COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 17

Elliott wins at Nashville

#9-Chase Elliott won the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Nashville Superspeedway and 15th career win. #45-Busch finished 2nd followed by .#12-Blaney, #5-Larson, #1-Chastain, pole winner #11-Hamlin, #2-Cindric, #20-Bell, #22-Logano, and #4-Harvick.

Elliott took the lead from Kyle Busch with 38 laps remaining and overcame a late caution to hold on for the win. The race was delayed by an hour during the first stage due to lightning in the area. Then it delayed again, by more than 2 hours, just 11 laps before halfway due to rain and lightning. There were 18 lead changes among 7 drivers and 10 cautions for 57 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #19-Truex
• Stage 2 was won by #19-Truex

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Eric Jones and Justin Haley for a total of 3,312 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).         

Facts: 4652RDS wins at Nashville ($100) with 252 points. They beat Tucson2 by 8 points. There have been 17 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points’ leader, 48 points up on Catch Can Man. There have been 6 lead changes for the standings lead so far in 2022.  

Standings Leaders:

• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• 10 Speed
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• SardoVRacing (10 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: R&R Racing with 2,312 points. Snow Owl Racing: 36 points ahead.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Hamlin has scored a pole point. Union Thug leads the pack with 9 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Pitbull moving up from 128^th to 108^th (20 spots)

Biggest Dump: Bill Peters dropping from 86^th to 106^th (20 spots)

Race Penalties:  Sonoma: 6/11/2022 (pre-qualifying inspection). #51-Cody Ware Safety: L1 Section 0.5.2.1.E At-Track Penalty and Penalty Options. Note: Multiple inspection failures. Rick Ware Racing and Cody Ware have been penalized with the loss of 20 NASCAR Cup Series Championship team owner and driver points.

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Next Race

Race #18 of 36: Sunday, July 03, 2022 at Road America on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                       

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                            

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