COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 11

Hamlin wins at Dover

#11-Denny Hamlin won the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The win is his third win of the year, second at Dover and 54th career win. #5-Kyle Larson finished 2nd followed by #19-Martin Truex, Jr., #8-Kyle Busch, #9-Chase Elliott, #10-Noah Gragson, #12-Ryan Blaney, #48-Alex Bowman, #31-Daniel Hemric, and #54-Ty Gibbs.

There were 12 lead changes among nine drivers and five cautions for 42 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 119.433 mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #19-Truex
• Stage 2 was won by #5-Larson

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 2,055 points.

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

Facts: Keeblerselves wins at Dover with 227 points ($100). They beat Rockin’ Granny by 5 points. Union Thug & Hoop are tied for the standings lead, 24 points up on Double Trouble.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (8 weeks)
• Hoop
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: XT5 Racing with 1,451 points. Outta Gas is 1 point ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #8-Busch just earned a pole pool point. DMFL, Oh Lug Nuts & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 6 pole points.  

Biggest Mover: PING moving from 143^rd to 110^th (33 spots)

Biggest Dump: Gone with the Wind moving from 39^th to 79^th (40 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

Social Media

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Next Race

Race #12 of 36: Sunday, May 05, 2024 at Kansas Speedway, KS on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Union Thug/Hoop (tie)                                                                                                                                  cobocup@yahoo.ca