COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 11

Elliott wins at Dover

#9-Chase Elliott won the rain-delayed DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st of the year, 2nd at Dover Motor Speedway and 14th career win. #47-Stenhouse, Jr. finished 2nd followed by #1-Chastain, #20-Bell, #48-Bowman, #5-0Larson, #18-Busch, pole winner #17-Buescher, #4-Harvick, and #43-Jones.

Elliott took the lead from Chastain with 52 laps remaining and pulled away from the field to win by more than 2 seconds. The race was delayed until Monday after rain stopped the race Sunday with 78 laps complete. There were 17 lead changes among 10 drivers and 13 cautions for 75 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Eric Jones and Justin Haley for a total of 2,136 points.

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

Facts: HBK wins at Dover ($100) with 240 points. They beat The General Lee by 18 points. There have been 11 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points leader, 45 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 (4 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Snow Owl Racing with 1,397 points.  

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

Biggest Mover: Union Thug moving up from 122^nd to 93^rd (29 spots)

Biggest Dump: DAK Racing dropping from 43^rd to 75^th (32 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #12 of 36: Sunday, May 8, 2022 at Darlington, SC on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                   

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 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                               cobocup@yahoo.ca