COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 25

Burton wins at Daytona

#21-Harrison Burton won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The win is the first of his career. #8-Kyle Busch finished 2nd followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #15-Cody Ware, #54-Ty Gibbs, #23-Bubba Wallace, #62-Parker Retzlaff, #6-Brad Keselowski, #31-Daniel Hemric, and #17-Chris Buescher.

The race finished after the first overtime attempt. Burton restarted in second but was able to take the lead on the final lap to win by .047 second. The win is the 100th for Wood Brothers Racing.
Pole sitter #34-Michael McDowell led 24 laps and was running up front late when he was involved in an accident and finished 30th. There were 40 lead changes among 16 drivers and 7 cautions for 34 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 135.413mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #4-Berry
• Stage 2 was won by #22-Logano

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Todd Gilliland & Carson Hocevar for 4,423 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: SLV “N” BLK wins at Daytona with 209 points ($100). They beat Murfs Motorsports by 5 points. Union Thug & Bandwanger 5 are tied for the standings lead, 19 points up on Keeblerselves. Next race (Darlington), the computer will start eliminating teams mathematically from reaching the top 10.  

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (13 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• Keeblerselves (3 weeks)
• Bandwanger 5 (2 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears
• Young Guns

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Swifty with 3,254 points. FLG Racing is 37 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #34-McDowell just earned a pole pool point. 3 teams are tied for the pole pool with 11 points.   

Biggest Mover: Can’t calculate due to recent penalties

Biggest Dump:  Can’t calculate due to recent penalties 

Race Penalties:

• 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)
• Michigan: Car #11-Hamlin (75 points)

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Next Race

Race #26 of 36: Sunday September 01, 2024 at Darlington, SC on NBC. Green Flag: 6:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Union Thug & Bandwanger 5 (tie)                                                                                                                             

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