COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 16

Larson wins at Sonoma

#5-Kyle Larson won the Toyota / Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 2nd at Sonoma and 26th career win. #34-Michael McDowell finished 2nd followed by #17-Chris Buescher, #9-Chase Elliott, #1-Ross Chastain, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #12-Ryan Blaney, #45-Tyler Reddick, #20-Christopher Bell, and #38-Todd Gilliland.

Larson made his final pit stop with 29 laps remaining, later than the other lead drivers.  He came back on track more than 8 seconds off the lead, but on fresher tires was able to get the lead with 8 laps remaining.  #19-Truex lead late and was running second on the final lap but ran out of gas and finished 27^th. Pole winner #22-Joey Logano was involved in an early race accident and finished 21st. There were 11 lead changes among 8 drivers and 8 cautions for 22 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was 74.526mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #45-Reddick
• Stage 2 was won by #17-Buescher

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 2,979 points.

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

Facts: White Oak & Oh Lug Nuts tied for the win at Sonoma with 225 points ($100). They beat Outta Gas by 5 points. Hoop remains the standings leader, 16 points up on Phastphuckers.

#16-Allmendinger scored 37 points even though there is a 0 for his score. 31 points for position and 6 points for finishing 5^th in Stage 2. Remember, it’s the car/team you picked, not the driver.  

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (8 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 2,124 points. Swifty is 5 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #22-Logano just earned a pole pool point. 2 teams are now tie for the pole pool with 8 points. 

Biggest Mover: bengalsfan moving from 94^th to 68^th (26 spots)

Biggest Dump: 13 Racing moving from 34^th to 70^th (36 spots) 

Race Penalties:

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

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

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Next Race

Race #17 of 36: Sunday, June 16, 2024 at Iowa Speedway, Iowa on NBC. Green Flag: 7:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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