COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 15

Busch wins at St. Louis

#8-Kyle Busch won the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at WWT Raceway and 63rd career win. #11-Hamlin finished 2nd followed by, #22-Logano #5-Larson, #19-Truex, Jr., #12-Blaney, #99-Suarez, #24-Byron, #34-McDowell, and #4-Harvick.

#8-Busch started from the pole, led 121 laps on the day, took the lead for the final time with 56 to go and remained the leader through six restarts and an overtime finish. The race was red flagged on three separate occasions: First, for 1 hour and 45 minutes on lap 6 due to repeated lightning in the area; Second due to track cleanup following a wreck by #42 Gragson on lap 198; Third for wall repair after an accident involving #2-Cindric, #3-Dillon, and #47-Stenhouse, Jr. on lap 119. There were 5 lead changes among 10 drivers and 11 cautions for 67 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #8-Busch
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Kevin Harvick, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Todd Gilliland = 2,758 points

Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.         

Facts: Team Mitch wins at WWTR with 229 points ($100). They beat 32 SF Hoes by 10 points. We have a tie for the standings lead with Piston Happy & FC Racing standing on top with 2,588 points. They lead second place Second Try by 1 point.   

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• Piston Happy (2 weeks)
• FC Racing (2 weeks)
• Two Griffins

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Outta Gas with 1,706 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 173 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #8-Busch just earned a pole pool point. Geeturdun in the lead with 7 pole points.   

Biggest Mover: Ranger 21 from 83^rd to 53^rd (30 spots)

Biggest Dump: Never Quit Racing 2 from 37^th to 68^th (31 spots) 

Race Penalties:  

Race             Points             Car Number

Richmond        60                     #24

Richmond        60                     #48

Martinsville     60                      #3  

Darlington       10                      #45

Charlotte         120                    #14

WWTR              60                    #43

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• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race

Race #16 of 36: Sunday, June 11, 2023 at Sonoma, CA on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: Piston Happy & FC Racing                                                                                                                                               cobocup@yahoo.ca