COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 10

Reddick wins at Talladega

#45-Tyler Reddick won the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Talladega and 6th career win. #2-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #10-Noah Gragson, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #48-Alex Bowman, #62-Anthony Alfredo, #24-William Byron, #38-Todd Gilliland, #31-Daniel Hemric, and #21-Harrison Burton. 

Pole winner #34-Michael McDowell was leading off turn four on the final lap. #2-Brad Keselowski moved down the track to try to make the pass, McDowell moved down to block him and got hooked. He spun out, collecting several other cars. Reddick, who was leading at the white flag and had lead the 5 previous laps, took the lead and the win. There were 73 lead changes among 23 drivers and 5 cautions for 19 yellow flag laps.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #2-Cindric
• Stage 2 was won by #22-Logano

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 1,857 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Austin Dillon & Zane Smith.         

Facts: Jonzn wins at Talladega with 221 points ($100). They beat Beatdatbox & Bones Racing by 10 points. Union Thug remains in the standings lead, 17 points up on Hoop.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (7 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 1,335 points. XT5 is 10 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #34-McDowell just earned a pole pool point. DMFL & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 6 pole points.   

Biggest Mover: Jonzn moving from 129^th to 69^th (60 spots)

Biggest Dump: Green Eggs & Hamlin moving from 55^th to 118^th (43 spots) 

Race Penalties:

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

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 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

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Next Race

Race #11 of 36: Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Dover, DE on FOX. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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