tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52611351428258708882024-03-18T16:24:14.990-04:00Spade Racinga MOXOC Media ProductionMike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comBlogger1862125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-61156736503385028462024-03-18T07:20:00.001-04:002024-03-18T07:20:59.921-04:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1982: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVcnh7FHgQlEzgUQbLLL_kDud4Cxfv_5H03XZgmILVpBq8UEoaH3Bdvk3zg1QfT9-VaUfxAZaQgLeDnXug_O40WbUOPIrv9n5yCqISIzIKHtNgF774-5TEROyOygvB6cb2NpHUha__vJETm8xteu5Ndic-zWvGdUShi9q-BqgczYHY3t_4pb4nYlAsa4/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVcnh7FHgQlEzgUQbLLL_kDud4Cxfv_5H03XZgmILVpBq8UEoaH3Bdvk3zg1QfT9-VaUfxAZaQgLeDnXug_O40WbUOPIrv9n5yCqISIzIKHtNgF774-5TEROyOygvB6cb2NpHUha__vJETm8xteu5Ndic-zWvGdUShi9q-BqgczYHY3t_4pb4nYlAsa4/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8YO5DNes5PFkXwo9STuzCFLQ8xrltTCJ1LrhyiNo43LdwfZTlR3RNObwdw_Rs6y1Nk1MPUJLhzRLUvWx4e8XdgTeDEDDDHYkl6Ga0PpA0wODJwBPS3v0meacoovqx7c6AMM3IGTn86UO_S4KX1cCK7gBrUFY9OuQaR3Fd-TSJY8PNUC2zwYXQxHINKU/s1195/1982Bodine.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc8YO5DNes5PFkXwo9STuzCFLQ8xrltTCJ1LrhyiNo43LdwfZTlR3RNObwdw_Rs6y1Nk1MPUJLhzRLUvWx4e8XdgTeDEDDDHYkl6Ga0PpA0wODJwBPS3v0meacoovqx7c6AMM3IGTn86UO_S4KX1cCK7gBrUFY9OuQaR3Fd-TSJY8PNUC2zwYXQxHINKU/s320/1982Bodine.jpeg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Geoff Bodine</i></td></tr></tbody></table>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.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1982</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Geoff(rey) Bodine (Cliff Stewart). <b>Runner Up:</b> Mark Martin (Martin). <b>Aborted Attempt:</b> Brad Teague</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> While he was Geoff, Bodine had a great career racing for teams such as Hendrick Motorsports (as their first driver), Junior Johnson, Bud Moore, and his own team. As Geoffrey he, well, kind of hung around too long. Mark Martin, meanwhile, came back to Nascar after a rough start to be arguably the best driver to never win a championship.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact”</b> about the winner: Say what you will about Geoff(rey), but he’s the only person on the planet to have a spectacular Truck crash AND build a bobsled.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#13 </b>out of 50</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-58359315567326459542024-03-17T12:18:00.000-04:002024-03-17T12:18:04.888-04:00***Two Card-Related Updates*** Spade Racing Opens 2 Boxes of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 4 of 12<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfS7WPE4Xn-zicv0wuxEgzBJlYmVNuummnGASgAHKqj5709-348A7gj19HsOqoDkMnPCtowrqAWVuN9967FSmqepwNF0AiLDFMtHgE6s8hcfSaa3H8wYToMyrGox5zPzRNDLIVR3oP-qXO_fBSf_GBGlvC03kBaWK1TblCNs2Swd9IZhjc2ZU2J58iEc/s525/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfS7WPE4Xn-zicv0wuxEgzBJlYmVNuummnGASgAHKqj5709-348A7gj19HsOqoDkMnPCtowrqAWVuN9967FSmqepwNF0AiLDFMtHgE6s8hcfSaa3H8wYToMyrGox5zPzRNDLIVR3oP-qXO_fBSf_GBGlvC03kBaWK1TblCNs2Swd9IZhjc2ZU2J58iEc/s320/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">UPDATE 1: My requests for 2024 Hero Cards went out on Friday! Want to know more about The Hero Card Project? <a href="https://spaderacing.blogspot.com/2023/04/how-to-collect-hero-cards.html" target="_blank"> CLICK HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">UPDATE 2: I recently obtained a second box of 2023 Panini Chronicles cards! So there’ll be TWELVE packs instead of just six. In fact, here’s a bonus cards post now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hvle5PjjEV9fYcg-H9JM5VzWr6BtduWV4bvdtUfhuz7H3-hX-dQqrrQP8s50DJ-cO5UJ2ppP6ZqQsTd-h-C-tz_A420SwVhHtoiBfDftrTdSoeSmaTSfDhyphenhyphen7E0ecpHnLNQN-YXGUZix1LbiquCdSLPBainM4GBDu73kqYawExaR2pA7d0JRU-BDxGog/s525/banner2024%20cards.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hvle5PjjEV9fYcg-H9JM5VzWr6BtduWV4bvdtUfhuz7H3-hX-dQqrrQP8s50DJ-cO5UJ2ppP6ZqQsTd-h-C-tz_A420SwVhHtoiBfDftrTdSoeSmaTSfDhyphenhyphen7E0ecpHnLNQN-YXGUZix1LbiquCdSLPBainM4GBDu73kqYawExaR2pA7d0JRU-BDxGog/s16000/banner2024%20cards.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIqZLStbs7eMCwOI-O7u7Suyas9O7J9xxefWM5SaAnRqHb7b0yhMB9vYvFFCLKzegYxPptKnSBIrULiOUlsLL8ES8cghRZIIbKDjjmd7hIJ2fkidlq_eJheUPTJ811y5m3a_8RNRU4tOjZTuT-kB77mBqPoelVz5Fa8Mn2fHhgoQPiPQZfjDxTplr9ZU/s2016/IMG_2926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIqZLStbs7eMCwOI-O7u7Suyas9O7J9xxefWM5SaAnRqHb7b0yhMB9vYvFFCLKzegYxPptKnSBIrULiOUlsLL8ES8cghRZIIbKDjjmd7hIJ2fkidlq_eJheUPTJ811y5m3a_8RNRU4tOjZTuT-kB77mBqPoelVz5Fa8Mn2fHhgoQPiPQZfjDxTplr9ZU/s320/IMG_2926.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">PACK 4: THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: I agree that you’re only as good as your last race, but let’s not go all Kasey Kahne on him—Daniel’s had a decent career so far, he should go a little easier on himself.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-83630733509637300402024-03-14T07:44:00.001-04:002024-03-14T07:44:14.339-04:00BRISTOL Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoIIBxh7HINuVjiR9s7cszwYvqcjYeu5Dwb0gMKFMfRPe0PIvmEqhkSlMIlFGAZIyTZvV50e6pZwPmJKAdO9YqKqx0hTB5UBnyjViXvN5YHD4fxYPG-HFvmX6AvCxLQI7vHtbB5hM3WysF9DlBH4FyxarQQ8FYwUJLPeu0i4jQokpEduyf6lofJ-dm6U/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoIIBxh7HINuVjiR9s7cszwYvqcjYeu5Dwb0gMKFMfRPe0PIvmEqhkSlMIlFGAZIyTZvV50e6pZwPmJKAdO9YqKqx0hTB5UBnyjViXvN5YHD4fxYPG-HFvmX6AvCxLQI7vHtbB5hM3WysF9DlBH4FyxarQQ8FYwUJLPeu0i4jQokpEduyf6lofJ-dm6U/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Well, we got a Sports Bar Tripleheader on Sunday, with Bristol and the NCAA March Madness selection show happening on St. Patricks Day. Here’s my advice for picking a successful bracket:</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—Chalk (aka picking favorites to win) is your friend, however…</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—Pick at least one sub 3-seed team to make the Final Four.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—There’s (almost) always a 12 seed beating a 5 seed, but any bigger upset than that will be, well, an upset.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—8 vs. 9s are a toss-up. Good time to break out your lucky quarter.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—Always, always, ALWAYS remember: Gonzaga NEVER wins it all.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>—And when in doubt, just try to win the prop bet for the best bracket name.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Night TRUCK SERIES (1 win) <b>Weather Guard 150: BEN RHODES</b>--hopefully he doesn’t spin out from the lead with five laps to go like SOME picks I’ve made lately.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">XFINITY SERIES <b>off</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday CUP SERIES <b>Food City 500:</b> <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>13th Place Picks DANIEL SUAREZ.</b></span> FAVORITE:<b> KYLE LARSON</b>—the dominance of Hendrick Motorsports resumes. NEXT FAVORITE:<b> WILLIAM BYRON</b>—see above. DARK HORSE:<b> TY GIBBS</b>—he HAS to break through soon (probably with a bump-and-run).</p><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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On the plus side it doesn’t look like an eight-year-old drew it like mine.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGflunyo0LaiH6AHAOiFSCJhsJGdTkckMRwo68Nc6p3Bryu6ecGA_mBbzDhzWiV4jI0Bhmkq6WBS6Ps-C95GYCcyFfvlEW0Pt43sPoRbhKAl_MpKtcM3SfQ3m4k2S-up3A36uyv2Y4s4Nr53QZ-iKlVBGjWxJtMmOz-ZynyG9ro1X_Ck9or1dZW2VVWv8/s2016/IMG_2924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGflunyo0LaiH6AHAOiFSCJhsJGdTkckMRwo68Nc6p3Bryu6ecGA_mBbzDhzWiV4jI0Bhmkq6WBS6Ps-C95GYCcyFfvlEW0Pt43sPoRbhKAl_MpKtcM3SfQ3m4k2S-up3A36uyv2Y4s4Nr53QZ-iKlVBGjWxJtMmOz-ZynyG9ro1X_Ck9or1dZW2VVWv8/s320/IMG_2924.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: Some nice info here, but why the v a p o r w a v e look?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E6NH6CUx9iTJs4x8NjPnWUVb7roLHuLCaQnrfn5jeToDPTenlk4TjYH794jOc_dnvRe1laTuS05-IUCvDyDayXaspyaWIBlLbjTMkNool6NHsKxnnlSGJGZJm2Vo0mVMScoIH-XnRyu1-begZvN-GUxJT7ehLpvDCKJlknemqK_8jGsAdleeBbiXG04/s2016/IMG_2925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E6NH6CUx9iTJs4x8NjPnWUVb7roLHuLCaQnrfn5jeToDPTenlk4TjYH794jOc_dnvRe1laTuS05-IUCvDyDayXaspyaWIBlLbjTMkNool6NHsKxnnlSGJGZJm2Vo0mVMScoIH-XnRyu1-begZvN-GUxJT7ehLpvDCKJlknemqK_8jGsAdleeBbiXG04/s320/IMG_2925.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">SAY WHAT?: “Thanks to one of the layout people at Panini getting bored, I’m stuck hovering on this disc of land.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RATING: 7 spins out of 10.</p><div><br /></div>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-59685800614251331872024-03-11T07:56:00.001-04:002024-03-11T07:56:43.045-04:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1981: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zJtRyMDAf09L1czYM5F_OnQjesoEl_16Dp1j9q6Zs0U4M7iLeBJtgAVddTahplJukse97uAKNKe6FwIQg1r_sjok-yZrL711Nu_T6_vB_dSPtSoEhJlT_6Q8yBhGMXAj-RKvrPwidpp3i7aRPucOn4HuWuT8ABwmmQgFmHUDq-ynoSpSRMg0lXRJoc/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zJtRyMDAf09L1czYM5F_OnQjesoEl_16Dp1j9q6Zs0U4M7iLeBJtgAVddTahplJukse97uAKNKe6FwIQg1r_sjok-yZrL711Nu_T6_vB_dSPtSoEhJlT_6Q8yBhGMXAj-RKvrPwidpp3i7aRPucOn4HuWuT8ABwmmQgFmHUDq-ynoSpSRMg0lXRJoc/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">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.