COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 11

Logano wins at Texas

#22-Joey Logano won the Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 2nd at Texas and 37th career win. #1-Ross Chastain finished 2nd followed by #12-Ryan Blaney, #5-Kyle Larson, #43-Erik Jones, #47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., #3-Austin Dillon, #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #20-Christopher Bell, and #99-Daniel Suarez.

Logano led just seven laps on the day. He took the lead  with three laps to go and held on through a late race caution and overtime finish to win by .346 second. Pole sitter #77-Carson Hocevar led 22 laps early in the race, but was caught in an accident with 30 laps remaining, lost several laps, and finished 24th.
The fastest lap bonus was earned by #77-Carson Hocevar. There were 20 lead changes among 13 drivers and 12 cautions for 73 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 116.885mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #2-Cindric
• Stage 2 was won by #5-Larson

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Michael McDowell & John Hunter Nemecheck for 1,979 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Cole Custer, Ty Dillon & Cody Ware.         

Facts: Zambronies wins at Texas with 234 points ($100). They beat Double D’s 4 Me by 5 points. Left Turn Clyde takes over the standings lead, 5 points over Faline 2025.      

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (4 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• Left Turn Clyde
• TMKK Racing
• Bucktoothed Hilbillies
• Northern Base
• Crash Boys

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to challenge the points. Race winners will be paid out once challenge deadline has expired.

Top Gainer of the Week

• Double D’s 4 Me moving from 114^th to 65^th (49 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• RJK from 46^th to 128^th (82 spots)

Penalties

• Car #34: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #51: 10 points (Daytona 500)

Bottom of the Barrel: Team Petesa with 1,460 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.   

Pole Pool

• Hocevar (Texas)
• Smith (Talladega)
• Bowman (Bristol)
• Byron (Darlington)
• Bell (Martinsville)
• Bowman (Miami-Homestead)
• McDowell (Las Vegas)
• Byron (Phoenix)
• Reddick (COTA)
• Blaney (Atlanta)

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Next Race: 

Race #12 of 36: Sunday May 11th, 2025 at Kansas Speedway, KS on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

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