COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 24

Harvick wins at Richmond

#4-Kevin Harvick won the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 4th at Richmond Raceway and 60th career win. #20-Bell finished 2nd followed by #17-Buescher, #11-Hamlin, #9-Elliott, #22-Logano, #19-Truex, Jr., #10-Almirola, #18-Busch, and #12-Blaney.

Harvick did not take the lead until 66 laps remaining in the race. After final green flag pit stops cycled through he regained the lead for the final 47 laps and held off a late charge by Bell to win by nearly a half second. Pole winner #5-Larson led 11 laps on the day and finished 14th. There were 16 lead changes among 9 drivers and 5 cautions for 28 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #1-Chastain
• Stage 2 was won by #22-Logano

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Aric Almirola/Kurt Busch (tie), Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley for a total of 4,656 points.

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

Facts: 6666 wins (2^nd win of 2022) at Richmond ($100) with 221 points. They beat Rocketman by 7 points. There have been 23 different race winners so far in 2022. There is a tie at top of the standings. Catch Can Man and SardoVRacing taking top spot, 21 points up on 4652RDS. There have been 8 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 (15 weeks)  
• 4652RDS (2 weeks)
• Catch Can Man (1 week)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 3,310 points. Rabbit: 40 points ahead.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with Larson has scored a pole point. Can Am Racing, Outta Gas & Union Thug are tied for the lead with 10 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Racing 2 Win moving up from 62^nd to 49^th (13 spots)

Biggest Dump: Ferns Fat! dropping from 53^rd to 68^th (15 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #25 of 36: Sunday, August 21, 2022 at Watkins Glen, NY on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

 “NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader (tie): Catch Can Man/SardoVRacing                                                                                                                                                      cobocup@yahoo.ca