RACING
Richard Petty
2023 Panini Prizm
White Sparkle #16
CGC Grade: GEM MT 10
The base set lays the foundation for the product, offering standard racer cards as well as subsets that dig deeper into the vehicles they drive. Like everything Prizm, it’s a chromium product, and being chrome means a generous assortment of parallels. The rainbows here are a mix of both colors and background patterns. White sparkle parallels are exclusive to the Panini website. Sometimes you can only purchase them with panini points and other times you can outright buy them. The price depends on the product. Panini doesn’t release a print run but people say there are about 20-30 copies of each player. It is common belief that they are super short printed. This would be one of those examples.
“The King, as he is widely known, Richard Petty is regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history, having statistically been one of the most accomplished drivers in the history of the sport. He competed for 35 seasons from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series).
Matt Kenseth #CB4
2023 Panini Prizm
Color Blast
CGC Grade: Pristine 10
Returning for a seventh year of chromium cards, 2023 Panini Prizm Racing NASCAR includes a selection of Optichrome parallels, inserts and autographs all dedicated to the stars of the track. The “Color Blast” set includes only 5 drivers, from Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick to Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon. Color Blast cards are some of the most eye-catching cards that Panini has ever created, and not only are they beautiful cards – they’re valuable cards, too. They’re an SSP, meaning they’re exceptionally tough pulls that have been as tough to find as one per case or even one per x-many cases. Color Blast cards are pretty close to “Kaboom” and “Downtown” cards in many ways: they’re artistic, they’re hard to pull, and they’re often very valuable. However, one of the most significant differences is that they haven’t been around for as long In fact, Colorblasts first hit the market in 2019 and have since been a tremendously popular super-short print or SSP.
Matt Kenseth advanced to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2000, and winning the final Winston Cup championship in 2003. Kenseth secured a rain-shortened victory at the Daytona 500 in 2009, and captured a second Daytona 500 title in 2012. As of 2022, he remains the last driver to compete in at least one NASCAR Cup Series race across four consecutive decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s).
Toni Breidinger
2023 National Treasures
Signatures – Silver
On-card autograph
Numbered 1-of-10
CGC Card Grade: GEM MT 10
CGC Auto Grade: 10
2023 Panini National Treasures NASCAR Racing highlights some of the best racers past and present. But, so do most of Panini’s products. What sets this one apart? It’s super-premium content that runs through all parts of the checklist. Hobby boxes contain just eight NT cards. However, all but one are hits — four autographs and three memorabilia cards. On-card ink is a central theme for National Treasures.
Breidinger formerly held the record for most United States Auto Club (USAC) wins for a female with 19. She also holds the record for the most top-tens of a female in any NASCAR series with 27 top-ten finishes. Toni competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage. In September of 20222, Breidinger announced that she was hired to be a model for Victoria’s Secret and participated in the VS 2023 Tour.
Jeb Burton
2022 National Treasures
Trackside Swatches 55-of-99
Dual race-used patches
PSA Grade: GEM MT 10
Back for a third straight season, 2022 Panini National Treasures Racing NASCAR brought us autographs and relics. The Trackside Swatches set checklist included only 10 cards, all of which were serial numbered to 99. Popular drivers were Jeb Burton, Daniel Hemric and Ty Dillon. This Jeb Burton card includes two, track-used materials from his ’22 season. In the prior nine years, Burton had raced in each of NASCAR’s three national series. Burton had a proven track record of successes including 1 win, 13 career Top 5’s, and 31 career Top 10 finishes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Ryan Vargas
2023 Chronicles
#CSRV Swatch
PSA Grade: GEM MT 10
Back for a fourth year, 2023 Panini Chronicles Racing NASCAR kept the brands coming while offering a mix of card stocks, including chromium and acetate designs. Hobby boxes averaged three autographs and one relic.
Stock car racing driver Ryan Vargas competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 30 Camaro for 3F Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 32 Camaro for Jordan Anderson Racing and No. 74 Chevrolet for Mike Harmon Racing. He also serves as the team and development director for 3F Racing.
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