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1981<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwV9bCE2mWitgd3MCa8kcZAPufE6Fqdemq9b9n1xZxs8Im0SWqNrFCDfRPplKiCMOdKCfLd_xC84vrGe_OuvNCSHcEK1saBUNGpGEqhebYycxaPKnvDI5Zgq2Ok-6FLb2PJFFVg7qK8MqJE7ObyE3sKmzlcDLr9PJmbVgRxRaYmkH7Iuhu2to3nX_NYA/s311/1981RBouchard.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="220" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwV9bCE2mWitgd3MCa8kcZAPufE6Fqdemq9b9n1xZxs8Im0SWqNrFCDfRPplKiCMOdKCfLd_xC84vrGe_OuvNCSHcEK1saBUNGpGEqhebYycxaPKnvDI5Zgq2Ok-6FLb2PJFFVg7qK8MqJE7ObyE3sKmzlcDLr9PJmbVgRxRaYmkH7Iuhu2to3nX_NYA/s1600/1981RBouchard.jpeg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ron Bouchard</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Ron Bouchard (Race Hill). <b>Runners Up:</b> Morgan Shepherd (Cecil Gordon), Mike Alexander (Rogers), Elliott Forbes-Robinson (Howard & Egerton), Joe Ruttman (Jim Stacy), Stan Barrett (Mach 1). <b>Aborted Attempts:</b> Tim Richmond, Connie Saylor, Gary Balough</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> Ron Bouchard’s career highlight came in his rookie year, when he shocked the Nascar world with a win at Talladega, only for his career to peter out by 1987. Morgan Shepherd and Joe Ruttman both had long careers mostly in underfunded equipment, while Stan Barrett was far better known for his stuntman career. Elliott Forbes-Robinson was better-known for his road racing exploits, and the fact that his name makes him sound like a villain in a “Slobs vs. Snobs” story.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact”</b> about the winner: Darrell Waltrip claimed Ron Bouchard passed him for his lone Cup win because he thought Bouchard was a lap down, showing us what a sore loser DW could be before he was humbled in the late-90s.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#34 </b>out of 50</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-71218786048885568232024-03-10T09:47:00.000-04:002024-03-10T09:47:31.276-04:00Xfinity Drivers & Crew Exhausted After 811 Lap Race<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sD9-_pIeqqLO1VqODNq2Y030JR08vulNRftK5rnjNFlaoS1F8eR7zRhv82A9xEeBSznOl0XLezxj9pQ5RXCZ4WOv0ZCbIOtQgTSNKiwgM_Te05BoHJfNRvWYTiYUMNULUtADYtIM1sf_oVHXi6YXtrameeA7q8y7uNOJoqyU3BY6olzO3f8Eai3OTXE/s525/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sD9-_pIeqqLO1VqODNq2Y030JR08vulNRftK5rnjNFlaoS1F8eR7zRhv82A9xEeBSznOl0XLezxj9pQ5RXCZ4WOv0ZCbIOtQgTSNKiwgM_Te05BoHJfNRvWYTiYUMNULUtADYtIM1sf_oVHXi6YXtrameeA7q8y7uNOJoqyU3BY6olzO3f8Eai3OTXE/s16000/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>This is a work of parody</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Virtually everyone involved in yesterday’s Call811.com-sponsored Xfinity Series race is still recovering (literally) from the marathon 811-lap event at Phoenix International Raceway.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“That race…wow, that really took it out of me”, winner Chandler Smith said while slumped against his car in victory lane. “I know we weren’t going full-throttle for some of it, but we had to conserve our equipment, and our-our-ourselves—sorry, I’m still a little lightheaded.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Multiple drivers required relief drivers throughout the race, which measured in at a little over 850 miles in distance.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“All I can say is: thank goodness we didn’t go into overtime”, said jackman Gary Willard from pit road. “The race went on so long, I had to order a pizza to keep from starving. Thankfully it got here during a long green-flag run: nobody wants to try jacking up a car with greasy fingers.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The race’s record-setting distance was done in deference to sponsor Call 811, the nationwide service for avoiding digging up power lines.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“We wanted to make our title sponsor happy, but this may have gone a bit too far”, said Nascar official Kevin Williams. “I mean, the Aarons 499 was fine, and the Lenox 301 was just one extra lap—but 811 laps pushed the limits of man and machine today.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Whilst waiting in line for the medical center, an unidentified driver joked that he just hoped that 1000Bulbs didn’t sponsor another race.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-50234777432061202652024-03-07T07:47:00.001-05:002024-03-07T07:47:48.553-05:00PHOENIX Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmI_mafa_F-RxBL7XvuB0QB9Lg0Wd9ysyFQi5QnKuqcNVCjdQ2oC4zntowZQin3F4HtSYdzBkKRHPtp2YGcMOhX1yGQ2tOeszd4iIOfEoH4wqCP2bezhyHoV6BhSzHJZO8OsvFeZ85wf1cKM_3PlTpIpZGQIOKcSgBcRJ3gB5SRVdmbQzzwY_zMw1nfw/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmI_mafa_F-RxBL7XvuB0QB9Lg0Wd9ysyFQi5QnKuqcNVCjdQ2oC4zntowZQin3F4HtSYdzBkKRHPtp2YGcMOhX1yGQ2tOeszd4iIOfEoH4wqCP2bezhyHoV6BhSzHJZO8OsvFeZ85wf1cKM_3PlTpIpZGQIOKcSgBcRJ3gB5SRVdmbQzzwY_zMw1nfw/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>If you listen to some of the so-called sports experts out there, they’ll call this stretch between the Super Bowl and March Madness “the dead zone”, with no good sports to watch on tv. Well, to that I say BAH! BAH I say!</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Who could look at a stretch of weeks with exciting Nascar action, the starts of the F1 and IndyCar seasons, and baseball’s spring training as “dead”? Who could look at a month or so with the NBA and NHL in full-swing as “dead”? Well, sports snobs who only watch football and post-season basketball, that’s who! And really, with most of us having greater access than ever to sports around the world, you really have to try to find a weekend with nothing “good” on to watch. Heck, I spend last Sunday watching Greek professional soccer—I couldn’t figure out what was going on, but it sure beats complaining! </i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TRUCK SERIES (1 win) <b>off</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES <b>Call 811 200: JUSTIN ALLGAIER</b>—shouldn’t this be an 811 lap race?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday CUP SERIES <b>Shriners 500:</b> <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>13th Place Picks BRAD KESELOWSKI.</b></span> FAVORITE:<b> RYAN BLANEY</b>—in honor of this race’s sponsor, hopefully he has a Menards fez in victory lane. NEXT FAVORITE:<b> KYLE BUSCH</b>—could he take over for Kevin Harvick as the King of the Desert? Mmmmaybe. DARK HORSE:<b> JOSH BERRY</b>—or could Josh Berry take Happy’s mantle? Prrrrobably not.</p><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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Just like MBNA back in its glory days…</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3G9elhpJA5HTKcYF3WAEVMsrCDAtkaECWsjQVwaFTm7mZ2vTLC2Z6SYRY0U68l9dXmhHlEFmMMIffDZ1EDS9i6ys7ZmUqzh4k6DPQabdoSpNUewdN5ggULwoQUY4vKcus5rJLIacSDpa_hd-NzkSbCCOkvfiV5O71grFyBH-rcgxY4UF6szgpycne10/s2016/IMG_2920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3G9elhpJA5HTKcYF3WAEVMsrCDAtkaECWsjQVwaFTm7mZ2vTLC2Z6SYRY0U68l9dXmhHlEFmMMIffDZ1EDS9i6ys7ZmUqzh4k6DPQabdoSpNUewdN5ggULwoQUY4vKcus5rJLIacSDpa_hd-NzkSbCCOkvfiV5O71grFyBH-rcgxY4UF6szgpycne10/s320/IMG_2920.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: I have to say that I was legitimately impressed to get this card—made from the actual printing press, it’s literally one of a kind. I’d add on “just like me!”, but I’m actually pretty generic looking.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gUxHTqPUgs8Fg07rcaHZopPexejjzzNshAdA8vLOUweguZ-ln6Yx_x7eN3CgqTzJ8fjDi_KEtGUqzPeNQAMwQ4Mh2nXpYB_Z3-XF-Zcbt4XzcAY7jq-PXBNjgTOj4rHJDnDtqsx00QtzLrzj4kkfw5nq_WqnBRukD747mRgv2eq4_oBi4T0CuTYTvFA/s2016/IMG_2921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5gUxHTqPUgs8Fg07rcaHZopPexejjzzNshAdA8vLOUweguZ-ln6Yx_x7eN3CgqTzJ8fjDi_KEtGUqzPeNQAMwQ4Mh2nXpYB_Z3-XF-Zcbt4XzcAY7jq-PXBNjgTOj4rHJDnDtqsx00QtzLrzj4kkfw5nq_WqnBRukD747mRgv2eq4_oBi4T0CuTYTvFA/s320/IMG_2921.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">SAY WHAT?: “Three patches—one for each name. That reminds me, I need a new firesuit.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RATING: 10 fastest laps out of 10.</p><div><br /></div>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-17926482976237313722024-03-04T08:06:00.002-05:002024-03-04T08:06:52.463-05:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1980: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0V5P4Mhjfv72lB_vWfhyphenhyphendgh3tJHCrymuNFKyszHoJ_NRdmv8ieU_85-IMQsuvGQYxwOLzgAfeZGuNI_-B9JJiBJTYdxaBdtp4DV095ou3Q-WHM57rn9xRJ3bFZrF1sT_d9QwKyX-XGihLhYf8lG3ynLnvvqgxkjTV6LnTIAXNYU7y1n6M_x4-TGWC8c/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0V5P4Mhjfv72lB_vWfhyphenhyphendgh3tJHCrymuNFKyszHoJ_NRdmv8ieU_85-IMQsuvGQYxwOLzgAfeZGuNI_-B9JJiBJTYdxaBdtp4DV095ou3Q-WHM57rn9xRJ3bFZrF1sT_d9QwKyX-XGihLhYf8lG3ynLnvvqgxkjTV6LnTIAXNYU7y1n6M_x4-TGWC8c/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyON_RxRBDcCScJDw5CWcZ8D-PFQV0SjaNfpwD3mYQfiBfnUhmoNorbYUp6tgw7WnwDbINpi5yzPR2-iU6I2iv76kgDVMnFRkBpXVvXePHrR7AgYYtODtC-fCJceczMpxVmWXgCz81I3KdJ0BivtpolamYJjUgIXO7n6DJWAkbLQnwWDVci-ZAj3s3es/s1066/1980Petty.