COBO CUP 2025 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 third win of the year, third at Kansas and 32nd career win. #20-Christopher Bell finished 2nd followed by #12-Ryan Blaney, #19-Chase Briscoe, #48-Alex Bowman, #21-Josh Berry, #60-Ryan Preece, #17-Chris Buescher, #22-Joey Logano, and #42-John Hunter Nemechek.

Larson started from the pole and dominated much of the race, lead 221 laps on the day. That’s the most laps ever led by a driver in a race at Kansas. He was never seriously challenged for the lead while out front,
The fastest lap bonus was earned by Larson. There were 15 lead changes among 9 drivers and 7 cautions for 37 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 129.740mph.

Stage Winners

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

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Josh Berry & John Hunter Nemechek for 2,175 points.

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

Facts: ABC Cruisin’ wins at Kansas with 242 points ($100). They beat Gone with the Win by 6 points. Faline 2025 takes over the standings lead, 32 points over Left Turn Clyde. Next race, the 600, will be a $300 payout race.   

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (4 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• Faline 2025
• 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

• Arizona Sky moving from 119^th to 75^th (44 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• TLX Racing from 53^rd to 111^th (58 spots)

Penalties

• Car #34: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #51: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #17: 60 points (Kansas)

Bottom of the Barrel: 44 Blues with 1,597 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• Larson (Kansas)
• 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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• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
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• Dry N Shine Auto Spa @www.drynshineautospa.com
• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design
• Power Athletic Message

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Next Race: 

Race #13 of 36: Sunday May 25th, 2025 at Charlotte, NC on TSN. Green Flag: 6:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Faline 2025                                                                                                                                                      cobocup@yahoo.ca