Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2017 Panini Absolute Racing (Hour 7)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 7.

The boxes: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing cards (10 blasters; half-case)
The cost: Click here 

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this lot: 51
Base set completion: 
16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Base cards – Denny Hamlin (2), Kyle Busch (2), Clint Bowyer, Austin Dillon, Chris Buescher, Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Alex Bowman, Harrison Burton, Carl Edwards, Jeff Hammond, David Ragan, Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Clint Bowyer

Rookie Cards – None

Insert cards: 23 (all cards from 10 boxes in gallery below)
Icons (2) – Dale Earnhardt Jr., Cale Yarborough
Icons Spectrum Blue (2) – Ned Jarrett, Michael Waltrip (/199)
Icons Spectrum Red (1) – Junior Johnson (/149)
RPM Spectrum Red (1) – Austin Dillon (/149)
RPM (1) – Daniel Suarez
Action Packed (2) – Danica Patrick, Kyle Busch
Precision (1) – Matt Kenseth
Spectrum Silver (7) – Kate Dallenbach, Jimmie Johnson, Daniel Suarez, Terry Labonte, Greg Biffle, Blake Koch (2) (/299)
Spectrum Blue (3) – Danica Patrick, Tony Gibson, Erik Jones (/199)
Spectrum Red (2) – Ty Dillon, Brett Bodine (/99)
Spectrum Gold (1) – Kurt Busch (/25)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 10
Tools of The Trade (2) – Jamie McMurray, A.J. Allmendinger
Tools of The Trade Spectrum Silver (2) – Alex Bowman, Brandon Jones (/99)
Tools of The Trade Dual (2) – Ryan Blaney, Jamie McMurray
Absolute Memorabilia Signatures (1) – Matt DiBenedetto
Absolute Memorabilia Signatures Spectrum Blue (1) – Corey Lajoie (/25)
Tools of The Trade Triple Signatures (1) – Corey Lajoie
Tools of The Trade Signatures Spectrum Red (1) – Cole Whitt (/25)

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What's Buzz-worthy: This is the second half of a case-size lot that I picked up for Panini National Racing Card Day for less than $100 -- see the first part here -- and it delivered pretty well but with a number of younger names when it came to the hits. ... As I said last time, this brand is one of my favorites from the Panini run so far because there is more upside here than you might expect for blasters. These boxes are just a single pack and they're ultimately a hobby pack with a hit and then a numbered card and an insert guaranteed. There are numbered parallels -- sometimes more than one -- in every pack along with a hit every time. The base set includes past and present names with some bigs in there, while the hits probably lean more toward the younger side and this batch of boxes shows that. Every auto pulled here is on-card -- a plus -- though the stock on these thick hits is soft so you will see some wear. (Bummer but it comes with the territory with hits and on-card ink.) Almost half of the cards in these boxes were numbered and generally speaking it felt like a pretty good rip from a collector standpoint. The resale can be hit and miss unless you land a big name but at a quarter of the original price I'm not all that worried about it. All in all, I liked this break and the presence of a dual-auto and a relatively rare patch-auto card shows that there's some heat to be found here.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (at this price -- rougher at full price)
Fun Grade: B+ (ripping in cheap volume makes dud boxes less painful and everything more fun)

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What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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