COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 13

Chastain wins at Charlotte

#1-Ross Chastain won the 66th Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The win is his first win of the year, first at Charlotte and sixth career win. #24-William Byron finished 2nd followed by pole sitter #19-Chase Briscoe, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #6-Brad Keselowski, #9-Chase Elliott, #71-Michael McDowell, #20-Christopher Bell, #60-Ryan Preece, and #4-Noah Gragson.

Byron dominated most of the race, leading 283 laps and winning the first three stages.  However, he could not hold off Chastain at the end. Chastain, who started the race from the rear due to a backup car, took the lead with 5 laps to go and pulled out to a .673 second margin of victory. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #11-Denny Hamlin. There were 34 lead changes among 11 drivers and 8 cautions for 52 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 135.781mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron
• Stage 2 was won by #24-Byron
• Stage 3 was won by #24-Byron

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Josh Berry & John Hunter Nemechek for 2,346 points.

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

Facts: 5455 Racing wins at Charlotte with 246 points ($300). They beat Bucktoothed Hilbillies by 3 points. Faline 2025 remains the standings leader, 8 points over Left Turn Clyde.

Standings Leaders:

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

• 5455 Racing moving from 89^th to 30^th (59 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• All-Can Win from 81^st to 130^th (49 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 1,705 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.   

Pole Pool

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

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• 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
• Power Athletic Message

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Next Race: 

Race #14 of 36: Sunday June 1^st, 2025 at Nashville, TN on TSN. Green Flag: 7:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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