COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 21

Blaney wins at Pocono

#12-Ryan Blaney won the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 2nd at Pocono and 12th career win. #11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #48-Alex Bowman, #24-Willam Byron, #22-Joey Logano, #45-Tyler Reddick, #6-Brad Keselowski, #19-Martin Truex Jr, #9-Chase Elliott, and #23-Bubba Wallace.

Pole sitter #54-Ty Gibbs lost an engine late in the race after leading 21 laps on the day. He finished 27th.
Stage 1 was won by #19-Martin Truex, Jr. Stage 2 was won by #11-Denny Hamlin. There were 8 lead changes among 8 drivers and 8 cautions for 32 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 123.722mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #19-Truex Jr
• Stage 2 was won by #11-Hamlin

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Todd Gilliland & Carson Hocevar for 3,778 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Austin Dillon & Kaz Grala.         

Facts: Beamer Racing wins at Pocono with 206 points ($100). They beat Can’t A Ford It by 1 point. Keeblerselves takes over the standings lead, 10 points up on Union Thug.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (12 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears
• Keeblerselves

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 2,745 points. Swifty is 17 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #54-Gibbs just earned a pole pool point. 7 teams are now tie for the pole pool with 10 points.  

Biggest Mover: Rainout 2024 moving from 63^rd to 39^th (24 spots)

Biggest Dump:  BLUBYU moving from 64^th to 90^th (26 spots)

Race Penalties:

Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)

Nashville: Car #77-Hocevar (25 points)

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• Industrial Hose and Hydraulics @ www.industrialhose.net
• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
• Hammer DJ Services @ www.hammerdjservices.ca
• Dry N Shine Auto Spa @www.drynshineautospa.com
• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race

Race #22 of 36: Sunday July 21, 2024 at Indianapolis, IN on NBC. Green Flag: 2:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Keeblerselves                                                                                                                                                       cobocup@yahoo.ca