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SPAD3 RACING ENJOYS MUCH-IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA

After a rough start, Special Protective Advance Defense Department Detachment (SPAD3) Racing’s relationship with the motorsports media has significantly improved over the past few weeks, which the team credits to an increased focus on a new media relations program.

Cover of the team's 2022 media guide

“We admit that we came on a little too strong in the beginning”, said Stacey Fox, SPAD3 Racing’s media relations coordinator. “But by presenting ourselves as who we really are—a simple race team trying to make it in this sport—we’ve found that we’ve been able to make the media much more compliant.”

“I am a supporter of SPAD3 Racing”, said longtime motorsports journalist Bob Wellington in a low, monotone voice. “I completely support whatever this team does going forward in pursuit of their ultimate goals. Victory is assured—dissent will not be tolerated.”

“I am a supporter of SPAD3 Racing”, agreed NASCAR radio personality Mara Tisch, whilst staring blankly into the middle distance. “I completely support whatever this team does going forward in pursuit of their ultimate goals. Victory is assured—dissent will not be tolerated.”

“You see? Everyone’s in agreement”, Fox said. “And if anyone doesn’t agree, we’d be glad to take them on a tour of our race shop—just make sure you budget at least 18 hours that day.”

For more information, visit the team’s official website at SPAD3.com.

3 in Their Third: A Monthly Spade Racing Series—May Report

Two years ago there were six rookie drivers. Last year four of them returned for their sophomore seasons. This year the three best are back once again for their third seasons in Cup—and just like over the past two years, we’ll be ranking them here at Spade Racing.

Just like in years past we’ll be utilizing the PRETTY grade—Performance Relative to Equating Team’s Typical Year—as a way to properly rank someone from a top-flight team like Joe Gibbs Racing against someone from a top-flight slumping team like Stewart-Haas Racing against someone from a mid-level operation like RCR.

Here’s where our three guys stack up heading into Dover:

1.) Tyler Reddick (Richard Childress Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 2nd (Bristol Dirt). PRETTY Grade: A. Tyler came thisclose to posting his first Cup win at Bristol, and if not for a last-place finish at Talladega last weekend, would be on the outer edges of the championship hunt. Time will tell what it will take for Reddick to make “the leap”, which could be something as small as a stroke of luck, something big like a major new sponsor, or something obvious like moving to a different race team.

2.) Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 3rd (COTA). PRETTY Grade: B. C.Bell is actually ahead of Tyler Reddick by a single point in the standings. However, Tyler gets the slight edge due to the better PRETTY grade and the better best race finish. Bell will likely need to notch a win to make the Playoffs and make this season more than just the year he reminded everyone that Yahoo still exists.

3.) Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing). 2022 Best Race Finish: 11th (Auto Club). PRETTY Grade: D-. Aric Almirola, Kevin Harvick, and Chase Briscoe are 10th, 11th, and 12th in the points standings respectively. Cole is 26th. Yeah, might be time for him to “take a management position” with the team so we can watch Riley Herbst DNF in the Cup Series for a change.

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UNCLE MAX vs. REPEAT WINNERS vs. THE ROULETTE WHEEL: Dover

Editor’s Note: Uncle Max is working overtime to get inventory done at work. His picks were texted to me below:

TRUCK SERIES off

Saturday Afternoon XFINITY SERIES A-Game 200 (1 win): AJ Allmendinger—AJ-Game.

Sunday CUP SERIES DuraMax 400: LAST RACE’S WINNER picks Ross Chastain. THE ROULETTE WHEEL picks 11th in points Kevin Harvick. FAVORITE (1 win): Alex Bowman—returning the 48 to its place of glory at Dover (not Downs). NEXT FAVORITE (1 win): William Byron—going from “good year” to “breakout year” at Dover (not International Speedway). DARK HORSE (1 win): Austin Cindric—following in the footsteps of Derrike Cope at Dover Motor Speedway.