Spade Racing Opens a Box of 2023 Donruss Cards, Pack 16 of 24

Pack 16: Chase’s car, a rising star, and a driver by far

FIRST LOOK: Here’s a look at one of the “car-centric” base set cards this year.  It’s nice, although you could have an entire second set with all the various sponsors and special schemes nowadays.  Now get off my lawn.

TO THE BACK: Its nice to see McDriver get some attention as a possible replacement for Aric Almirola after years as a journeyman, proving you can never be too old to shine.  Now get off his lawn.

SAY WHAT: “I’m a driver—you’ll never see me as a gimmicky announcer telling people to get off my lawn when they wreck my little brother.”

RATING: 5 patches of infield grass out of 10

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Track “Facts”: Charlotte Roval

Nascar races on all sorts of tracks, from short to long, oval to road course, concrete to asphalt.  Here’s a weekly look at all the tracks of Nascar’s National Touring Series.

CHARLOTTE ROVAL

2.28 mile asphalt oval/road course hybrid

Debuted 2018

Lights?  Yes

Series: Cup, Xfinity

Nicknames: The Roval, The Roval(tm)

THREE FUN FACTS:

1. As part of Nascar’s migration to more road course circuits, Charlotte Motor Speedway became the first “Roval” (Road+Oval=Roval) to host a Cup Series race, doing so in 2018.  It was a great, fun idea…so of course schmucks online had to voice their displeasure with change.

2. CMS applied for a trademark on the term “Roval”, hence why the fall race has it as part of their name.  Its not like Bank of America introduced a new credit card called “Roval Banking” or something.

3. The 2020 Roval race was the first time Nascar Cup used grooved rain tires in a race.  The “wets” had been used previously in practice and in testing, most-notably while practicing in Japan for the old exhibition race at Suzuka where Wally Dallenbach Jr. went off-track.

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Musically Declined: Nascar Runnin’ Wide Open—The Fastest Horse In A One Horse Town

In 1995 Nascar was starting to get hot.  Jeff Gordon was on his way to his first Cup championship, TV ratings were on the rise, and for the first time ever, stock car racing was somewhat cool.  So what better way to celebrate the sport’s success than with an album of bland middle-of-the-road country music?

The Song: The Fastest Horse In A One Horse Town

The Star: Billy Ray Cyrus

The Clip: https://youtu.be/oAviq37fBoY?si=1ll5-7DPm-045zKe

The Review: The song itself is ok enough, but the main conceit of the lyrics confuses me—if you want to be the fastest horse, that’s great, but if you’re in a one-horse town, that means there’s zero competition.  HUH?  Reminds me a bit of these guys who use family money to rise through the weekly series, then run out of cash in Xfinity and whine they’re just like us.

The Verdict: As someone who grew up with “Achy Breaky Heart”, I could without any more Billy Ray in my life, but this is ok.

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