Episodes

Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 26: Why is Panini one of the best Trading Card companies when it comes to NASCAR? They bring the fans closer to the drivers. This week they put on another Zoom fan QA with Gray Gaulding (aka Maverick) who is running at the Charlotte ROVAL this weekend. Gray answers the fans questions around the possibility of racing in the rain at the ROVAL, his mentor(s) coming up, childhood Halloween costumes, racing in the Daytona 500 and MORE. It's a long podcast but I guarantee you will learn a few things! If you want to be invited to a Panini Q&A make sure to follow @PaniniAmerica and @graygaulding on Twitter and Instagram. #WhoDoYouCollect

Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 25: Kin from Beans Ballcard Blog stops by and joins Val and Jason on an array of racing topics. They guys talk current races at Indy, the Indy Memorabilia show and Indy Trading Card sets. In Person & Through The Mail Autographs requests for racing legends. Current Card Market Trends for Trading cards and supplies. You can find Kin on Twitter at @beansbcardblog and his you tube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5ASuBPAz9CzaQ6v8l6PaQ.

Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 24: Val and Jason are back and break down the 2020 Panini Chronicles Racing sell sheet releasing in early August. This is a new release for Val but Jason has seen Chronicles done with other sports. Should Panini do a First off the line (FOTL) for racing? The guys tackle that and other ways to boost NASCAR sales. The guys talk wax, what their buying and selling on COMC and Val mentions Wendell Scott and recaps hist 1st win in Jacksonville. #WhoDoYouCollect #TradingCards #TheHobby You can Val on Twitter @ NascardRadio and as rotating co-host on the Hobby Hotline. Hobby Hotline. is live every Saturday starting at 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST on YouTube / Facebook and Periscope. Hobby Hotline now has a Monday show at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST.

Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 23: Why is Panini one of the best Trading Card companies when it comes to NASCAR? They put on not one but two fan QA's this week. I was lucky enough to attend both and a big thanks to Panini America. The first is with Cole Custer (Ice Cole) who is running for Stewart Haas Racing and vying for rookie of the year. The second Q&A is with Gray Gaulding (The Kid) who is running the Panini America sponsored Cup car. It's a long podcast but I guarantee you will learn a few things! If you want to be invited to a Panini Q&A make sure to follow @PaniniAmerica on Twitter. #WhoDoYouCollect #TradingCards #TheHobby

Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 22: Val talks NASCAR Charlotte, Bristol Xfinity, Gander Outdoor truck and Cup Series winners Brad Keselowsk, Chase Elliott, Grant Enfinger and Noah Gragson and their rookie cards. In the second segment Val reviews the NASCAR HOF 2021 Nominees and his picks on who will be selected this year before Tuesday's voting day (6/9/20). Val did make a mistake in that Neil Bonnett's rookie card is in the 1983 UNO set, card #2. You can find Val on Twitter @ NascardRadio and as rotating co-host on the Hobby Hotline. Hobby Hotline. is live every Saturday starting at 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST and also on Monday 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST on YouTube / Facebook and Periscope.

Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 21: Val talks Darlington Xfinity and Cup Series winners Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe and their rookie cards. The second segment is the audio recording from a Pre-Darlington Sponsorship Q&A by Panini America & Gray Gaulding where invited fans were encouraged to ask questions. It was scheduled before the Darlington race to announce Panini's renewed partnership with Gray Gaulding. It's a great Q&A where Gray talks his early years of racing and card collecting. Thanks for checking out the podcast and please leave a review and subscribe. You can find me on Twitter @ NascardRadio and as rotating co-host on the Hobby Hotline. Hobby Hotline. is live every Saturday starting at 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST on YouTube / Facebook and Periscope.

Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 20: Val and Jason celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of the podcast by sitting down with the father of trading card podcasts, Colin from Sports Card Radio. The boys thought it would be good to make their first interview guest the person partially responsible for the show. It's a long interview and cover's numerous topics such as The Upper Deck vs Leaf lawsuit, advantages to using COMC and enhancement ideas, Redemption's and Panini's new Redemption Policy, the current state of the hobby business economy and the Driver that might take NASCAR to the next level. We almost made it Kin. @NascardRadio @jasondeanmartin @SportsCardRadio

Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 19: Val and Jason review the planned NASCAR releases from Panini, Jason describes what Panini Chronicles racing might look like, review COMC's shipping option and how Val was doing it all wrong this whole time. The boys talk about the 2020 DONRUSS Retail Wrapper Redemptionfor, contest cards. They start the show reviewing the winners so far for the 2020 Gander RV & Outdoors Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series @ NascardRadio
To find more information on the wrapper redemption here: https://blog.paniniamerica.net/as-2020-donruss-nascar-racing-retail-arrives-be-sure-to-save-those-wrappers/

Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 18: Val and Jason review the Las Vegas Gander RV & Outdoors Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series winners along with the top finishing rookie, rookie cards. They were Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton, Kyle Busch and Zane Smith. What dream set would you like to see made by Panini and we take a deep dive in to the 2020 Donruss racing hobby box. Thanks for checking out the podcast and please leave a review and subscribe. You can find me on Twitter @ NascardRadio

Saturday Feb 22, 2020
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
NascardRadio Episode 17: Val reviews the Daytona Gander RV & Outdoors Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series winners along with the top finishing rookie, rookie cards. Denny Hamlin, John Hunter Nemechek, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Grant Enfinger and Derek Kraus rookie cards. We take a listener question on NASCAR Trading Card autographs and are there to many. How to save some money if you see a Buy It Now from COMC on eBay. Thanks for checking us out and please leave a review and subscribe. You can find me on Twitter @ NascardRadio