COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 31

Blaney wins at Talladega

#12-Ryan Blaney won the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 3rd at Talladega and 9th career win. #24-William Byron finished 2nd followed by#11-Denny Hamlin, #7-Corey LaJoie, #2-Austin Cindric, #31-Justin Haley, #9-Chase Elliott, #41-Ryan Preece,  #36-Riley Herbst and #99-Daniel Suarez. #4-Kevin Harvick, who originally finished second, was disqualified due to windshield fasteners not being secure. Pole winner #10-Aric Almirola ran up front much of the day but finished 18th.

Blaney ran second to Harvick for a number of laps near the end of the race, but took the lead with one lap remaining and held off Harvick by .012 second for the win. Playoff drivers having problems during the race: #8-Kyle Busch, #1-Ross Chastain, and #20-Christopher Bell suffered damage on the final lap of stage 1 when #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr ran out of fuel. Chastain suffered the most damage and could not continue. He finished 37^th. #11-Hamlin was caught speeding on pit road during green flag pit stops in stage 2. He had to serve a pass through penalty and lost a lap. He got the free pass with 25 laps remaining and battled back to finish 4th. #6-Brad Keselowski was involved in an accident with 27 laps remaining, he finished 32^nd.
There were 70 lead changes among 24 drivers and 5 cautions for 17 yellow flag laps. There was a 10 minute red flag for SAFER barrier repair with 25 laps remaining. The average speed of the race was: 160.097mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #12-Blaney
• Stage 2 was won by #6-Keselowski

Perfect Team (per category): Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 5,685 points

Worst Picks (per category): Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.        

Facts: In Kens Honor wins at Talladega with 228 points. They beat Impala SS by 6 points. White oak 436 remains the standings leader with 5,429 points. They lead second place Stumugo by 92 points.  

Mathematically Eliminated: Slumn Racing #2 is on the elimination bubble.  

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• Stumugo (10 weeks)
• White oak 436 (4 weeks)
• FC Racing (3 weeks)
• Piston Happy (2 weeks)
• Two Griffins (1 week)
• 32 SF Hoes (1 week)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Outta Gas with 3,979 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 21 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #10-Almirola just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch and The Stinky Puppies are tied for the lead with 12 pole points. With 5 races (5 poles) remaining in the season, if you have 6 poles or less you have been eliminated from the pole pool.

Biggest Mover: In Kens Honor 70^th to 49^th (21 spots)

Biggest Dump:  Rockin’ Granny from 57^th to 69^th (12 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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Next Race

Race #32 of 36: Sunday October 08, 2023 at Charlotte (Roval), NC on NBC.

Green Flag: 2:00pm

Playoffs: Race #6 of 10                                                                      

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: White oak 436                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca