COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 13

Keselowski wins at Darlington

#6-Brad Keselowski won the Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 2nd at Darlington and 36th career win. #54-Ty Gibbs finished 2nd followed by #4-Josh Berry, #11-Denny Hamlin, #14-Chase Briscoe, #24-William Byron, #23-Bubba Wallace, #48-Alex Bowman, #51-Justin Haley, and #34-Michael McDowell.

Pole winner #45-Tyler Reddick dominated much of the race, leading 174 laps on the day. He lead the race on the final restart with 33 laps to go. He and Keselowski battled several laps for the lead before making contact, allowing #17-Chris Buescher to take the lead. Buescher lead until eight laps remaining when he and Reddick got together and both had to pit. Keselowski took the lead and grabbed his first win as an owner of RFK Racing and his first win in 110 races. There were 16 lead changes among 10 drivers and 6 cautions for 38 yellow flag laps.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #5-Larson
• Stage 2 was won by #45-Reddick

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & John Nemechek/Carson Hocevar (tie) for 2,404 points.

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

Facts: Stumugo wins at Darlington with 240 points ($300). They beat EZ Racing by 13 points. Hoop remains the standings leader, 24 points up on Union Thug.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (8 weeks)
• Hoop (3 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 1,689 points. XT5 Racing is 37 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #45-Reddick just earned a pole pool point. DMFL, Oh Lug Nuts & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 6 pole points.   

Biggest Mover: Stumugo moving from 100^th to 48^th (52 spots)

Biggest Dump: JFK moving from 74^th to 115^th (41 spots) 

Race Penalties:

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

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

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• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race

Race #14 of 36: Sunday, May 26, 2024 at Charlotte, NC on FOX. Green Flag: 6:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Hoop                                                                                                                                                            cobocup@yahoo.ca