COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 14

Bell wins at Charlotte

#20-Christopher Bell won the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 2nd at Charlotte (1st on the oval) and 8th career win.
#6-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #24-William Byron, pole winner #54-Ty Gibbs, #45-Tyler Reddick, #11-Denny Hamlin, #9-Chase Elliott, #1-Ross Chastain, #48-Alex Bowman, and #4-Josh Berry.

The race was called with 249 laps complete. NASCAR tried to dry the track for over an hour but was not making enough progress to get the race restarted at a reasonable hour.

#5-Kyle Larson finished the Indianapolis 500 in 18th on Sunday afternoon and just made it to the track before rain hit. Justin Allgaier, substituting for him, finished 13th. Because the race was cut short, Bell is also credited with the Stage 3 win. There were 21 lead changes among 10 drivers and 7 cautions for 45 yellow flag laps. There was also a brief red flag during the second stage break for NASCAR’s moment of silence.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron
• Stage 2 was won by #20-Bell
• Stage 3 was won by #20-Bell

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 2,598 points.

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

Facts: Day By Day wins at Charlotte with 225 points ($100). They beat Quill by 2 points. Hoop remains the standings leader, 39 points up on Double Trouble. Union Thug drops to third overall.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (8 weeks)
• Hoop (4 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 1,841 points. Outta Gas is 25 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #54-Gibbs just earned a pole pool point. 14 teams are now tie for the pole pool with 6 points.  

Biggest Mover: Day By Day moving from 103^rd to 73^rd (30 spots)

Biggest Dump: Target Racing moving from 42^nd to 81^st (39 spots) 

Race Penalties:

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

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

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• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race

Race #15 of 36: Sunday, June 2, 2024 at WWTR, IL on FOX. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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