COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 20

Bell wins at Loudon

#20-Christopher Bell won the Ambetter 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and 2nd career win.
#9-Elliott finished 2nd followed by #23-Wallace, pole winner #19-Truex, Jr., #4-Harvick, #11-Hamlin, #6-Keselowski, #1-Chastain, #99-Suarez, and #45-Busch.

Bell took the lead for the first time with 41 laps remaining and pulled away from Elliott to win by more than 5 seconds. The race started 20 minutes later than scheduled due to a brief rain shower early in the afternoon. There were 8 lead changes among 7 drivers and 9 cautions for 52 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #19-Truex Jr
• Stage 2 was won by #19-Truex Jr

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley for a total of 3,966 points.

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

Facts: The Morons win at Loudon ($100) with 254 points. They beat Tucson2 by 2 points. There have been 19 different race winners so far in 2022. SardoVRacing remains the standings points’ leader, 7 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 (13 weeks)  

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: R&R Racing with 2,727 points. Snow Owl Racing: 10 points ahead.  

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

Biggest Mover: The Morons moving up from 137^th to 113^th (24 spots)

Biggest Dump: Bandwagon 42 dropping from 113^th to 127^th (14 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #21 of 36: Sunday, July 24, 2022 at Pocono, PA on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

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 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                             

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