2024 Donruss: We go racing today as the 2025 NASCAR season starts at Daytona. Dale Jr. is still very relevant in the sport today. His company Dirty Mo Media has many media efforts including podcasts and he will be an announcer for TNT and Amazon Prime in 2025. He will be on 10 races I think during the summer months.
The Car cards are fun. We get to see the sponsors. I do wish we could see more action here. Maybe add some "Track Action" inserts showing spins, wrecks or major moments from the sport.
The base design is a bit meh to me. The tire tracks do work but the gray and lines just don't work. Give me a little car, a car number, or some type of logo and maybe this works better. Just kind of bland as is.
I like Unleashed which goes vertical in 2024. Again, the cards I'm showing off today are from six packs from my 2024 hobby box.
My two Red Parallel Suited Up Swatches. Christopher Bell was 5th in the 2025 standings, and it was his third year being in the top 5. Alex Labbe drove a total of 10 races in the Xfinity series and NASCAR Canada series.
Nice combo cards with Production Line inserts where we get to see both the driver and car as well as pertinent stat like 93 wins for one of the all-time greats, Jeff Gordon which is 3rd all-time.
We get a Red Xplosion Parallel #/99 on one of my two Dominators inserts. The Retro Series logo does say Retro, but I'd like to see something else on the card to help us get that feel.
Season Highlights card.
I do like these. Plenty of color and we get the driver and car on the card fronts. FedEx will not be a NASCAR sponsor for the first time in forever. This is a big loss for the #11 Denny Hamlin team who has had FedEx as a sponsor for a long time.
We'll end this post with a Burning Rubber insert which gives me some of the action I'm wanting to see and this really cool looking Black Velocity Prizm Optic Parallel #/39 of Rajah Caruth. Caruth finished 7th in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2024. Enjoy the race today. I'm excited for the season to start!
BREAKDOWN:
48 – Total Cards
16 – Retired Greats
6 – Optic
3 – Season Highlights
2 – Cars
2 – Race Kings
2 – Dominators
2 – Suited Up Swatches Red
1 – Unleashed
1 – Rated Rookie
1 – Burning Rubber
1 – Production Line
1 – Purple Parallel #/99
1 – Red Xplosion Parallel #/99
1 - Black Velocity Prizm Optic Parallel #/39
48 – Total Cards
16 – Retired Greats
6 – Optic
3 – Season Highlights
2 – Cars
2 – Race Kings
2 – Dominators
2 – Suited Up Swatches Red
1 – Unleashed
1 – Rated Rookie
1 – Burning Rubber
1 – Production Line
1 – Purple Parallel #/99
1 – Red Xplosion Parallel #/99
1 - Black Velocity Prizm Optic Parallel #/39
A. Those relics are pretty cool. Who wouldn't want to own a piece of a fire suit?
ReplyDeleteB. No idea who Britteny Zamora is... but it's cool to see more females being included on racing checklists.
There were quite a few ladies in the Arca race yesterday. It is good to see them more and more in the sport. Britteny no longer races on the NASCAR circuits.
DeleteI am excited for the NASCAR season to start today! Thanks for sharing these cards. I never found any NASCAR cards in 2024 so the look of these cards is new to me. I have to go with the Jeff Gordon for the win and Zamora in second.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the race and good picks.
DeleteOnce it got started, I really enjoyed the 500 and the best was having my favorite driver win back to back.
DeleteGreat win for Byron!
DeleteThe coolest card here is Caruth, but I don't follow the truck series at all.
ReplyDeleteSo the purple parallel Dale Jr. wins it. I at least know who he is.
It is a great looking card.
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