Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2021 Donruss Nascar Cards, Pack 23 and 24 of 24+

Join us (well, me) as we/I go through a box of 2021 Donruss Nascar Cards, pack-by-pack, week-by-week.

Pack 23—Petty Way Back, The Action Track, and The Oldsters Attack 

FIRST LOOK: Most fans only know Richard Petty as the cool older guy who owns a race team, so its always nice to see when he was the cool younger guy who drove his cars to win after win after win (repeat as necessary).

TO THE BACK: Um, a regular season championship is good, but getting one with an eighth-place finish isn’t really something to write home about.  I guess they mentioned it because he did so at Richmond, which is a hop, skip, and two states between away from his hometown.

SAY WHAT: “Before you make any elder-bashing jokes, remember that I stopped a robbery in process a few years back.”

RATING: 8 checkered flags out of 10

Pack 24—A Young Gun, The Other One, and NewDONE (kinda)

FIRST LOOK: Young Taylor Gray looks like this was approximately the 87th pose he had to do for this photo shoot.  Well, at least they didn’t need an 88th.

TO THE BACK: A friendly reminder that this is Bob Jenkins, restaurant and trucking magnate—not Bob Jenkins, longtime motorsports broadcaster.  This puts him in such company as CBS Sports’ Jim Brown and the other Reggie White.

SAY WHAT: “This part of the series is done for now.  I can’t contain my excitement.”

RATING: 5 burnouts out of 10

52 Pickup Racing Notches Top-40 Finish

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A season full of learning experiences is beginning to bear fruit for NASCAR Cup’s newest team, 52 Pickup Racing, who posted an impressive top-40 finish this past weekend.

“We really had a great piece today”, driver T.B. Dee said upon exiting his Monday Cigarettes race car.  “I mean, the front axle was really, really good—definitely the best piece of the race car this weekend.  Well, besides ME, of course.  Wait, no, that sounds conceited—don’t print that part.”

“We knew going into this season that it would be a tough one, but we’re in this for the long haul” said Dr. Eddie Geadle, one of the fifty-two co-owners of 52 Pickup Racing.  “And while that long haul might include a few pot holes, we’re not giving up.  Even if those pot holes require so many repairs that we have to invest extra money.  Again.”

The top-40 was cause for celebration around the nearly-completed race shop in Boogertown, North Carolina, where the team took time out from their busy schedule to soak in the success.

“Dang toilet overflowed again”, said driver T.B. Dee at the celebration.  “My socks are soaked.  Oh well, at least the water is clear.”

The team plans to up its goals for the rest of the season, not wanting to rest on its laurels.

“Nobody here is satisfied with just a top-40 finish”, Dr. Geadle said.  “We feel that with the right amount of work, the proper investments, and a little luck, we have the ability to crack the top-35 before year’s end.”

QUOTES: “Top the top-40, tomorrow the lead lap!  Well, not tomorrow, we don’t race till the weekend.” —T.B. Dee, driver of the 52 Pickup Racing Monday Cigarettes race car.

“T.B. Dee and the whole 52 Pickup Racing Team are a serious problem for NASCAR.” —Alan Rhodes, Green Flag Podcast.

ABOUT 52 PICKUP RACING: 52 Pickup Racing is NASCAR Cup’s newest race team.  Based out of Boogertown North Carolina, the team employs up-and-coming driver T.B. Dee and are burning the midnight oil to get ready for next week’s race…because of an electrical issue with their lights.

For more information please visit the 52 Pickup Racing website at www.52pickupracing.com

For all media inquiries please contact Moxoc Media at moxoc(at)moxoc.com

Brad Keselowski Hints at Vending Machine as Reason for Joining Roush Fenway

Brad Keselowski’s impending departure for Roush Fenway Racing in 2022 is currently Nascar’s worst-kept secret.  While reasons such as a minority ownership stake and outside business opportunities were suspected to be the cause of Keselowski’s departure from Team Penske, Brad K hinted today at the REAL reason—a better vending machine.

“Well, whatever your name is, being part of the RoushYates Engines and Ford Motorsports families, I’ve had a few chances to visit the Roush Fenway Racing campus”, Keselowski said in an exclusive interview with Spade Racing.  “And while the team hasn’t performed as well on track as they once did, one can’t help but be impressed with the vending machine they have in the employee break room.  I mean, really—you should see this thing!”

Keselowski then went on to detail the advantages of said vending machine, believed to be located between a soda vending machine of rather ordinary status and a trash can. 

“This thing has everything—they have Cooler Ranch Doritos, I haven’t had them since I was a kid!  And they have three different types of Ramen bowls.  That’s so convenient when you’re working late and don’t want to order out for a pizza.  I mean, this thing, whoever stocks it, knows what they’re doing!”

Keselowski then compared the RFR-located vending machine to the kind he normally encounters with his current team.

“I mean the Team Penske vending machines are alright, I guess, but the ones at Penske have way too many ‘healthy options’”, Keselowski reasoned.  “I mean, the Roush Fenway one has one or two low-calorie choices—you don’t need a whole refrigerated machine full of vegetables that nobody ever buys anyways.”

Out of respect for Team Penske and in accordance with his current contract, Keselowski has refused to confirm or deny the widely-spread rumor that he will be driving for a possibly-renamed Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing in 2022.  However, his vending machine comments seem to all but confirm his plans. 

“I can see it now, munching on some corn chips, then a nice Mr. Goodbar—when’s the last time you had one of those, huh?”, Keselowski said.  “Plus, I mean, who wouldn’t want to race for a team co-owner with a funny hat?”