Buzz Break: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster case)

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The box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster case)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Keep reading for a breakdown and highlights from a 20-box case ...

Boxes per case: 20
Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 1,200
Base set completion: 175 of 175 (100 percent)
Duplicates: No doubt ... between two and nine copies per standard card

Notables on base cards – Nearly everybody from the past and present is in this one ...

Rookie Cards (26) – Bubba Wallace (6), Cole Custer (3), Spencer Gallagher (8), Christopher Bell (3), William Byron (6)

Insert cards: 213 (all inserts in gallery below with the hits)
Variations (113 -- between two and nine of each) – Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne,Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Ryan Newman, Kyle Larson, A.J. Allmendinger, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Aric Almirola, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Erik Jones
Retro Variations (33 -- between four and nine of each) – Danica Patrick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart
Classics (7) – Kyle Busch, Bobby Labonte (2), Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rusty Wallace, Kyle Larson
Masters of the Track (3) – Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte
Next in Line (5) – Hailie Deegan, Harrison Burton, Zane Smith, Chase Cabre, Ty Majeski
Phenoms (7) – Spencer Gallagher, Kaz Grala, Cody Coughlin, William Byron, Noah Gragson, Grant Enfinger, Bubba Wallace
Studio (8) – Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney
Top Tier (3) – Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson
Pole Position (7) – Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Ryan Blaney, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr.
Classics Cracked Ice (1) – Kyle Busch (/999)
Phenoms Cracked Ice (1) – William Byron (/999)
Studio Cracked Ice (1) – Kevin Harvick (/999)
Top Tier Cracked Ice (2) – Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch (/999)
Pole Position Cracked Ice (2) – Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski (/999)
Gold Press Proof (1) – Paul Menard (/99)
Silver Press Proof (1) – Clint Bowyer (/49)
Gold foil parallel (9) – Chase Elliott, Ryan Newman, Danica Patrick, Brad Keselowski, Brendan Gaughan, Michael McDowell, Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch, Donnie Allison (/499)
Variation gold foil parallel (1) – Kevin Harvick (/499)
Green foil parallel (2) – Elliott Sadler, Kerry Earnhardt (/199)
Red foil parallel (5) – Alex Bowman, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Aric Almirola (/299)
Variation red foil parallel (1) – Matt Kenseth (/299)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 20
Signature Series (1) – Ryan Reed
Retro Signatures (1) – Chris Buescher
Retro Relics (2) – Aric Almirola, Greg Biffle
Racing Relics (3) – Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, Greg Biffle
Racing Relics Holo Gold (2) – Austin Dillon, Reed Sorenson (/99)
Rubber Relics (9) – Matt Kenseth, A.J. Allmendinger, Garrett Smithley, Ross Chastain, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Brandon Jones, Cole Custer, Todd Gilliland, Daniel Hemric
Rubber Relics Holo Gold (2) – Kyle Larson, Michael Annett (/99)

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked this one up last weekend in the first wave of the NASCAR Returns sale for the price of just a few boxes at original price. The volume of stuff here is really good save for the autographs -- while they dropped at least one and sometimes two per box in hobby there were just two in this one. Comparing original costs that just felt "off" here. Had there been some type of bigger name among the hits, it might not have stung as much -- but that's why I bit at a super-low price and not originally. Why rip in here? Look up autographs and parallels from Hailie Deegan here -- a key card can pay for a good chunk, if not everything (check completeds) depending on your price. She's not the only potentially big find here -- but she's the notable one as this is her debut product. I contemplated this or a handful of hobby boxes and went this route for the volume -- but only landed a single Deegan and a lower volume of certain things I had expected based on ripping a hobby box of this one back when it arrived. It's still a fun break overall with the variation volume in the red (in a good way) so look for the nicknames on the retro cards and centered type on the basic stuff.

Product Grade: A
Case Grade: B (case seemed light on top names for hits and way too light on ink)
Fun Grade: B+ (see above)

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