COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 24

 
Reddick wins at Michigan
#45-Tyler Reddick won the Firekeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Michigan and 7 career win. #24-William Byron finished 2nd followed by #54-Ty Gibbs, #8-Kyle Busch, #6-Brad Keselowski, #17-Chris Buescher, #71-Zane Smith, #99-Daniel Suarez, pole sitter #11-Denny Hamlin, and #77-Carson Hocevar.

Reddick was in control of the race until a late caution came out, setting up an overtime attempt. During the first attempt, there was another caution and Reddick lost the lead to Byron. On the second overtime attempt, Reddick took the lead from Byron on the restart and he held on to win. The start of the race on Sunday was delayed by nearly 2.5 hours when rain hit the track just before the scheduled green flag. The race was then postponed after 51 laps due to pending rain and darkness. It resumed Monday morning and ran to completion without issue. There were 26 lead changes among 16 drivers and 7 cautions for 41 yellow flag laps.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #12-Blaney
• Stage 2 was won by #8-Busch

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Todd Gilliland & Carson Hocevar for 4,247 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Martin Truex Jr, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Corey LaJoie & Kaz Grala.        

Facts: Scooch wins at Michigan with 240 points ($300). They beat NortherBase by 8 points. Bandwanger 5 & Young Guns are tied for the standings lead, 23 points up on Keeblerselves.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (12 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• Keeblerselves (3 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears
• Young Guns
• Bandwanger 5

Challenges: You have until Thursday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 3,170 points. Swifty is 56 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #11-Hamlin just earned a pole pool point. A ton of teams are now tied for the pole pool with 10 points. 

Biggest Mover: Cry Me A River moving from 100^th to 74^th (26 spots)

Biggest Dump:  Proven Winners moving from 97^th to 129^th (32 spots)

Race Penalties:

*I have not yet subtracted the #3-Dillon penalty yet. Waiting for the final ruling from NASCAR

• Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)
• Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)
• Nashville: Car #77-Hocevar (25 points)
• Richmond: Car #3-Dillon (25 points)

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Next Race

Race #25 of 36: Saturday August 24, 2024 at Daytona, FL on NBC. Green Flag: 7:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Bandwanger 5 & Young Guns (tie)                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca