COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 2

Kyle Busch wins at Fontana

#8-Kyle Busch won the Pala Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway. The win is his 5th at Auto Club Speedway, 61st career win, and 1st with Richard Childress Racing.
#9-Elliott finished 2nd followed by #1-Chastain, #99-Suarez, #4-Harvick, #11-Hamlin, #6-Keselowski, #48-Bowman, #3-Dillon, and #22-Logano.

Busch took the lead with 20 laps remaining and pulled away to win by nearly 3 seconds.
Pole sitter #20-Bell was involved in a restart accident on lap 87 that collected 10 cars and was the largest accident ever at Auto Club Speedway.  He was unable to continue and finished 32nd.

There were 28 lead changes among 13 drivers and 8 cautions for 38 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 127.603mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #1-Chastain
• Stage 2 was won by #1-Chastain

Perfect Team (per category): Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chris Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie.

Worst Picks (per category): Kyle Larson, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Eric Jones, Justin Haley, Ryan Preece & Ty Dillon.       

Facts: Two Griffins win at Fontana with 240 points ($100). They beat Sunshine by 26 points. Two Griffins takes over the standings lead, 31 points up on KKMT.

A 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:

• KKMT
• FC Racing
• Two Griffins

Challenges: You have until Friday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Nut Busters with 154 points.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #20-Bell just earned a pole pool point.   

Biggest Mover: Sunshine moving from 111^th to 33^rd (78 spots)

Biggest Dump: Monkey Nuts moving from 18^th to 105^th (87 spots) 

Race Penalties: None

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Next Race

Race #3 of 36: Sunday, March 05, 2023 at Las Vegas, NV on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                       

“NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: Two Griffins                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca