COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 16

Truex wins at Sonoma

#19-Martin Truex, Jr. won the Toyota / Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 4th at Sonoma and 33rd career win. #8-Busch finished 2nd followed by #22-Logano, #17-Buescher, #9-Elliott, #16-Allmendinger, #34-McDowell #5-Larson, #20-Bell, and #1-Chastain.

Truex dominated much of the race, leading 51 of 110 laps and winning by nearly 3 seconds after taking the lead for the final time with 13 laps to go. Pole winner #11-Hamlin wrecked late in the race and could not continue.  He finished 36th. There were 10 lead changes among 6 drivers and 2 cautions for 6 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin
• Stage 2 was won by #8-Busch

Perfect Team (per category): Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr, Kevin Harvick, Ty Gibbs, Chris Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 2,923 points

Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Eric Jones, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.        

Facts: F1 Rules wins at Sonoma with 214 points ($100). They beat Crown DD/The Plumber #1 (tie) by 1 point. FC Racing goes into the standings lead with 2,783 points. They lead second place Team Petesa by 18 points.  

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• FC Racing (3 weeks)
• Piston Happy (2 weeks)
• Two Griffins (1 week)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Outta Gas with 1,871 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 159 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #11-Hamlin just earned a pole pool point. Geeturdun in the lead with 7 pole points. 

Biggest Mover: Crown DD from 65^th to 44^th (21 spots)

Biggest Dump: Jones Loves Busch from 52^nd to 74^th (22 spots) 

Race Penalties:   

Race             Points             Car Number

Richmond        60                     #24

Richmond        60                     #48

Martinsville     60                      #3  

Darlington       10                      #45

Charlotte         120                    #14

WWTR            60                      #43

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Next Race

Race #17 of 36: Sunday June 25, 2023 at Nashville, TN on NBC. Green Flag: 7:00pm                                                                      

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