Race #31 – Talladega

Penalties to Byron & Havick have been adjusted on the Standings and Perfect Score pages

COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 31

Elliott wins at Talladega
#9-Chase Elliott won the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The win is his 5th win of the year, 2nd at Talladega Superspeedway and 18th career win. #12-Blaney finished 2nd followed by #34-McDowell, #1-Chastain, #11-Hamlin, #43-Jones, #38-Gilliland, #99-Suareaz, #2-Cindric, and #14-Briscoe.

Elliott took the lead on the final lap to win by .046 second and lock himself into the Round of 8 in the playoffs. Pole winner #20-Bell recovered from an early spin coming onto pit road and pass through penalty to finished 17th.| #48-Bowman did not race due to a concussion. He was replaced by Noah Gragson who was involved in an accident on lap 24, but continued and finished 19th. There were 57 lead changes among 17 drivers and 6 cautions for 25 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 153.569mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #12-Blaney
• Stage 2 was won by #9-Elliott

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Kurt Busch, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley.
Worst Picks (per category): Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).

Facts: $100 Donation wins at Talladega ($300) with 239 points. They beat Norton Ind by 1 point. There have been 29 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man remains the standings leader, 47 points up on SardoVRacing. There have been 8 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022.

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 (6 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 86th place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). Sofa King of Hillsburgh sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 4,198 points. Rabbit: 22 points ahead.

Pole Pool: Anyone with Bell has scored a pole point. Can Am Racin takes the lead with 13 pole points.

Biggest Mover: Boss Motorsports moving up from 74th to 60th (14 spots)
Biggest Dump: Team Mitch dropping from 136th to 151st (15 spots)

Race Penalties: Texas: Car #23-25 points & Car #24-25 points

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Next Race
Race #32 of 36 (Race #6 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday October 09, 2022 at Charlotte, NC (The Roval) on NBC. Green Flag: 2:00pm

“NUFF SAID”
COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: Catch Can Man cobocup@yahoo.ca