COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 2

Daniel Suarez wins at Atlanta

#99-Daniel Suarez won the Ambetter Health 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in a thrilling three-wide photo finish. The margin of victory was 0.003 seconds, the third closest in NASCAR history. The win is his first win of the year, first at Atlanta and second career win.

#12-Ryan Blaney finished 2nd followed by #8-Kyle Busch, #2-Austin Cindric, #23-Bubba Wallace, #47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., #1-Ross Chastain, #34-Michael McDowell, #17-Chris Buescher, and #54-Ty Gibbs.
There were 14 lead changes among 48 drivers, a new record at Atlanta, and 10 cautions for 65 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 115.398mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #34-McDowell
• Stage 2 was won by #2-Cindric

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace, Eric Jones, Austin Cindric & John Nemechek with 447 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Noah Gragson, Austin Dillon & Carson Hocevar.         

Facts: Murfs Motorsports wins at Atlanta with 232 points ($100). They beat Morons by 4 points. Phoenix One takes over the standings lead, 2 points up on JL Racing.

Last reminder check your driver teams and the points for the first few races to make sure there are no mistakes. If there is, don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, even though NASCAR shows a 0 beside your driver name, I give the points per position. There is a 0 because they are not running for Cup points.  

Standings Leaders:

• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: F1 Rules with 224 points.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #34-McDowell, just earned a pole pool point.    

Biggest Mover: Slumn3Racing moving from 182^nd to 72^nd (110 spots)

Biggest Dump: DAK Racing moving from 46^th to 155^th (109 spots) 

Race Penalties: None

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Next Race

Race #3 of 36: Sunday, March 05, 2024 at Las Vegas, NV on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                      

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Phoenix One                                                                                                                                                  cobocup@yahoo.ca