account of herself in her own stuff.  No joke here, just an observation.

Say What: “You say the team’s about to shut down?  But why?  Oh, right, no sponsors.”

Final Rating: 3 commercials out of 10

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Spade Racing’s Stars in Unusual Cars: Terry Labonte (part 1)

Terry Labonte runs the #1 Skoal car for one season (1991)

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? After a moderately-successful three year run with Junior Johnson, Terry Labonte made plans to start his own race team for 1990.  However, difficulties landing a sponsor, combined with issues building his race shop, led to Richard Jackson giving Texas Terry a ride in the Precision Products Racing Oldsmobile.

How successful were they? After a runner-up finish in the 1990 Daytona 500, it was a mostly-disappointing season, leaving them 15th in the points standings.

What was the aftermath? Labonte returned to his original team owner Billy Hagan for the next two years before revitalizing his career with Hendrick Motorsports.  The Jackson-owned 1 car remained an also-ran until it went under in 1998.

Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 2 tins of chaw out of 10—Terry had a surprisingly-varied career, running for multiple teams with varying levels of success, so wasn’t much of a surprise.

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What Xfinity Drivers are Doing with Their “Spring Break”

NOTE: Uncle Max’s pick for next weekend’s Truck Series Window World 250 is CHANDLER SMITH.

This is a parody

In a tribute to the old Truck Series scheduling scheme, the Nascar Xfinity Series is in the middle of an extended break.  Here’s what some of the series’ drivers are doing with their two week break:

JUSTIN ALLGAIER—visiting sponsor Brandt to meet with employees, tour the facilities, and see if there’s anything he can do to stop that one gigantic ear of corn from growing larger than the factory.

BRANDON JONES—considering which team he’ll be running for in 2026 (Haas Factory Team), 2027 (JR Motorsports again), and 2032 (Sam Hunt - Kaulig Racing with Our Motorsports powered by 23XI).

JEB BURTON—attending regular therapy sessions to learn how to avoid grimacing whenever anyone makes that inane “please clap” joke.

RYAN SIEG—going to Nascar headquarters in Daytona Beach to renew his status as The Official Underdog of Nascar.

CONNON ZILISCH—being 100 fr fr no cap something Ohio whatever I don’t know what kids do these days.

DEAN THOMPSON—appearing in low-budget college comedy “Super Senior Year” as Dean Dean Thompson, the crusty but lovable school president.

JOSH WILLIAMS—getting his mullet trimmed and preserved whilst ruminating on how he still has a full-time ride.

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