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyON_RxRBDcCScJDw5CWcZ8D-PFQV0SjaNfpwD3mYQfiBfnUhmoNorbYUp6tgw7WnwDbINpi5yzPR2-iU6I2iv76kgDVMnFRkBpXVvXePHrR7AgYYtODtC-fCJceczMpxVmWXgCz81I3KdJ0BivtpolamYJjUgIXO7n6DJWAkbLQnwWDVci-ZAj3s3es/s320/1980Petty.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Runner-up Kyle Petty</i></td></tr></tbody></table>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.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1980</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Jody Ridley (Donlavey). <b>Runners Up:</b> Runners Up: Lake Speed (Speed), Kyle Petty (Petty/RahMoc), Slick Johnson (Slick Johnson). <b>Aborted Attempts:</b> none</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> Jody Ridley is best-known for taking Junie Donlavey’s car to its lone win in 1982…and not much else. Lake Speed was a solid independent arguably better-known for his odd name, while Slick Johnson is best-remembered for his gruesome death in an ARCA race in 1990 (featured on Rescue 911). That means that Kyle Petty had the best career out of this class, punctuated by eight Cup wins, two top-five points finishes, and one hell of a ponytail.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact”</b> about the winner: Jody Ridley got a random Busch Series start in one of Dale Earnhardt’s cars, one of approximately 89 drivers to do so.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#25 </b>out of 50</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-73972969389947841142024-03-02T16:11:00.000-05:002024-03-03T12:55:35.324-05:00Nascar Driver Uniform Bans Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxi0Z_rfFEusZtOYRdNi8da7-QoE41gUx8mb49P32S-j1XMf-ORSFrsCOHRDEtX6YgV9HsUuOGZ8f4KNfdJryHQOHKv9rLyTUAOenGq9v0hIzf3JDxs__0-tKYOIuxaswDjajiQygf1UTkaXb1hHZNN1E1B6pJYCBW0ZKIdyqJjf3YYE0enPL_2GMa-w/s525/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxi0Z_rfFEusZtOYRdNi8da7-QoE41gUx8mb49P32S-j1XMf-ORSFrsCOHRDEtX6YgV9HsUuOGZ8f4KNfdJryHQOHKv9rLyTUAOenGq9v0hIzf3JDxs__0-tKYOIuxaswDjajiQygf1UTkaXb1hHZNN1E1B6pJYCBW0ZKIdyqJjf3YYE0enPL_2GMa-w/s16000/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #fb0207; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>This is a work of parody</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Last week Joey Logano was penalized $10,000 and a pass-through for driving with an altered racing glove (which, in theory, would’ve made his car somewhat more aerodynamic). While this was the first time in recent memory that a driver was penalized for a piece of his uniform, it was not the first time:</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1953:</b> Tim Flock’s simian passenger “Jocko Flocko” is put on indefinite probation for refusing to wear pants.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1972:</b> Richard Petty is docked 25 driver’s and owner’s points for wearing a t-shirt promoting his movie “43: The Richard Petty Story” under his uniform on the grounds of the movie being terrible.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1981:</b> Dave Marcis incurs a small fire for afoul of a recently introduced rule requiring all Goodyear hats to be changed out every five years or 200 races (whichever comes first).</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1989:</b> Jimmy Spencer risks disqualification from a number of early-season races for running with a non-flame-retardant toupee.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1998:</b> After his success with a “lucky penny” at the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt fails pre-race inspection at several races for attempting to wear a firesuit made entirely out of four-leaf clovers.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>2008:</b> Morgan Shepherd is fined $2,500 for mistakenly wearing an undershirt from the 90’s. The fine is suspended when Shepherd revealed that the shirt was left-over from when he started his career in 1899.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>2020:</b> Upon realizing he was not wearing an approved set of underwear, Timmy Hill throws himself out of his own sim-rig during Nascar’s iRacing series.</p><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-77731343772673834832024-02-29T07:53:00.001-05:002024-02-29T07:53:16.143-05:00LAS VEGAS Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif32t1bVSxRCRBdTgx6clB6gTN7NqNSPSrtq4l83QZceyIH4CYZYrNTWiHgD8LO9xQASGB-wqkiBe48JEPcg3QDCoHmSkBtgHsw0-AnvAaDKzGjr7SL9QYWzrBe0YVF_VFECqI8JeStL2yTgSFZMJHMEDF4iGtSWp7EyYGW2v_wxz_XGUwfoWGSMzwF88/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif32t1bVSxRCRBdTgx6clB6gTN7NqNSPSrtq4l83QZceyIH4CYZYrNTWiHgD8LO9xQASGB-wqkiBe48JEPcg3QDCoHmSkBtgHsw0-AnvAaDKzGjr7SL9QYWzrBe0YVF_VFECqI8JeStL2yTgSFZMJHMEDF4iGtSWp7EyYGW2v_wxz_XGUwfoWGSMzwF88/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Apologies if I said this already, but for someone who loves to gamble on sports, I have surprisingly never been to Las Vegas. There’s no particular reason why—it’s just my “cursed” vacation spot.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Let me explain: You ever have a place you keep planning to go to, only for real life to get in the way over and over again? Well, that’s Las Vegas for me. I meant to go in college, but I wound up spending my meager vacation fund to fix my car. About ten years ago I was planning out a long weekend there, only to win a contest at work for that weekend to visit Florida instead. And just a few years back, I was ready to book a last-minute trip there, only to get sick with the flu (or, as they say in sports “flu-like symptoms”). I’m not saying that I won’t ever go there, but I wouldn’t bet on it (pun).</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Friday Night TRUCK SERIES (1 win) <b>Victoria’s Voice 200: KYLE BUSCH</b>—“And put your little hand in miiiiine…” *knocks alarm clock off nightstand*</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Evening XFINITY SERIES <b>LiUNA 300: CHANDLER SMITH</b>—doing the old FILMAR Square D car proud.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday CUP SERIES <b>Pennzoil 400:</b> <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>13th Place Picks COREY LAJOIE.</b></span> FAVORITE:<b> DENNY HAMLIN</b>—…and let the “real racing” season begin. NEXT FAVORITE:<b> JOEY LOGANO</b>—sponsor’s race advantage (and the all-Pennzoil car always looks great). DARK HORSE:<b> CHASE BRISCOE</b>—the official bounce back performance of tough.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-80498110444694835102024-02-27T09:29:00.002-05:002024-03-15T13:53:32.611-04:00Spade Racing Opens 2 Boxes of 2023 Panini Chronicles Cards, Pack 1 of 12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw2aswv8-wrXUrcCGY4iNlxBi1oHRfmSGQ5nuCOFjFumW5RHkLZaXlCW58NZd2r6hWtaKO8WufumVoBU0hMFOG2424L6l-n4U6ZqzpKho7pPofmvEfhte829lBt9XjBlxrRn_1E25fqLxAFV6mjvMirwXFbsMYnCm30LMCjPiaQ7Keqk5-KhsuAeV0r4/s525/banner2024%20cards.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw2aswv8-wrXUrcCGY4iNlxBi1oHRfmSGQ5nuCOFjFumW5RHkLZaXlCW58NZd2r6hWtaKO8WufumVoBU0hMFOG2424L6l-n4U6ZqzpKho7pPofmvEfhte829lBt9XjBlxrRn_1E25fqLxAFV6mjvMirwXFbsMYnCm30LMCjPiaQ7Keqk5-KhsuAeV0r4/s16000/banner2024%20cards.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTadVlWQC9EcdUnFULkZMaNCqvKnQeOmSC5u7LyZBedkcrxhRlRrZkpZP7SQdbq9MlJuD-2hco4jKbyZkZd82lS-vZb4Psd3pvj_K5TfEVl7FJAaSfTero5u2sAo04ipVVn_CC_IXLMk8knr7YRfHfN1MqtQyP9OqdLO9WHvPMnQQOoiX7ht2EMgWiis/s2016/IMG_2914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTadVlWQC9EcdUnFULkZMaNCqvKnQeOmSC5u7LyZBedkcrxhRlRrZkpZP7SQdbq9MlJuD-2hco4jKbyZkZd82lS-vZb4Psd3pvj_K5TfEVl7FJAaSfTero5u2sAo04ipVVn_CC_IXLMk8knr7YRfHfN1MqtQyP9OqdLO9WHvPMnQQOoiX7ht2EMgWiis/s320/IMG_2914.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">PACK 1: Dinger Signed, A State of Mind, and 139</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXoj2m9pyXZqhC1vL-BPwv0n_59gh6RwG9oSYRVzTOc77ZaJzhAqz-bD-MOeD-V3Xd5L_QvP1KVCD_22wAxGMc8pq5pkSRExLael-Y8U8MQQzpQp_kWwrHMRgdeyAbKfeEWrGBwydaZsCYutvTM7asucv0IjXeMMbmeBsPXA9GVoxq_KzCx6A74JACRM/s2016/IMG_2915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXoj2m9pyXZqhC1vL-BPwv0n_59gh6RwG9oSYRVzTOc77ZaJzhAqz-bD-MOeD-V3Xd5L_QvP1KVCD_22wAxGMc8pq5pkSRExLael-Y8U8MQQzpQp_kWwrHMRgdeyAbKfeEWrGBwydaZsCYutvTM7asucv0IjXeMMbmeBsPXA9GVoxq_KzCx6A74JACRM/s320/IMG_2915.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>FIRST LOOK: So the Chronicles set is very pricey ($120 MSRP for six packs) but comes with a LOT of premium inserts. This is a good example, with the always-affable AJ Allmendinger’s autograph in the very first pack.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphyirZ0GdVfui66ELJunAKsgFfWSTfVqPWzaVMWOfutSNc5wu33L6tsUwt0D1ONw2bZSVdejRk6OW7IiObQs9ufVGIs8lOOdJmssgm_w2VkiZvTTX044w3e9lfbvWKlOUz293OxcGL5cdWzOv74uVw0l_funocJ4HE-2NA4uh-0Yt5Kkb2O68MjfowsU/s2016/IMG_2916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphyirZ0GdVfui66ELJunAKsgFfWSTfVqPWzaVMWOfutSNc5wu33L6tsUwt0D1ONw2bZSVdejRk6OW7IiObQs9ufVGIs8lOOdJmssgm_w2VkiZvTTX044w3e9lfbvWKlOUz293OxcGL5cdWzOv74uVw0l_funocJ4HE-2NA4uh-0Yt5Kkb2O68MjfowsU/s320/IMG_2916.