COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 30

Ross Chastain wins at Kansas

#1-Ross Chastain won the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his first win of the year, first at Kansas and fifth career win. #24-William Byron finished 2nd followed by #19-Martin Truex, Jr., #12-Ryan Blaney, #54-Ty Gibbs, #48-Alex Bowman #20-Christopher Bell, ##11-Denny Hamlin, #9-Chase Elliott, and #71-Zane Smith.

Pole sitter #20-Bell led a race high 122 of the 267 laps and finished seventh. There were 30 lead changes among 15 drivers and 10 cautions for 47 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 123.294mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron
• Stage 2 was won by #48-Bowman

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 5,389 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Martin Truex Jr, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Corey LaJoie & Kaz Grala.         

Facts: Billie Joe wins at Kansas with 231 points ($100). They beat Crash Dummies by 6 points. Union Thug remains in the standings lead, 32 points up on Day By Day. 105 points separate 1^st from 10^th.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (17 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• Keeblerselves (3 weeks)
• Bandwanger 5 (2 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears
• Young Guns
• Double Trouble

Mathematically Eliminated:

With 6 races remaining, 100 teams have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 10 at seasons end. Can’t A Ford It is on the bubble.

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Swifty with 3,962 points. FLG Racing is 46 points ahead. These teams are fighting for a 2025 free entry.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #20-Bell just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch & DMFL are tied for the pole pool with 13 points. With 6 races left in the 2024 season, any team with 6 poles or lower is out of contention for the pole pool win.

Biggest Mover: Rob K moving from 71^st to 52^nd (19 spots)

Biggest Dump:  XLER8R moving from 67^th to 94^th (27 spots) 

Race Penalties:

• Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)
• Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)
• Nashville: Car #77-Hocevar (25 points)
• Richmond: Car #3-Dillon (25 points)
• Michigan: Car #11-Hamlin (75 points)

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• Industrial Hose and Hydraulics @ www.industrialhose.net
• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
• Hammer DJ Services @ www.hammerdjservices.ca
• Dry N Shine Auto Spa @www.drynshineautospa.com
• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

Social Media

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Next Race: Playoffs – Race #5 of 10

Race #31 of 36: Sunday October 06, 2024 at Talladega, AL on TSN. Green Flag: 2:00pm

                                                                        “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Union Thug                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca