Buzz Break: 2020 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2020 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 56
Set completion: 28 of 200 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Tony Stewart, Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Rusty Wallace, Tyler Reddick, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch

Rookie Cards (Rated Rookies) – Hailie Deegan, Jesse Little

Insert/short-print cards: 27 (all inserts and some base in gallery below)
Optic (5) – Hailie Deegan, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Gray Gaulding, Ryan Blaney
Optic Holo (1) – Kyle Larson
Optic Orange Pulsar (1) – Daniel Suarez
Orange parallels (7) – Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Brett Moffitt, Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer
Silver parallels (5) – Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Gray Gaulding, Cole Custer
Green parallels (1) – Riley Herbst (/99)
Aero Package (1) – Austin Dillon
Classics (1) – Darrell Waltrip
Classics Checkers (1) – Jeff Burton
Dominators Checkers (1) – Terry Labonte
New Age (1) – William Byron
Retro Series (1) – William Byron
Top Tier (1) – Danica Patrick

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Orange Race Day Relics (1) – Matt DiBenedetto (/250)

What's Buzz-worthy: Subsets are a heavy part of the machinery here as the 200-card base set is broken up in a few ways via a familiar approach -- Race Kings, Rated Rookies, drivers, cars and then Retro cardboard using the 1987 Donruss MLB design. This year's set seems to give a bumper tap to all of the oddball variations -- I didn't notice any here and they were very heavy in the past -- in favor of more parallels. (Oddly, I think that might be an improvement, though I liked the variations ... perhaps just not their overwhelming volume.) The Orange cards are apparently only found here for both standard stock and Optic and the plastic cards are found in every pack unless there's a hit. The two Hailie Deegan cards have sold together for the price of a blaster and her parallels are, as always, selling well along with ink so there's up-side to ripping into these if you land her on other versions. While she should be a future force in NASCAR, there are also past greats -- both Hall of Famers and recent retirees -- as well as today's current drivers to help the star power here. All in all, this is a comfortable format that delivers pretty well -- and there's good potential for the price as ink appears to be possible among hits here, too. If you want guaranteed ink and more action across the board, though, hit that link up top for a hobby box.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: A- (two Deegans helped make this a safer break)
Fun Grade: A+ (good volume of variety via the subsets and parallels)

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