COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 18

Bell wins at Loudon

#20-Christopher Bell won the USA Today 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 2nd at New Hampshire and 9th career win. #14-Chase Briscoe finished 2nd followed by #4-Josh Berry, #5-Kyle Larson, #17-Chris Buescher, #45-Tyler Reddick, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, jr., #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #19-Martin Truex, Jr., and #1-Ross Chastain.

The start of the race was pushed up 30 minutes due to the threat of rain. It was able to be run until 82 laps remaining when rain began.  The race was red flagged for 2 hours and 15 minutes before resume on wet weather tires. #20-Bell took the lead from #45-Reddick with 59 laps remaining and held on the rest of the way including an overtime finish.

Pole sitter #9-Chase Elliott ran in the top 10 most of the day but was caught in an accident with #22-Logano at the start of the final stage and struggled the rest of the day. He finished 18th. There were 6 lead changes among 5 drivers and 14 cautions for 85 yellow flag laps.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #20-Bell
• Stage 2 was won by #11-Hamlin
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• Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Todd Gilliland & Carson Hocevar for 3,324 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Bell/Byron (tie), Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Austin Dillon & Zane Smith.      

Facts: Befana wins at Loudon with 214 points ($100). They beat Parisites by 7 points. That makes 19 different race winners. Union Thug remains the standings leader, 18 points up on Phastphuckers.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (10 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 2,356 points. Swifty is 20 points ahead.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with #9-Elliott just earned a pole pool point. 3 teams are now tie for the pole pool with 9 points.     

Biggest Mover: Befana moving from 81^st to 47^th (34 spots)

Biggest Dump:  Pitbull moving from 117^th to 145^th (28 spots) 

Race Penalties:

Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)

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Next Race

Race #19 of 36: Sunday June 30, 2024 at Nashville, TN on NBC. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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