COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 18

Riddick wins at Road America

#8-Tyler Reddick won the Kwik Trip 250 NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America. It is his first career win in his 92nd Cup start. Pole winner #9-Elliott finished 2nd followed by #5-Larson, #1-Chastain, #99-Suarez, #17-Buescher, #2-Cindric, #34-McDowell, #16-Allmendinger, and #4-Harvick.

Reddick ran up front most of the day, took the lead with 15 to go and pulled away from Elliott to win by more than 3 seconds. There were 8 lead changes among 6 drivers and 2 cautions for 2 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 96.622mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #14-Briscoe
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley for a total of 3,498 points.

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

Facts: Shiftin Gears wins at Road America ($100) with 231 points. They beat Gasholes by 13 points. There have been 18 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points’ leader, 30 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 (11 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Friday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: R&R Racing with 2,440 points. Snow Owl Racing: 47 points ahead.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Elliott has scored a pole point. Outta Gas & Union Thug are tied for the lead with 9 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: BLUBYU moving up from 121^st to 106^th (15 spots)

Biggest Dump: Team Shaggy dropping from 18^th to 31^st (13 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #19 of 36: Sunday, July 10, 2022 at Atlanta, GA on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                             

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