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: While it’s awesome that Ryan Preece has made it to the Cup Series, I’d be a little worried that he seems to be satisfied just to be there. Kind of like when you ask your crush out on a date, then just stare at her with a smile on your face for an hour.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivboOtdViqdubCCkvxgNpJm_gloPZBDVu9AniiD4iFpaD2RcVCev4lGofXES1y75BwBVTdOsQkdnvABmlsYTXJkQoi2MvC7Z1dZdH4BOS3Eb59bOPdCcvICm3LrJ3KRGJccoTgPgxmcZGsJab9EFsvg8WcBgnzgkE29S0TCGGSZ8ic-Wi4szOWJs6Fpe8/s2016/IMG_2917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivboOtdViqdubCCkvxgNpJm_gloPZBDVu9AniiD4iFpaD2RcVCev4lGofXES1y75BwBVTdOsQkdnvABmlsYTXJkQoi2MvC7Z1dZdH4BOS3Eb59bOPdCcvICm3LrJ3KRGJccoTgPgxmcZGsJab9EFsvg8WcBgnzgkE29S0TCGGSZ8ic-Wi4szOWJs6Fpe8/s320/IMG_2917.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">SAY WHAT?: “This is card number 139 of just 199 in existence. Also, who am I?”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RATING: 8 caution laps out of 10.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-59545084776314856442024-02-26T07:10:00.001-05:002024-02-26T07:10:27.428-05:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1979: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg960zPyzCYcdU14RIF53pxSJLiDpG7_SusuUGeZ0h4l5Lkpplv4LOV8qBjzbW1PhlmAQlXC29Snh7Rice9ig769IDmsxolKkxny3ZjJM4WrDizyut1aM6z9Knqn5zifDhvPukd6cPdu1HxOGguCL-yt6aZiqJqlcjhBPCoVJ9bFD9pLnOgIsVz458h8M/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg960zPyzCYcdU14RIF53pxSJLiDpG7_SusuUGeZ0h4l5Lkpplv4LOV8qBjzbW1PhlmAQlXC29Snh7Rice9ig769IDmsxolKkxny3ZjJM4WrDizyut1aM6z9Knqn5zifDhvPukd6cPdu1HxOGguCL-yt6aZiqJqlcjhBPCoVJ9bFD9pLnOgIsVz458h8M/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVZxxIt2ZTeYbkRdAXV9g5WLJx3mvyvnEDqMi9PO8rXJApEr8AGDiwsHjERrBUKJCl2qIV7DWbIS9nyzaX___PdQz_F1yYfMSj7Qy6YZLfyZCLsO24WG75RGW06s36g-NVKEM9ImoCQm0bOERoNU8QCwnPpeiNyJfOn7PQvZiGoSrwWz47tWpKWO8O8U/s1191/1979Earnhardt.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVZxxIt2ZTeYbkRdAXV9g5WLJx3mvyvnEDqMi9PO8rXJApEr8AGDiwsHjERrBUKJCl2qIV7DWbIS9nyzaX___PdQz_F1yYfMSj7Qy6YZLfyZCLsO24WG75RGW06s36g-NVKEM9ImoCQm0bOERoNU8QCwnPpeiNyJfOn7PQvZiGoSrwWz47tWpKWO8O8U/s320/1979Earnhardt.jpeg" width="215" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dale Earnhardt</i></td></tr></tbody></table>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.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1979</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Dale Earnhardt (Osterlund) <b>Runners Up:</b> Joe Millikan (DeWitt), Terry Labonte (Hagan), Harry Gant (Race Hill)</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> Really, what more can you say? You have nine Cup Series championships, 116 race wins, and two Hall of Famers (with Gant a likely third in the future). The only sore-thumb here is Joe Millikan, a journeyman whose career fizzled out by the mid-80’s, but when Handsome Harry is the third-best in a class, how do you compete?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact” about the winner:</b> Dale Earnhardt’s public image has become so warped by online weirdos that I’m starting to wonder if he ever actually existed.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#1 </b>out of 50</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-31457230705808828092024-02-25T13:00:00.001-05:002024-02-25T13:00:43.819-05:00 Nascar to Follow NFL’s Lead by Ignoring Los Angeles Market for Two Decades<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9EuJwVi6yWrIej9_gL3aMolf6DcVzd0kzdBrKe_q-lovlfMpv3vHXp7kK_aApR5lwzNKfy7470U4t63w1fO5QMzaqNNvhgShoekzdJtp7pLMrK2XBxIDN3rcwViWyJd8byNceB8Tt2cBRJw-uLnHb8v-eosyinnZ49-5AyRFM3u1iJKTBlpLk6Ia780/s525/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9EuJwVi6yWrIej9_gL3aMolf6DcVzd0kzdBrKe_q-lovlfMpv3vHXp7kK_aApR5lwzNKfy7470U4t63w1fO5QMzaqNNvhgShoekzdJtp7pLMrK2XBxIDN3rcwViWyJd8byNceB8Tt2cBRJw-uLnHb8v-eosyinnZ49-5AyRFM3u1iJKTBlpLk6Ia780/s16000/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" /></a></div>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">With the former Auto Club Speedway’s renovations appeared to be stalled and the Busch Light Clash anticipated to move from the Los Angeles Coliseum to Mexico, one would think that Nascar hasn’t put much thought into its presence in the Southern California market. However, a Nascar official explained that this is all part of a larger plan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPcJMDFtL5eI2xCCLIp0AuAW4d5_uyREo-VSkO4ViHNRBNYv6s4lPJ2v1vx5RZk9qUozclfpyb73ENLca6cec8LdpEg0_YoAV9aB3JOfsZIYaEz2Y6-caMJbkLDethNtb-rmLdrHmA1JrvpfeelDejB5WALsLGaP1Q9C3UYKhzUMc_S00GkiS1ZNYUM8/s960/los-angeles-1790986_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="960" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPcJMDFtL5eI2xCCLIp0AuAW4d5_uyREo-VSkO4ViHNRBNYv6s4lPJ2v1vx5RZk9qUozclfpyb73ENLca6cec8LdpEg0_YoAV9aB3JOfsZIYaEz2Y6-caMJbkLDethNtb-rmLdrHmA1JrvpfeelDejB5WALsLGaP1Q9C3UYKhzUMc_S00GkiS1ZNYUM8/w200-h139/los-angeles-1790986_960_720.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“The National Football League is the be-all, end-all of American sports, right?”, said Nascar spokesman Mark Wade. “So it only makes sense to follow in their footsteps. That’s why we are embarking on a years-long plan to string the greater Los Angeles market along while simultaneously not having any events there—it just makes sense.”</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nascar, which made a move over the past thirty years into more major media markets, appears willing to let the second-largest market in the country lay fallow for a while.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“We did this once before, when Riverside Raceway went out of business in the late-80’s”, Wade explained. “So rather than running a race at, say, Irwindale or the Long Beach street circuit, we’ll run no races at all. It’ll be just like the NFL in the late-90’s, only Martinsville will be OUR Green Bay.”</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The long-muddled renovation plans to Auto Club (formerly California) Speedway appear to also be part of Nascar’s scheme.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“We plan to turn Auto Club (Speedway) into a half-mile short track slowly. Verrrry slowly. You know that one house in every development that looks like it’s under renovations for your entire childhood? Well, that’ll be Auto Club. If the NFL can take forever to get SoFi Stadium built, we can take forever to shorten a track.”</p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-29980311197016586912024-02-22T07:45:00.001-05:002024-02-22T07:45:48.428-05:00ATLANTA Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1ZLdYz6GZSRj5kxMGU0BZQeWvtbL8vKfK-3pI4Eynxo2eiBIYkhO0-B-ev6HmnF0hKK1lcLTzwzIhnE7DAhdH2LiQNKuTJiLrhq-y0cOYfqa6BiUS9SzHNzn-jOC5Wju-CYRQ8au9Bf17fJ01vXjsNr5XWp7L_h1YYH6qpZGntpwziJzCwX9nYvl74/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1ZLdYz6GZSRj5kxMGU0BZQeWvtbL8vKfK-3pI4Eynxo2eiBIYkhO0-B-ev6HmnF0hKK1lcLTzwzIhnE7DAhdH2LiQNKuTJiLrhq-y0cOYfqa6BiUS9SzHNzn-jOC5Wju-CYRQ8au9Bf17fJ01vXjsNr5XWp7L_h1YYH6qpZGntpwziJzCwX9nYvl74/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">So, that’s not the way I wanted to start the season—0 for 5 across three races. And while I know it doesn’t matter, I swear on my lucky numbers that I was thisclose to picking Nick Sanchez for the Truck Series race. Oh well—close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and hemoglobin numbers.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Speaking of which, I had my annual physical the other day. I can honestly say that I’m pretty much average across the board—average height, average amount overweight, average high (but not too high) cholesterol numbers, etc. I’ve always been thankful that I don’t have any major health issues (knock on wood!) but then again, I also don’t have anything I’m particularly spectacular at either—no big muscles, no amazing hair, etc. Maybe I’m destined to go through life looking like the most generic dude imaginable, but I wouldn’t mind having a decent natural tan.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Afternoon TRUCK SERIES <b>FR8 208: KYLE BUSCH</b>—“And put your little hand in miiiiine…” *smashes alarm clock*</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Evening XFINITY SERIES <b>Raptor 250: COLE CUSTER</b>—proving that SHR still has a solid Xfinity program (well, half of one).</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday CUP SERIES Ambetter 400: <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>13th Place Picks ZANE SMITH.</b></span> FAVORITE:<b> JOEY LOGANO</b>—better to rebound with a win than off a wall. NEXT FAVORITE:<b> MARTIN TRUEX JR.</b>—…and I hope that I Am-better at making picks this weekend (sorry). DARK HORSE:<b> MICHAEL MCDOWELL</b>—bonus points if Larry Mac says his last name.</p><div><br /></div>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-64341807754239894392024-02-20T08:10:00.001-05:002024-02-20T08:10:27.752-05:00The Hero Card Project 2024: PREVIEW (+Trading Cards Preview)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDwwe-CZv7Y6fiZemtsLIQczqg2zEiWu0Sz77fHgg_T83mOhXXRZorA2CD3AwoYMhJsl1oQEmgEhvR32ex1jyybbhWIU5U_Y5edWscjevJJkLmo9lBVaRHhcZncC4ZezxyD4Khj1084vudAP7YAkokc5t8wC-UpaRHm7KLMuFG0i-_ef9ZWkkxUqYfYg/s525/banner2024%20hero%20cards.