COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 14

Blaney wins at Nashville

#12-Ryan Blaney won the Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. The win is his first win of the year, first at Nashville and 14th career win. #77-Carson Hocevar tied his career-best by finishing 2nd. They were followed by #11-Denny Hamlin (making his 700th Cup start), #22-Joey Logano, #24-William Byron, #23-Bubba Wallace, #43-Erik Jones, #5-Kyle Larson, #45-Tyler Reddick, and #20-Christopher Bell. Pole sitter #19-Chase Briscoe led 51 laps early in the race but fell back to finish 17^th. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #11-Denny Hamlin. There were 18 lead changes among 9 drivers and 7 cautions for 35 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 129.068mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, AJ Allmendinger (3 way tie) & John Hunter Nemechek for 2,506 points.

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

Facts: Phoenix 3 wins at Nashville with 246 points ($100). They beat Slumn Racing by 35 points. Nascar Abby takes over the standings lead, 4 points over Bucktoothed Hilbillies.

Note: I will be out of Country for the next 2 weeks. I will return on June 16^th. I will complete all points and payouts once I return.  

Standings Leaders:

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

• The Butcher 6 moving from 145^th to 107^th (38 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Rockin’ Granny from 78^th to 120^th (42 spots)

Penalties

• Car #34: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #51: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #17: 30 points (Kansas)

Bottom of the Barrel: 44 Blues with 1,790 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• Briscoe (Nashville)
• 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)

• 3 teams are currently tied for the pole pool with 5 poles.

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 #15 of 36: Sunday June 8^th, 2025 at Brooklyn, MI on TSN. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Nascar Abby                                                                                                                                                          cobocup@yahoo.ca