Buzz Break: 2018 Panini Victory Lane NASCAR cards (blaster)

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The box: 2018 Panini Victory Lane NASCAR cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Click to see the full breakdown and a gallery of highlights.

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 10
Set completion: 6 of 100 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Chase Elliott, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Bill Elliott, Darrell Waltrip, Denny Hamlin

Insert/short-print cards: 3 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Silver parallel (1) – Erik Jones
Pedal to the Metal (1) – Chris Buescher
Race Day (1) – Brad Keselowski

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Engineered to Perfection Triple Materials (1) – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (/399)

What's Buzz-worthy: This is one that I never ripped into back when it arrived since there can be positives and negatives to be found with single-pack boxes. Since I recently ripped a newer hobby box version of this brand and was a little more impressed than I thought I might be, I dabbled here. Ultimately this feels like average results here but with a few notables that kept it from being a totally average box, though not by much. (Its reduced price also helped, it would have felt a little rougher at original cost.) I like the mix of past and present here along with the subsets and the etched-foil stock feels right for NASCAR, though the stock is quite thin here with dark colors that can showcase issues. (Generally, everything was clean here.) You get a hit in every box here -- and autographs card on-card sigs -- but for the safest break I'd hit the hobby boxes first. You can land most NASCAR mem cards on the cheaper side here and hobby boxes guarantee ink every time.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: B- (a couple names help from being totally average)
Fun Grade: C+ (one-pack box can be very hit and miss but subsets offer some good variety)

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