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDwwe-CZv7Y6fiZemtsLIQczqg2zEiWu0Sz77fHgg_T83mOhXXRZorA2CD3AwoYMhJsl1oQEmgEhvR32ex1jyybbhWIU5U_Y5edWscjevJJkLmo9lBVaRHhcZncC4ZezxyD4Khj1084vudAP7YAkokc5t8wC-UpaRHm7KLMuFG0i-_ef9ZWkkxUqYfYg/s16000/banner2024%20hero%20cards.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For the past few years I’ve mailed out for Hero Cards, the free glossy card-stock giveaways provided by race teams. And I’ve chronicled them here, keeping track of which teams responded the fastest, who send the most cards, and who included (unrequested) autographs. And 2024 will be no different! This year I’ll be sending out my requests (containing self addressed stamped envelopes, of course) on or about March 15th. That gives teams plenty of time to have their 2024 cards ready to go. If you want more information on these great (essentially) free items from race teams, check out this article: <a href="https://spaderacing.blogspot.com/2023/04/how-to-collect-hero-cards.html">https://spaderacing.blogspot.com/2023/04/how-to-collect-hero-cards.html</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And the new sets of trading cards should be good to go by next Tuesday!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRYTWCkzBnjy1GM3QpygZY90xAq5ceagN5UCON3r8EXh96sBTTN-sc3rnLRtOAGOBl1ZTb1_Z4Bgm2LlBFwwKOAXyJhgTqK3g79tc6sZocZOpKk6e5RKTHgXKZfrMuT5Ys6ETObIwKCs1sBOjRoILGqc4YOVzzmjpit2A4LdrD1u8Mwc5AC_CoAXhX_w/s2016/IMG_2912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRYTWCkzBnjy1GM3QpygZY90xAq5ceagN5UCON3r8EXh96sBTTN-sc3rnLRtOAGOBl1ZTb1_Z4Bgm2LlBFwwKOAXyJhgTqK3g79tc6sZocZOpKk6e5RKTHgXKZfrMuT5Ys6ETObIwKCs1sBOjRoILGqc4YOVzzmjpit2A4LdrD1u8Mwc5AC_CoAXhX_w/s320/IMG_2912.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrVr7B87JRsNjR4vQG9XVpG-SV_Z2szp_QlzAm9x5xgJRkftbZn2HE_GvhC5tfVHYZGcjTSxCvXOZT5KBTHz_QNwGtTV7Q3I05a42N1V4G8hqcqF86Rn5meCSNCaDWOV30uo1tlyWx9_3uvTc6nAtpkgv5Z6KxjsPJJZRy3U0KbtEqH7JHvzXuX0Urzc/s2016/IMG_2913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrVr7B87JRsNjR4vQG9XVpG-SV_Z2szp_QlzAm9x5xgJRkftbZn2HE_GvhC5tfVHYZGcjTSxCvXOZT5KBTHz_QNwGtTV7Q3I05a42N1V4G8hqcqF86Rn5meCSNCaDWOV30uo1tlyWx9_3uvTc6nAtpkgv5Z6KxjsPJJZRy3U0KbtEqH7JHvzXuX0Urzc/s320/IMG_2913.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-3380497937305508412024-02-19T08:03:00.003-05:002024-02-19T08:03:50.949-05:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1978: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1kbyuTXZzbKnvabsHJibN1KBZ3vktwiZf-oqTVRth2DYC9CtGH8oIfWhUgOqehS5MVhWIiZTsDQebCpzDE_K-cj70vKpCAR25-sTBAGNfdfptW0qC7qtpZa9hPynC5aIhRbZuYGLcWmKgtpU9AZCct9cfmlOzCh3eTjKBn1e2A_1d1h1ydQAxDbqFnw/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1kbyuTXZzbKnvabsHJibN1KBZ3vktwiZf-oqTVRth2DYC9CtGH8oIfWhUgOqehS5MVhWIiZTsDQebCpzDE_K-cj70vKpCAR25-sTBAGNfdfptW0qC7qtpZa9hPynC5aIhRbZuYGLcWmKgtpU9AZCct9cfmlOzCh3eTjKBn1e2A_1d1h1ydQAxDbqFnw/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1978</b></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Ronnie Thomas (Robertson). <b>Runners Up:</b> Roger Hamby (Hamby), Blackie Wangerin (Wangerin), Baxter Price (Price/Cronkite), Al Holbert (Hylton). <b>Aborted Attempts:</b> none</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> Ronnie Thomas edged Roger Hamby for the 1978 ROTY title…and neither did much of anything in the driver’s seat again. With that being said, we can grade on a curve with all these drivers racing almost exclusively in underfunded “independent” operations. However, with THAT being said, Blackie Wangerin’s stretch of failing to qualify for the Daytona 500 in eight straight attempts in nine years gives you an idea of what we’re dealing with here.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact”</b> about the winner: Both Ronnie Thomas and his father Jabe have Wikipedia pages that read like “OK, we’re just going to paraphrase from Racing-Reference.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#40 </b>out of 50 </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-92216641758069123762024-02-18T13:02:00.001-05:002024-02-18T13:02:10.745-05:00BREAKING NEWS: Martin Truex Jr. Announces Plans for 2025<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwtSv-avq45od6-nTbZ3E4F7410aDwZCrsg2o2n4wFvfn54Srwh5-yY0X-cHdCrUyjxG8X4oY7KGjo_Hnsf9Jh5gcMX8T2MFtusZxtJ1TPfx8WJ02pTQYfhcOwKAR0b0t2A1JLwMjrBCd3yH_o3SM2zTyZv4ANLdlLDrve5pvp8WQHhfRj_bfmmW2_5I/s525/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwtSv-avq45od6-nTbZ3E4F7410aDwZCrsg2o2n4wFvfn54Srwh5-yY0X-cHdCrUyjxG8X4oY7KGjo_Hnsf9Jh5gcMX8T2MFtusZxtJ1TPfx8WJ02pTQYfhcOwKAR0b0t2A1JLwMjrBCd3yH_o3SM2zTyZv4ANLdlLDrve5pvp8WQHhfRj_bfmmW2_5I/s16000/banner2024%20lap%20zero.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After months of speculation former Nascar Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. has announced his long-awaited plans for 2025.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDVvH8jHtP2bXiLEKf2HoHMC27Y555Edxn6-wsRkv2zwStc3MR1nMoWe0FdJ-69Z8O_8jywbD5a-jSDn7QBNpnIyShhJU-WCSLDRb2H7UGJ42b4LuM7foGAQXuXAlYbdDAsbiMfq4zboo_dAlE1CaeHxL1u9ZApRksjuiZOwEVgzZT9z66rRO0pv8MkE/s285/Martin_Truex_Jr._Sonoma_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="220" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDVvH8jHtP2bXiLEKf2HoHMC27Y555Edxn6-wsRkv2zwStc3MR1nMoWe0FdJ-69Z8O_8jywbD5a-jSDn7QBNpnIyShhJU-WCSLDRb2H7UGJ42b4LuM7foGAQXuXAlYbdDAsbiMfq4zboo_dAlE1CaeHxL1u9ZApRksjuiZOwEVgzZT9z66rRO0pv8MkE/w154-h200/Martin_Truex_Jr._Sonoma_2023.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“Well, I have a cousin who said they’re planning a wedding to her boyfriend for January, so that’ll take up a long weekend, since they’re up in (New) Jersey”, Truex told a Spade Racing reporter in an exclusive pre-race interview this morning. “They got engaged on Valentine’s Day, so I’ll have plenty of time to find a gift for them.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Truex has frequently played it coy when it came to any of his future plans, but was willing to come clean with his goals for beyond this season.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“I do Thanksgiving at my place every odd-numbered year, so that’ll be happening in 2025”, Truex said. “I usually get something catered, but I might see if I can do a turkey in the oven by then—people seem to like the homemade touch.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The popular driver said that his post-2024 plans will be heavily influenced by financial and competitive factors.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“I have a CD that I took out that’ll come due around May of 2025, so I’ll have to decide what to do with that money”, Truex said. “Also, I usually do a March Madness pool with some buddies from my hometown, but I lose every damn year. Why keep doing it if I never win? I dunno—maybe if I actually finish in the top five this year I’ll keep paying in.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Regardless, Truex seemed to appreciate the questions about his plans beyond the end of the 2024 season.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">“Hey, thanks for checking in with me”, Truex told our reporter as he got up to leave for the drivers’ meeting. “And that’s for not asking me about retirement—I can’t stand when places try to retread their tires, its so cheap.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-2508593002892039242024-02-15T09:51:00.001-05:002024-02-15T09:51:46.926-05:00DAYTONA Race Picks: Uncle Max vs. 13th Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZM80Ym4YjXpB6sVCD2xAeKk0ULlOIPH-4rpAuImj0m39sUncQxqdlGboSYvMlNCpcEH9oww77CVfehyphenhyphen8sL7xhGg4SbV9-0KtnbgdUXSOnvrZHDcFQgBj-SdyPkYEgmieER5bWLAROeYwlAtE_bdZh1b7MEFdt2kG3SkUbWtbazzyiIjv1OzSBxWulEk/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZM80Ym4YjXpB6sVCD2xAeKk0ULlOIPH-4rpAuImj0m39sUncQxqdlGboSYvMlNCpcEH9oww77CVfehyphenhyphen8sL7xhGg4SbV9-0KtnbgdUXSOnvrZHDcFQgBj-SdyPkYEgmieER5bWLAROeYwlAtE_bdZh1b7MEFdt2kG3SkUbWtbazzyiIjv1OzSBxWulEk/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>I’m back! Yep, Mike’s Uncle Max is back to make picks throughout the entire 2024 season. I hope everyone had a good offseason—I know I did! I had a great holiday both in and out of work, then got some much-needed bonus “staycation” time in January. With renovations starting at my store pretty soon, plus my annual vacation to my buddy’s shore house in early summer, it’s shaping up to be a great first half of the year.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>For those of you unfamiliar with the picking system here, it goes like this: I make picks for every single points race in the three major touring series. In Cup I pick two favorites, plus an underdog/dark horse who could surprise you. I usually pick Cup races against something (or someone) and this year is no different, as I’ll be going against last week’s (or, in the case of Daytona, The Clash’s) thirteenth place driver.