What: 2025 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards
Arrives: Oct. 24
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Prizm hits the track once again with plenty of past and present stars in the mix and with plenty of parallels and color -- just like previous years.

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What: 2025 Panini Turn Four NASCAR cards
Arrives: Sept. 26
Box basics:  Two encased autographs and one encased memorabilia card per four-card box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: The One approach hits NASCAR for the first time with three hits per box and a shot at a new take on a familiar favorite in other sports among the insert chases.

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What: 2025 Donruss NASCAR cards
Arrives: May 16
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per 16-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Donruss hits the NASCAR track once again with a release that's a smaller box this time around, packs an Optic card in every pack and showcases some new stars in its familiar lineup of inclusions.

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What: 2024 Panini National Treasures NASCAR cards
Arrives: TBD 2025
Box basics: Eight autograph or memorabilia cards and per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures hit the track once again with plenty of nods to the past and present inside its premium boxes.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

THE AIR UP THERE ...
The Card: Michael Jordan 2009 Goodwin Champions
The Reason Graded: This is one I pulled from a pack of this Ginter-style rival throwback brand back when it arrived, and it's got an obviously appropriate background for Air Jordan. It's that simple touch (and it being a dunk shot) that makes this card -- in all its versions -- in some demand. This one had been in my "maybe grade" pile for literally years and I finally worked it into a bulk sub since the NBA season is here.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: It checked in higher than I had expected, though I tend to punt cards where the centering is just slightly off ... but those can still land a 10 like this one did. Ultimately I was good with any mark as, for me, this is more of a novelty slab -- about the only Jordan collecting I do is his baseball stuff. Interestingly, most copies of this card have checked in here -- that's surprising to me -- but with that overall volume still low that could change easily with time.

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What: 2024 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards
Arrives: Dec. 4, 2024
Box basics: Three autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm hits the track once again with plenty of past and present stars in the mix and with plenty of parallels and color.

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What: 2024 Panini Select NASCAR cards
Arrives: July 19
Box basics:  Two autographs and three memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the NASCAR circuit for the first time since 2017 with an array of potential collecting finds with a tiered set, plenty of parallels and a hit in every fourth pack.

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What: 2023 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards
Arrives: Feb. 7, 2024
Box basics: Four autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm arrives for NASCAR fans once again with all the energy and color fans have come to expect and with some new stuff and new names in there, too.

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What: 2023 Panini Prime NASCAR cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: Three autographs and three memorabilia cards per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: After some time in the shop, Panini America revives Prime for NASCAR fans with some new touches such as the Prime Number Signatures (above) that showcase laps led with each card limited to a digit in the total.

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What: 2023 Panini Chronicles NASCAR trading cards
Arrives: Aug. 23
Box basics: Three autos and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings its all-in-one brand to the NASCAR circuit for a fourth time with this one presenting a number of brands and some new inclusions in this one -- like two Immaculate Collection cards per box.

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The box: 2021 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

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The box: 2021 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby when available)

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What: 2023 Donruss NASCAR cards
Arrives: May 12
Box basics: One auto and two memorabilia cards per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Donruss returns to the track with a familiar format but some higher-end inclusions and nods to NASCAR's 75th anniversary.

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What: 2022 Panini Chronicles NASCAR trading cards
Arrives: June 22
Box basics: Three autos and one memorabilia card per six-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Panini brings its all-in-one brand to the NASCAR circuit for a third time with this one presenting a number of brands and some new inclusions in this one.

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The box: 2020 Panini Chronicles NASCAR cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
The cost: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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 ...

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The box: 2019 Panini Victory Lane NASCAR cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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

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The box: 2017 Panini Absolute Racing cards (10 blasters; half-case)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this lot: 50
Base set completion: 
16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Base cards – Joey Logano (2), Denny Hamlin (2), Kyle Larson, Danica Patrick, Cale Yarborough, Tony Gibson, Geoff Bodine, Harrison Burton, Dale Inman, Jeff Burton, Joey Gase, Ned Jarrett, Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray, Aric Almirola

Rookie Cards (1) – Ty Dillon

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The box: 2019 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7 (six standard, one Optic Red Wave pack)
Cards per pack: 8 per standard, three per Red Wave
Cards in this box: 51
Set completion: 31 of 160 (19 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Chase Elliott, Bill Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Mark Martin, Darrell Waltrip, Kyle Busch, Terry Labonte, Ned Jarrett, Tony Stewart

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The box: 2018 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster box)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 7 (six standard and one Camo Prizm pack)
Cards per pack: 4 (three per Camo)
Cards in this box: 27
Base set completion: 
12 of 50 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Trevor Bayne, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, Brad Keselowski, Harry Gant, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Kyle Petty

Rookie Cards (2) – Hannah Newhouse, Christopher Bell

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The box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 242
Base set completion: 172 of 175 (98 percent)
Duplicates: 16

Notables on base cards – Pretty much everybody from the past and present can be found in this one ...

Rookie Cards (6) – Bubba Wallace, Cole Custer, Spencer Gallagher, Christopher Bell, William Byron (2)

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 7.

The box: 2016 Panini Prizm NASCAR (retail jumbo packs)
The cost: Click here for hobby (when available)

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

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The box: 2018 Donruss NASCAR cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 10
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 47 of 175 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Rusty Wallace, Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Bobby Allison

Rookie Cards (1) – Cole Custer

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The box: 2014 Press Pass NASCAR (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 32
Base set completion: 
30 of 100 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Notables include Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Bobby Labonte, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Blaney

Rookie Cards (3) – Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Justin Allgaier

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