First Buzz: 2017 Panini Select NASCAR cards

What: 2017 Panini Select NASCAR cards
Arrives: July 5
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 comes to the NASCAR circuit with a colorful array of autographs, memorabilia and two insert cards in nearly every pack.

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The Basics: The basic set includes 100 “Grandstand” cards with 30 Pit Pass short-prints (three per box) and 10 even rarer Hot Pass short-prints (one per box). The typical box also will include three Speed Merchants inserts, two Up Close and Personal inserts, one Select Stars insert in addition to 12 Prizm parallels. The Prizm rainbow includes nine colors with eight of those numbered to no more than 299 copies. … Signature Paint Schemes will have on-card autos with cars and drivers together. These will have Blue (/199 max), Red (/99 max), Gold (/10) and 1/1 Checkered parallels. That rainbow is used across most hits but Signature Swatches, Signature Swatches Duals and Signature Swatches Triples all having the following rainbow — White (/50 max), Tie-dye (/24 max), Gold (/10) and 1/1 Checkered. … For memorabilia fans (no ink) there also will be Select Sheet Metal and Select Pairs. These, along with Endorsements autos, will have the same rainbow of parallels starting with the /199 Blues. … Boxes carry a suggested retail price of $120 ($10 per pack).