</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Now, its pretty funny that my nephew chose for me go against whoever comes in thirteenth in the previous race. As anyone who knows me will tell you, I cannot stand the number thirteen. Heck, I even have trouble typing it! So call me superstitious, but there’s a reason why the one place at work I won’t work is in Aisle 13!</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Friday Night TRUCK SERIES <b>Fresh From Florida 250: COREY HEIM</b>—over/under on Michael Waltrip “Heim Time” puns set at 2.5.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES <b>United Rentals 300: SAM MAYER</b>—#1 win this year for car #1.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday CUP SERIES <b>Daytona 500:</b> <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>13th Place Picks Tyler Reddick.</b></span> FAVORITE:<b> DENNY HAMLIN</b>—will he finally win that elusive championship this year? No. NEXT FAVORITE:<b> TY GIBBS</b>—will he make “the leap” to regular race winner this year? Yes. DARK HORSE:<b> JUSTIN HALEY</b>—will anyone remember that he won at Daytona before? Probably not.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pack 24: Austin times three, its plain to see, that’s it for me</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmMFmoRabz3byRHY617HGWWOqkgOe3RjtJQRS8CdvaG8cLPy4uNGL1YbDMfqnZHJkshy7Ug8rSUkXKBC2DxAMt5wBZFnUAI3ZPXszhECMaWQiT3ztVKiPHR5DAdSsureU5BdHpVo1XCHksNLMhhJ2qJeHOLIteyOoBYXKgvkpHQreQKzfwfmvkkB-laY/s4032/IMG_7831.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: He has enough big wins for two drivers—which is a good thing, considering his brother’s racing record.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">SAY WHAT: “Vroom, vroom, etc. ok that’s enough for this set”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RATING: 4 checkered flags out of 10</p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-27090076064562450192024-02-12T08:06:00.001-05:002024-02-12T08:06:28.940-05:00NASCAR ROTY RANKINGS 1977: Ranking the Rookie of the Year Classes Through the Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-3L_BqL4enLzN8AVEzt8-2O6UbYJ4yfeIjxNQjKuYgQNiunMqo7u_ZyLD43VTGwz5Ccj1F6uJ1C-Z0He9rxrpEVCiPQ0F1OBqnRwQadBVq5EVDTgMZYJFd9uBeVdztJhHqx695XDTP95leXOqVNL4V5ohBf1h13d_Z0i7fwxaRfjgdT2dVXyBTzAI6Q/s525/banner2024%20ROTY.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-3L_BqL4enLzN8AVEzt8-2O6UbYJ4yfeIjxNQjKuYgQNiunMqo7u_ZyLD43VTGwz5Ccj1F6uJ1C-Z0He9rxrpEVCiPQ0F1OBqnRwQadBVq5EVDTgMZYJFd9uBeVdztJhHqx695XDTP95leXOqVNL4V5ohBf1h13d_Z0i7fwxaRfjgdT2dVXyBTzAI6Q/s16000/banner2024%20ROTY.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QTrvCo5roYXUaZpY7hvKCE2IvLee3Gy1YRjlfmG-5i1BOanOgN7JJ9Nb1ekB-O40Oldl5YqMBcZYQ2GdsbziZCAVg8jwMYAhc4ntOtn9YS7irj4yaeRT2G0yREncwkgFPgC0pbWGQRwY_8LQaHwDLeAjerCqtDaUOvAb_Wlk0sZFMEkWgbMmq9wOmIA/s320/1977Rudd.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ricky Rudd</i></td></tr></tbody></table>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.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1977</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Winner:</b> Ricky Rudd (Rudd). <b>Runners Up:</b> Sam Sommers (MC Anderson), Janet Guthrie (Lynda Ferreri), Tighe Scott (Walter Ballard), Tommy Gale (Langley/Gray), Gary Myers (Myers). <b>Aborted Attempts:</b> none</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>How their careers turned out:</b> Ricky Rudd wound up having one of the most-consistent careers in Nascar, as well as being one of the few drivers to successfully transition from a major team to owner-driver. There’s virtually no information about Sam Sommers, Tighe Scott, Tommy Gale, or Gary Myers, but at least none of them abandoned Nascar to run IndyCar.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>“Fun” “Fact”</b> about the winner: Ricky Rudd got his big break in 1982 with Richard Childress Racing, then two years later became the first of many drivers to be royally screwed-over by Dale Earnhardt.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ranking: <b>#26 </b>out of 50</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-5947536759097057882024-02-11T13:55:00.001-05:002024-02-11T13:55:16.975-05:002024 Race Picks PREVIEW + Super Bowl Bingo: Uncle Max Returns!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXiyD1B4DDiXNJck6lj4DitvQCfLXdsO3yEBNV2AEHA9_KogJXzibsMcW7vMBDihX5AZib4LYvMSRzFFjLWCrYZLTJmfpyR87w9L9uf_1yvv58ZXStqxiUbKOC-H68AerLWEJb97v6O8Do-EBoPAAxYGCUsBGJ_YNH5YgyjpG0BHwAoswwUfRVnTkZGU/s525/banner2024%20picks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXiyD1B4DDiXNJck6lj4DitvQCfLXdsO3yEBNV2AEHA9_KogJXzibsMcW7vMBDihX5AZib4LYvMSRzFFjLWCrYZLTJmfpyR87w9L9uf_1yvv58ZXStqxiUbKOC-H68AerLWEJb97v6O8Do-EBoPAAxYGCUsBGJ_YNH5YgyjpG0BHwAoswwUfRVnTkZGU/s16000/banner2024%20picks.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Good news everyone—despite last year’s dull contest between Uncle Max and the Tarot card deck, Uncle Max is back again with a new competitor! That’s right, my Uncle Max—assistant retail store manager, budding Nascar fan, and gambling enthusiast—will make his picks for all three national touring series races every weekend (with three separate picks for all Cup points races). This year he’ll be going against the only thing with worse luck than that Tarot deck—the number thirteen. That’s right—every week Uncle Max will pick against the previous race’s 13th place finisher, and we’ll get to see if bad luck continues, is refuted, or rubs off on the ol number thirteen.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Furthermore, although this has little to nothing to do with Nascar, here’s my annual Super Bowl commercial bingo cards. The only rule is that you can only mark off one square per commercial (so if, say, there’s a black and white animated commercial, you can only mark off one or the other). 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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/100-STOCK-RACING-WHAT-Unauthorized/dp/1986764141/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=100+stock+car+racing+what+ifs&qid=1643571788&sr=8-1">100 Stock Car Racing What Ifs Unauthorized</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-75663869658315672922024-02-10T10:25:00.002-05:002024-02-10T10:25:38.629-05:00Spade Racing’s 2024 Season Previews: A School of Thought PART 4 TRUCKS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpHpmQrZ-pU2m8778Bw8oTDuspBKD1lDnnX11BzhGrQirYtvYHX6jGwnTKvvKfa5eyDfM_Pqwoa01iWQ8h5NFCIKZ8udftnsbP_lIZvrDLtIF7vfWQeKx1zDOn__i0r1WznbvD-qevU4tboe6w3dJB_xMEIeeXQzW427IxsL6W1FL5P5eSZvw3Ex2NB0/s525/banner%202024%20previews.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpHpmQrZ-pU2m8778Bw8oTDuspBKD1lDnnX11BzhGrQirYtvYHX6jGwnTKvvKfa5eyDfM_Pqwoa01iWQ8h5NFCIKZ8udftnsbP_lIZvrDLtIF7vfWQeKx1zDOn__i0r1WznbvD-qevU4tboe6w3dJB_xMEIeeXQzW427IxsL6W1FL5P5eSZvw3Ex2NB0/s16000/banner%202024%20previews.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s a 4-part preview for the 2024 season as Nascar goes “back to school”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1.) Cup Series Driver Preview: The 36 Types of Drivers</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2.) Cup Series Team Rankings: Making the Grade</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">3.) Xfinity Series Team & Driver Preview: Breaking Down the Class</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>4.) Truck Series Team & Driver Preview: Jocks to Watch</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All information is as accurate as possible at time of writing—drivers, sponsors, owners, and bad jokes subject to change.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ah, high school sports. Where some of us reach the heights of our athletic glory, some of us try to improve our popularity, some of us do it for fun, and some of us just try to pad out our extra-cirriculars for college. So let’s take a boys basketball team for example: who do each of the full-time 2024 Craftsman Truck Series drivers fit in?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Chevrolet </b><span style="color: blue;"><b>Ford</b></span><b> </b><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>Toyota</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>VARSITY</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMRhxYjmU8FpjAg06rjq5OwkhHTn_nPTQ6oSMnry6Ku1CS9yfRhH5YQdyTrFHfpD7zhqaRgRZpPRBM-Yf8cO8qD-RTId3ze1JG5V2PzOKFI1ZnwRe6HzY0r_Iw5hxwqiajHnoTuMqJZS7K0FQ3uo5XAoHb_fRb4XB_6g2ywzp9PwncEjMCxU-pqjlC40/s1067/Ben_rhodes_(53078357084)_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMRhxYjmU8FpjAg06rjq5OwkhHTn_nPTQ6oSMnry6Ku1CS9yfRhH5YQdyTrFHfpD7zhqaRgRZpPRBM-Yf8cO8qD-RTId3ze1JG5V2PzOKFI1ZnwRe6HzY0r_Iw5hxwqiajHnoTuMqJZS7K0FQ3uo5XAoHb_fRb4XB_6g2ywzp9PwncEjMCxU-pqjlC40/w150-h200/Ben_rhodes_(53078357084)_(cropped).jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben Rhodes</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: blue;"><b>99 Ben Rhodes (ThorSport)</b></span> SENIOR. Starting center. Star player, multiple time local paper’s “Player of the Week”, only one on the team with a scholarship to play the sport in college.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>11 Corey Heim (Tricon)</b></span> SOPHOMORE. Starting point guard. Youngest player in the starting lineup, has a bit of an attitude but can always back it up.