2012 Press Pass Ignite NASCAR Blaster

2012 Press Pass Ignite NASCAR: Playoffs start today!  This has been a fun season and I thought NASCAR did a great job being the first sport back and has also mixed up things with their schedule including two Cup races on a single weekend (double header) and making the night race at Daytona the final regular season race.  And what a race it was.  It was fun to watch start to finish as drivers vied for the final playoff spots.  Danica is a favorite of mine so this Rookie Card is a great place to start.

This was a 16 pack retail lot purchase from Blowoutcards.com.  You aren't seeing double.  The first card was Danica's NASCAR Spring Cup rookie card while this one is for the Nationwide Series (minor leagues).  Great seeing NASCAR legends like Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. on cardboard.

The design is pretty simple but OK.  I lean more toward the garage or track photos we see nowadays but these have their place.  The backs are missing stats.  The write ups are good but stats even in NASCAR go a long ways to telling the story about these drivers.  

Plenty of stars start to finish here.  Some of these guys were really good in 2012 but are now seasoned veterans with championships under their belt.  Denny Hamlin is the only one of this group not to win a championship yet but is the second seed going into this year's playoffs. Joey Logano (#4 seed) and Kevin Harvick (#1 seed) are also in the mix for another championship.  

Some of these don't scan well due to how they are made.  I like the Limelight insert.  Still not sure about the Profile inserts.

Seeing retired legends on cardboard is fun in any sport.  That is a Cyan Color Proof parallel of Brad Keselowski.  

I pulled a 4 Wide Firesuit relic #/10 of Kasey Kahne.  I really like these.  Just a cool looking card and the write up stated they are race used.

Again plenty of star power in this set.  More past champions including  my favorite, and two time champion, Kyle Busch.  He is actually the reigning champ and did make the playoffs this year but has struggled overall in 2020.  His brother Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. each have a championship under their belt as well.

I liked the photos on these inserts.  Nice zoomed in shots of the driver's rides.

It was really was fun opening these.  This season has been great and many of the key drivers are part of this set.  For the price of $9.77 this was a win.  I like the Steel Horses insert and the Dale Jr. car colors look good with the layout.

BREAKDOWN: 

80 – Total Cards

3 – Color Proof Cyan

2 - Profile

2 – Limelight

1 – Steel Horses

1 – Four Wide Relic #/10

1 – NASCAR Hall of Fame Blue