COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 19

Elliott wins at Atlanta

#9-Chase Elliott won the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at Atlanta Motor Speedway and  16th career win. #1-Chastain finished 2nd followed by #2-Cindric, #43-Jones, #12-Blaney, #99-Suarez, #31-Haley, #10-Almirola, #41-Custer, and #21-Burton.

Elliott started on the pole after qualifying was rained out yesterday.  He won stage 1 and 2 and led 96 laps on the day. There was a late caution in the race.  The green flag came out with just 3 laps remaining and Elliott in 3rd.  He made the pass on the leader, #7-LaJoie coming to the white flag.  He then forced LaJoie up the track while making a block.  LaJoie got loose and spun out.  The race ended under caution.

There were 27 lead changes among 12 drivers and 13 cautions for 64 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 118.754mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #9-Elliott
• Stage 2 was won by #9-Elliott

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley for a total of 3,763 points.

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

Facts: Car Ramrod wins (2^nd win) at Atlanta ($100) with 256 points. They beat Norton Ind by 11 points. There have been 18 different race winners so far in 2022. Car Ramrod is our first 2 time winner of 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points’ leader, 34 points up on Catch Can Man. First and second place only have 1 driver team different. 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 (12 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: R&R Racing with 2,582 points. Snow Owl Racing: 13 points ahead.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Elliott has scored a pole point. Outta Gas is in the lead with 10 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: NW Freight moving up from 98^th to 80^th (18 spots)

Biggest Dump: Befana dropping from 74^th to 92^nd (18 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #20 of 36: Sunday, July 17, 2022 at Loudon, NH on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                    

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 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                             

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