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>19 Christian Eckes (MHR)</b> JUNIOR. Starting small forward. Earned starting spot last season, plays angry after the emcee says his name wrong in player intros.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>9 Grant Enfinger (CR7)</b> SENIOR. Starting shooting guard. Shifted to his new position for this season, refers to himself as “Champion” as a motivational tool, already taking classes at a local community college.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>98 Ty Majeski (ThorSport)</b></span> JUNIOR. Starting power forward. Biggest “gym rat” on the team, works constantly on his jump shot.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>88 Matt Crafton (ThorSport)</b></span> SENIOR. Sixth man. Can play any position but prefers to play forward, already considering a post-college job as a teacher/coach, only player on the team with a full beard.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>2 Nick Sanchez (Rev)</b> SOPHOMORE. Reserve guard. Shortest player on the team but can crossover almost anyone, nicknamed “Mad Dog”, JV coach nearly threw him off the team for fighting last year.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>52 Stewart Friesen (HFR)</b></span> SENIOR. Backup center. Far better known for his prowess on the football and baseball teams, jokes about lack of playing time, enters games by saying “Its time to get down and dirty”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>77 Chase Purdy (Spire)</b> JUNIOR. Reserve forward. Likes to change up jersey numbers, has yet to score points in a varsity game.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>18 Tyler Ankrum (MHR)</b> JUNIOR. Backup point guard. Dad teaches at the school and is the local union rep, currently dating the foreign exchange student named Liuna.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>38 Layne Riggs (Front Row)</b></span> FRESHMAN. Reserve swingman. Youngest player on the varsity squad but comes in with lots of AAU success, dad was a decent player at the school 20 years ago.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>25 Ty Dillon (RackleyWAR)</b> SENIOR. Backup center/forward. Transferred into school a few weeks ago and barely made the team, great at making friends in new places, displaced the local newspaper editor’s nephew from the lineup.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>JV</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1EoQ4J7jTdl8rb7pt0GA5mmqvgoNTUzyYmoJGHU2YQmE0Rd8PICBV7jqI60YVLnm_vXDA2YD5kAi6VC6D15gkr39Z7Iug6bVeMIEd1Owxsco2cCe8gr3HOc8LjbF9Wn3gM1BkLOf0tIBZ_ZWK5nBQQMit_taQF9lbUtQDSWwPXrLII6OKuAirr8Nrw0/s1024/Daniel_Dye_Phoenix_2021.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1024" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1EoQ4J7jTdl8rb7pt0GA5mmqvgoNTUzyYmoJGHU2YQmE0Rd8PICBV7jqI60YVLnm_vXDA2YD5kAi6VC6D15gkr39Z7Iug6bVeMIEd1Owxsco2cCe8gr3HOc8LjbF9Wn3gM1BkLOf0tIBZ_ZWK5nBQQMit_taQF9lbUtQDSWwPXrLII6OKuAirr8Nrw0/w200-h196/Daniel_Dye_Phoenix_2021.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel Dye</td></tr></tbody></table><b>43 Daniel Dye (MHR)</b> SOPHOMORE. Starting center. Family is friends with the coach’s family, wears a jersey number that was previously retired by the school, very active in charitable efforts.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>13 Jake Garcia (ThorSport)</b></span> FRESHMAN. Starting shooting guard. Aiming for “Most Improved Player” award at the end of the season.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>33 Lawless Alan (Reaume)</b></span> FRESHMAN. Starting small forward. Just moved from a much larger school in the city, rumored to have a past behind him.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>15 Tanner Gray (Tricon)</b></span> & <span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>17 Taylor Gray (Tricon)</b></span> FRESHMEN. “Time share” at point guard. Fraternal twin brothers, seem to have been around the sport forever even though they’re just 14.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>32 Bret Holmes (BHR)</b> JUNIOR. Power forward. Oldest player on the JV squad, prefers to get playing time, already owns his own business he works on weekends.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>46 Thad Moffitt (Faction46)</b> FRESHMAN. Sixth man. Wildest hair on the squad, already has money invested in the stock market.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>56 Timmy Hill (Hill)</b></span> SOPHOMORE. Backup center/forward. “Does the most with the least”, “A real team player”, “Does the stuff that doesn’t show up in the box score”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>76 Spencer Boyd (FRE)</b> SOPHOMORE. Backup guard. New kid, decent player but strangely seems to be obsessed with puns.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>41 Bayley Currey (Niece)</b> & <b>42 Matt Mills (Niece)</b> SOPHOMORES. Backup forwards. Best friends, refer to each other as “the bench mafia”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>5 Dean Thompson (Tricon)</b></span> SOPHOMORES. Left bench. May quit team by end of season.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.moxoc.com">www.moxoc.com</a></p>Mike Macklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15832948657215566742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261135142825870888.post-58903855295296770392024-02-09T10:48:00.002-05:002024-02-09T10:48:51.707-05:00Spade Racing’s 2024 Season Previews: A School of Thought PART 3 XFINITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_K8GEB6wRk7l6NpvRBpjo-YUSZvCN4Z1jmaIqY66FV_ACdFSJWrQqWVUd8G5ndHrocZ9-rsUzUj9RWQQy9T6y202_6L-0PP7_azKOhw-ApKR5sJzx86OXyXW_ePWFR90HX3To10L2cfmtAyLGHLg2xQpWoBzqZCgD2bQRNWLDwDg-uNdol9EfwEPCDs/s525/banner%202024%20previews.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_K8GEB6wRk7l6NpvRBpjo-YUSZvCN4Z1jmaIqY66FV_ACdFSJWrQqWVUd8G5ndHrocZ9-rsUzUj9RWQQy9T6y202_6L-0PP7_azKOhw-ApKR5sJzx86OXyXW_ePWFR90HX3To10L2cfmtAyLGHLg2xQpWoBzqZCgD2bQRNWLDwDg-uNdol9EfwEPCDs/s16000/banner%202024%20previews.png" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s a 4-part preview for the 2024 season as Nascar goes “back to school”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1.) Cup Series Driver Preview: The 36 Types of Drivers</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2.) Cup Series Team Rankings: Making the Grade</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>3.) Xfinity Series Team & Driver Preview: Breaking Down the Class</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">4.) Truck Series Team & Driver Preview: Jocks to Watch</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All information is as accurate as possible at time of writing—drivers, sponsors, owners, and bad jokes subject to change.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There’s about as many full-time Xfinity drivers to make up an entire overcrowded class in high school. But what if we broke them up by skills, proficiency, and how much they’re being helped by their parents? Because if there’s one thing public schools do well, it's preparing kids for the caste system of society.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Chevrolet </b><span style="color: blue;"><b>Ford</b></span><b> </b><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>Toyota</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b># DRIVER (team) <i>Drivers in Italics are Rookies</i></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>GIFTED & TALENTED: </i></b><i>THE SMARTEST OF THE SMARTEST KIDS, THE WINNINGEST OF THE WINNINGEST DRIVERS</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6a1rfpZcf6h7MwU8IT0hW8JIL6h6Ybf-nODdoyxbwiZ2oT3klWOcAhVY7MUa4Lq5_be0NfOMl1QKfgOvbOBznVoCE7MSyN__arOz-VpDukq_JykQmdm-3sKPJUfIs7PHhdJTZTQ9BpTQYe4nG8dLC-zBSjXj4-Y468DEJEsmrIcCuDCA2cae3SfYg_0/s1064/Justin_Allgaier_Sonoma_2023.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6a1rfpZcf6h7MwU8IT0hW8JIL6h6Ybf-nODdoyxbwiZ2oT3klWOcAhVY7MUa4Lq5_be0NfOMl1QKfgOvbOBznVoCE7MSyN__arOz-VpDukq_JykQmdm-3sKPJUfIs7PHhdJTZTQ9BpTQYe4nG8dLC-zBSjXj4-Y468DEJEsmrIcCuDCA2cae3SfYg_0/w151-h200/Justin_Allgaier_Sonoma_2023.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Justin Allgaier</td></tr></tbody></table><b>7 JUSTIN ALLGAIER (JR Motorsports) </b>The Little Gator (or Thunder if you’d prefer) is always a threat to win in the Xfinity Series—both races and championships. And it’s hard to root against anyone who’s run a corn-on-the-cob racing stripe on your car.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>00 COLE CUSTER (Stewart-Haas) </b></span>Last year’s champion rebuilt his career with a trio of wins, including one in the championship finale. Will he make it back to Cup? That likely depends on sponsorship, but I hope he does, as Nascar could always do with a 00 in the Cup Series (ok, ok, I just want another Buckshot Jones throwback scheme).</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1 SAM MAYER (JR Motorsports) </b>2023 was a breakout year for Mayer, who posted his first four Xfinity Series race wins. This could be the year he shows if he is worthy of being poached by the Wood Brothers for Cup, or if he’s merely a lowly Front Row Motorsports poaching-candidate.