COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 10

Chastain wins at Talladega

#1-Ross Chastain won the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The win is his 2nd of the year and 2nd career win. #3-Dillon finished 2nd followed by #18-Busch, #5-Larson, #19-Truex, Jr., #43-Jones, #9-Elliott, #34-McDowell, #48-Bowman, and #4-Harvick.

#43-Erik Jones was the leader at the white flag with Larson and Chastain behind him.  Coming into the tri-oval for the finish, Larson and #1-Busch got together and Jones got loose when trying to move up to make a block.  Chastain jumped to the lead to take the win. Pole winner #20-Bell finished 22nd after a spin coming off pit road that forced him a lap down late in the race. There were 41 lead changes among 16 drivers and 6 cautions for 28 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 148.637mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #23-Wallace
• Stage 2 was won by #24-Byron

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Eric Jones and Justin Haley for a total of 1,911 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).         

Facts: Two Griffins wins at Talladega ($100) with 230 points. They beat Three Stooges & Norton Ind by 13 points. There have been 10 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points leader, 33 points up on 4652RDS. There have been 6 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022.

Standings Leaders:

• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• 10 Speed
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• SardoVRacing (3 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Snow Owl Racing with 1,272 points.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Bell has scored a pole point. Outta Gas is in the lead with 7 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Two Griffins moving up from 95^th to 56^th (39 spots)

Biggest Dump: Chase-n-Demi dropping from 106^th to 144^th (38 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #11 of 36: Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Dover, DE on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                       

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                            

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