COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 18

Elliott wins at Atlanta

#9-Chase Elliott won the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway. The win is his first win of the year, second at Atlanta and 20th career win. #6-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #48-Alex Bowman, #45-Tyler Reddick, #43-Erik Jones, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #38-Zane Smith, #10-Ty Dillon, #17-Chris Buescher, and #77-Carson Hocevar.

Elliott ran up front through much of he race and led 41 laps on the night but had to pass Keselowski on the final lap to get the win. Pole sitter #22-Joey Logano was caught in the accident at the start of stage 2 and could not continue. He finished 36th. The race was delayed by rain midway through stage 1, leading to a 15 minute red flag. Just after the start of stage 2, an accident involved more than half the field and led to a 9 minute red flag for track cleanup. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #42-John Hunter Nemechek. There were 46 lead changes among 13 drivers and 10 cautions for 68 yellow flag laps.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #2-Cindric
• Stage 2 was won by #45-Reddick

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Eric Jones & John Hunter Nemechek for 3,138 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Cole Custer, Ty Dillon & Cody Ware.         

Facts: Titts R 4 Tibbs wins at Atlanta with 216 points ($600). They beat My Team Rocks by 1 point. Phoenix Four remains the standings leader, 37 points over TMKK.

Standings Leaders:

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

• There have been 10 standings leaders

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

• Cry me a River from 109^th to 61^st (48 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Morons from 100^th to 144^th (44 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 2,376 points. They are 74 points back from Force-Kin for the 2026 free entry.  

Pole Pool

• Logano (Atlanta)
• Hamlin (Pocono)
• Van Gisbergen (Mexico)
• 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)

• KLP & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 6 poles.

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Next Race: 

Race #19 of 36: Sunday July 06, 2025 at Chicago, IL on TSN. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Phoenix Four                                                                                                                                                        cobocup@yahoo.ca