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>21 AUSTIN HILL (RCR) </b>Last year was another solid season for Hill, but can he make “the leap” to be a TRUE championship contender? Well, considering how much he seemed to loathe his teammate, I’d say “yes”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>16 AJ ALLMENDINGER (Kaulig)</b> The Dinger is back in the Xfinity Series! Was it a raw deal that he lost his full-time Cup ride? Well, considering that he still gets to do something most of us only dream of, merely at a slightly lesser-level, I’d say “nah”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>8 SAMMY SMITH (JR Motorsports) </b>The Double-S moves from Joe Gibbs Racing to JR Motorsports, Pilot/Flying J sponsorship in tow. Yes, it’s “tow”, not “toe”, unless his sponsorship was for some kind of nail fungus removal cream.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>STANDARD: </i></b><i>GOOD KIDS TRYING THEIR BEST, GOOD DRIVERS TRYING THEIR BEST</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX06rjRH8GOOaKnWundS78BHBTkd0_0tqjqgHnNdt3ZWiwmeIssT0rmHZF4TgINEn_glhUiAAfSdhIu_dxK1w2nI_d-wKB599hIpkkA5Ueiv9iU_GULTJYsBsXeRthvz7Hh7r32IP1vah6HpKO_yMPUKNDZZPQyNiIVu_37Uoxy9qLRk3NkK_zMq02MnQ/s1051/Sheldon_Creed_Sonoma_2023.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX06rjRH8GOOaKnWundS78BHBTkd0_0tqjqgHnNdt3ZWiwmeIssT0rmHZF4TgINEn_glhUiAAfSdhIu_dxK1w2nI_d-wKB599hIpkkA5Ueiv9iU_GULTJYsBsXeRthvz7Hh7r32IP1vah6HpKO_yMPUKNDZZPQyNiIVu_37Uoxy9qLRk3NkK_zMq02MnQ/w153-h200/Sheldon_Creed_Sonoma_2023.jpg" width="153" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheldon Creed</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>18 SHELDON CREED (Joe Gibbs) </b></span>Last year was filled with controversy at RCR, so perhaps a change to Joe Gibbs Racing will give him a chance at a fresh start. I don’t know what’s stranger—that a guy with no wins can cause so much trouble, or that there’s still someone named “Sheldon” who’s not an aging accountant.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #fb0207;"><b>81 CHANDLER SMITH (Joe Gibbs)</b> </span>He REALLY wanted out of Kaulig Racing, and he got his with. Now we’re left with two important questions: Can Smith prove he’s worthy of racing for a team that could get him a coveted top-flight Cup ride down the line, and will he run a Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing throwback paint scheme?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>9 BRANDON JONES (JR Motorsports) </b>A winless year looks bad for any driver with experience, but even worse when you’re on arguably the best team in the series. On the plus side, he’ll still get to make stilted Menards commercials with Dale Jr.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>48 PARKER KLIGERMAN (Big Machine) </b>Big Machine is a single-car team, but they DO have an alliance with RCR (they’re even based on the RCR campus in Welcome) and Parker’s shown he can win in the right situation. And if he doesn’t, he can always go back to talking about IndyCar on TV…for some reason.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>2 JESSE LOVE (RCR)</i> </b>Jesse Love lit up the ARCA series last year, and will get a great situation this year in the always-stout RCR Xfinity program. And most importantly of all, he seems to come from money (not that there’s anything wrong with that!).</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>97 SHANE VAN GISBERGEN (Kaulig/Trackhouse)</i> </b>SVG has a tall order to fill in 2024—proving he was not just a one-race wonder while making his full-season US debut AND adjusting to a brand-new country. Hey, SVG—when in doubt, order a la carte and bring your own soda with you, they won’t kick you out!</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>LEG-UP: </i></b><i>KIDS WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE, DRIVERS WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE</i></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCZfptbjuFJfYJAFlY0D7jUkq_WCybY4G_QShNOyN1NrxOpbjTF1E0cbU-DsyocHbkt3rvuyOpo9RzLyeOwDoUSdXJ8N7m1rgwd02tv4WG5Iy-U4I7K-XWhsRy3NdYqy2ZEYYJpJgGt_C3MpFAmOvA7lbLdfaboADOtqZBlOwM6S3R6Mc4AgNjCqpQp8/s1067/Jeb_burton_(51308482229)_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCZfptbjuFJfYJAFlY0D7jUkq_WCybY4G_QShNOyN1NrxOpbjTF1E0cbU-DsyocHbkt3rvuyOpo9RzLyeOwDoUSdXJ8N7m1rgwd02tv4WG5Iy-U4I7K-XWhsRy3NdYqy2ZEYYJpJgGt_C3MpFAmOvA7lbLdfaboADOtqZBlOwM6S3R6Mc4AgNjCqpQp8/w150-h200/Jeb_burton_(51308482229)_(cropped).jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeb Burton</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>27 JEB BURTON (JAR) </b>Jeb’s shown he can compete when he has good enough equipment—unfortunately those opportunities have been few and far between. At least he probably has lots of old MBNA t-shirts to wear.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>11 JOSH WILLIAMS (Kaulig) </b>Its a BIG step-up in equipment from DGM to Kaulig for Dale Jr’s favorite competitor. But he COULD prove the doubters wrong just like Landon Cas--er, scratch that one.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>31 PARKER RETZLAFF (JAR)</b> Parker’s shown he can compete for top-tens, but his equipment may be holding him back from competing for wins. On the plus side, running for Jordan Anderson means PLENTY of fawning press releases.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>5 ANTHONY ALFREDO (Our Motorsports)</b> The Our team is likely stuck in the mid-pack, but with the right situation (fuel mileage gamble, rain threat, etc.) Double-A could challenge for a win. And now I want pasta.</p><p style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>98 RILEY HERBST (Stewart-Haas) </b><span style="color: black;">He is what he is.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>REMEDIAL: </i></b><i>THE KINDS OF STUDENTS YOU SEE IN TUTORING ADS, THE KINDS OF DRIVERS YOU SEE IN 28TH PLACE</i></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i></i></b></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK2r0y16LyHClIuKrnFHm6wAsAyLDhy0h2_XKktXstZnadF9jBqyV3MUydEbhK5wen_mtpxvAo2maauvapuEk5QTKqenv5yksMAb_kL2o_AZajGMyldHxBGrTENyytSEwg4Yc4sDFbGI1LRT4IzrCz0Xl_X_2YxoQCaQJPPMbKDpY71GRsibzdTnORf4/s1067/Hailie_deegan_(51370769953)_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK2r0y16LyHClIuKrnFHm6wAsAyLDhy0h2_XKktXstZnadF9jBqyV3MUydEbhK5wen_mtpxvAo2maauvapuEk5QTKqenv5yksMAb_kL2o_AZajGMyldHxBGrTENyytSEwg4Yc4sDFbGI1LRT4IzrCz0Xl_X_2YxoQCaQJPPMbKDpY71GRsibzdTnORf4/w150-h200/Hailie_deegan_(51370769953)_(cropped).jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hailie Deegan</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>15 HAILIE DEEGAN (AM Racing)</i></b> </span>So Hailie showed nothing of note in the Truck Series, yet she got a ride in an Xfinity Series car. Nepotism AND lookism are still going strong, people.<p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>THE RSS TRIO (28 KYLE SIEG, 29 BLAINE PERKINS, 39 RYAN SIEG) </b></span>You can throw a blanket over these three, which includes The Official Underdog of Nascar. Not much to say here except I hope they have some strong runs and I hope they’re not run into by Riley Herbst.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>51 JEREMY CLEMENTS (Clements) </b>This family-owned car HAS won before, but mostly runs near the back. Its like a heart-warming father and son story, if the son was in his thirties and still struggling.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>43 RYAN ELLIS (Alpha Prime) & 44 BRENNAN POOLE (Alpha Prime) </b>The Alpha Prime cars seem to blend together, both on and off the track. Its great to see a new-ish team competing on a full-time basis with multiple drivers, and I hope they can do their Petty-esque numbers right (Pettys in the 1960s, not now).</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>4 DAWSON CRAM (JD Motorsports)</b> I dunno, I just miss those red FlexSeal cars.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><i>42 LELAND HONEYMAN (Young’s)</i></b> The Young’s team is making a go of it in the Xfinity Series…and that’s about all I know about this situation.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>91 KYLE WEATHERMAN (DGM)</b> This year’s forecast? How about we stop all the lame weather man jokes for a while.</p>
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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TO THE BACK: “Laundry”? What the heck kind of sponsor is that?!?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUfbyuEX2hb1ZGwzkYA1g8DrjNMg9l6K6LPYLIFjMb9ARoOH8a9IP5-qmgtlHxqL3ahkdZbzig87hcD8NMS1CriTDcdjn2LIFxCRQcHrvlEFmKx02ll3rbetS4G8a1YP1A0_PQXWi-oWDm2EZtGv17GSfwSDCnUrSnhXcHM2HvMCvb_GCgJqsm7dHdxg/s4032/IMG_7829.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUfbyuEX2hb1ZGwzkYA1g8DrjNMg9l6K6LPYLIFjMb9ARoOH8a9IP5-qmgtlHxqL3ahkdZbzig87hcD8NMS1CriTDcdjn2LIFxCRQcHrvlEFmKx02ll3rbetS4G8a1YP1A0_PQXWi-oWDm2EZtGv17GSfwSDCnUrSnhXcHM2HvMCvb_GCgJqsm7dHdxg/s320/IMG_7829.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">SAY WHAT: “All my years of bouncing around different teams and series will finally let me do what I always wanted in 2024—racing for a third-race Toyota team.”</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RATING: 5 green-white-checkers out of 10</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p>
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