COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 12

Larson wins at Kansas

#5-Kyle Larson won the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his 2 win of the year, 2nd at Kansas and 25th career win. #17-Chris Buescher finished 2nd followed by #9-Chase Elliott, #19-Martin Truex, Jr., #11-Denny Hamlin, pole sitter #20-Christopher Bell, #48-Alex Bowman, #8-Kyle Busch, #10-Noah Gragson, and #34-Michael McDowell.

#11-Denny Hamlin led the most laps during the race and had the lead when the caution came out with 5 laps remaining. Hamlin restarted the race as the lead with Buescher second and Larson third. Buescher took the lead on the restart and led at the white flag.  On the final lap, Larson made a move on Buescher off turn four and beat him to the line by .001 second, the closest finish in NASCAR history. The start of the race was delayed by more than three hours because of rain. There were 27 lead changes among 10 drivers and 7 cautions for 43 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 126.481mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin
• Stage 2 was won by #17-Buescher

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & John Nemechek for 2,226 points.

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

Facts: Bandwanger 5 wins at Kansas with 209 points ($100). They beat N.W. Freight by 6 points. Hoop takes over the standings lead, 20 points up on Union Thug.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (8 weeks)
• Hoop (2 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Friday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 1,559 points. XT5 Racing is 50 point ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #20-Bell just earned a pole pool point. DMFL, Oh Lug Nuts & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 6 pole points. 

Biggest Mover: R Souls Racing moving from 70^th to 42^nd (28 spots)

Biggest Dump: Crash Dummies moving from 22^nd to 52^nd (30 spots) 

Race Penalties:

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

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)

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Next Race

Race #13 of 36: Sunday, May 12, 2024 at Darlington, SC on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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