COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 14

Denny Hamlin wins at Charlotte

#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Charlotte Motor Speedway and 48th career win. #18-Busch finished 2nd followed by #4-Harvick, #14-Briscoe, #20-Bell, #8-Reddick, #47-Stenhouse, Jr., #34-McDowell, #5-Larson, and #48-Bowman.

Hamlin started from the pole but only led 4 laps on the night.  The race ended after the second overtime attempt. The race was forced into overtime initially after a caution came out with 2 laps remaining.  2nd place #14-Briscoe spun while attempting to take the lead from Larson.

On the first overtime attempt, #3-Dillon made a move on #5-Larson for the lead coming to the white flag.  He got loose and the field bunched up. Larson then got into Dillon sending him into the outside wall, collecting both drivers as well as several others. Hamlin took the lead just before the final caution came out.  #18-Busch took the lead at the white flag but Hamlin was able to get back around him for the checked flag.

The race was red flagged with 54 laps remaining after a wreck sent #17-Buscher flipping through the infield. His car came to rest upside down and it took several minutes to get it turned over and get him out.
There were 31 lead changes among 13 drivers and 18 cautions for 90 yellow flag laps. The time of the race was 5 hours, 16 minutes, 16 seconds.

• Stage 1 was won by #9-Elliott
• Stage 2 was won by #99-Suarez
• Stage 3 was won by #1-Chastain

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola/Chase Briscoe (tie), Ross Chastain, Eric Jones and Justin Haley for a total of 2,672 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).         

Facts: Bandwagon 42 ($100) with 233 points. They beat Happy 29ers by 4 points. There have been 14 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points leader, 54 points up on 4652RDS. There have been 6 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022. Sunday’s race at St. Louis will be a $300 payout race.

Standings Leaders:

• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• 10 Speed
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• SardoVRacing (7 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: B&S Racing with 1,890 points.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Hamlin has scored a pole point. Outta Gas & Union Thug are in the lead with 8 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: 6666 moving up from 138^th to 105^th (33 spots)

Biggest Dump: Gingernuts dropping from 103^rd to 133^rd (30 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #15 of 36: Sunday, June 5, 2022 at St. Louis, IL on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                             

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