COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 25

Austin Dillon wins at Richmond

#3-Austin Dillon won the Cook Out 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. The win is his first win of the year, second at Richmond and sixth career win. #48-Alex Bowman finished 2nd followed by #12-Ryan Blaney, #22-Joey Logano, #2-Austin Cindric, #5-Kyle Larson, #99-Daniel Suarez, #21-Josh Berry, #6-Brad Keselowski, and #11-Denny Hamlin.

Pole sitter #60-Ryan Preece led 60 laps early in the race but had mechanical troubles late and finished 35th.
Dillon got his first win since Richmond last year and locked himself into the playoffs. He led 107 laps on the night, made his final pit stop earlier than the other leaders and won by 2.5 seconds. William Byron is the 2025 regular season champion. There are two playoff spots remaining heading to next week’s regular season finale at Daytona.

The fastest lap bonus a earned by #23-Bubba Wallace. There were 24 lead changes among 11 drivers and 5 cautions for 44 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 94.126mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #45-Reddick
• Stage 2 was won by #23-Wallace

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, A.J. Allmendinger & SVG for 4,348 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Cole Custer, Ty Dillon & Cody Ware.         

Facts: Team Mcbaner wins at Richmond with 229 points ($100). They beat PING by 5 points. Fight Bump N Grind takes over the standings lead, 10 points up on Oh Lug Nuts.

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (4 weeks)
• Faline 2025 (3 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• TMKK Racing (2 weeks)
• Phoenix Four (2 weeks)
• Watermelon Racing (2 weeks)
• Butters (2 weeks)
• Fight Bump N Grind
• Oh Lug Nuts
• Rusty69
• