COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 13

Kurt Busch wins at Kansas

#45-Kurt Busch won the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Kansas Speedway and 34th career win. #5-Larson finished 2nd followed by #18-Busch, #11-Hamlin, pole winner #20-Bell, #19-Truex, Jr., #1-Chastain, #47-Stenhouse, Jr., #48-Bowman, and #23-Wallace.

Busch lead the most laps on the day – 116 – and took the lead from Larson with 8 laps remaining.  He pulled away for a 1.4 second margin of victory. There were 18 lead changes among 10 drivers and 8 cautions for 47 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #18-Busch
• Stage 2 was won by #45-Busch

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, William Byron/Ryan Blaney (tie), Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Eric Jones and Justin Haley for a total of 2,495 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).         

Facts: Gone with the Win wins at Kansas ($100) with 238 points. They beat Never Quit Racing #1 by 1 point. There have been 13 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points leader, 24 points up on Impala SS. There have been 6 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022.

Standings Leaders:

• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• 10 Speed
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• SardoVRacing (6 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Snow Owl Racing with 1,713 points.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Bell has scored a pole point. Outta Gas is in the lead with 8 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Gone with the Win moving up from 102^nd to 71^st (31 spots)

Biggest Dump: BLUBYU dropping from 110^th to 139^th (29 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #14 of 36: Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Charlotte, SC on FOX. Green Flag: 6:00pm

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                             

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