COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 15

Hamlin wins at Michigan

#11-Denny Hamlin won the FireKeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. The win is his third win of the year, third at Michigan and 57th career win. #17-Chris Buescher finished 2nd followed by #54-Ty Gibbs, #23-Bubba Wallace, #5-Kyle Larson, #1-Ross Chastain, #38-Zane Smith, #8-Kyle Busch, #60-Ryan Preece, and #6-Brad Keselowski.

A caution with 53 laps remaining set up a fuel mileage battle at the end of the race. #77-Carson Hocevar led much of the final portion but was short on fuel and cut a tire down with less than 20 to go. #24-William Byron took over the lead and held it until there were four laps remaining. Hamlin passed him for the lead and then Byron ran out of fuel before the finish. Pole sitter #19-Chase Briscoe suffered damage during an accident near the start of stage 2 and finished 23rd. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #24-William Byron. There were 15 lead changes among 11 drivers and 7 cautions for 33 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 142.574mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #17-Buescher
• Stage 2 was won by #24-Byron

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Josh Berry & Zane Smith for 2,702 points.

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

Facts: Butters wins at Michigan with 212 points ($100). They beat Last Call 2025 by 4 points. Faline 2025 is back in the standings lead, 1 point over Bucktoothed Hilbillies.

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (4 weeks)
• Faline 2025 (3 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• Nascar Abby
• Left Turn Clyde
• TMKK Racing
• Bucktoothed Hilbillies
• Northern Base
• Crash Boys

Challenges: You have until Friday to challenge the points. Race winners will be paid out once challenge deadline has expired.

Top Gainer of the Week

• RJK moving from 143^rd to 115^th (28 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Northern Base from 33^rd to 76^th (43 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 1,900 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• Briscoe (Michigan)
• 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)

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

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Next Race: 

Race #16 of 36: Sunday June 15^th, 2025 at Mexico on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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