COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 30

Reddick wins at Texas

#8-Tyler Reddick won the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at Texas Motor Speedway and 3rd career win.
#22-Logano finished 2nd followed by #31-Haley, #12-Blaney, #14-Briscoe, #43-Jones, #24-Byron, pole winner #6-Keselowski, #5-Larson, and #11-Hamlin.

The race was marred by a record number of cautions, many from drivers having tires go down.
Playoff drivers having problems on the day: On lap 79, #20-Bell brought out the caution with a flat tire.  He was able to stay on the lead lap, but spun again on lap 137 and the team was unable to repair the car.  He finished 34th. #48-Bowman hit the outside wall on lap 98. The team had to fix a toe link and he lost 8 laps. He battled back to 5 laps down but finished 29^th.

#9-Chase Elliott finished 32nd.  While leading the race near the end of stage 2, he lost a tire, got loose and into the outside wall.  The car caught fire and he had to get out, ending his day. The race was red flagged for 55 minutes on lap 221 due to rain and lightning. There were 36 lead changes among 19 drivers and a track record 16 cautions for 91 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 114.784mph. The time for the race was 4 hours, 21 minutes, 53 seconds (not counting the red flag).  

• Stage 1 was won by #5-Larson
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, Kurt Busch, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley.

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

Facts: Hayseed wins at Texas ($100) with 264 points. They beat Parisites by 1 point. There have been 28 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man remains the standings leader, 49 points up on SardoVRacing. There have been 8 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022. Next Sunday’s race at Talladega is a $300 payout race.  

Standings Leaders:

• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• 10 Speed
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• SardoVRacing (15 weeks)  
• 4652RDS (4 weeks)
• Catch Can Man (5 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 104^th place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). Rub’nls Racin sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 4,105 points. Rabbit: 68 points ahead.    

Pole Pool: Anyone with Keselowski has scored a pole point. Can Am Racin & Down Homer’s are tied for the lead with 12 pole points.     

Biggest Mover: Hayseed moving up from 54^th to 34^th (20 spots)

Biggest Dump: The Plumber 1 dropping from 47^th to 67^th (20 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #31 of 36 (Race #5 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday October 02, 2022 at Talladega, AL on NBC. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: Catch Can Man                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca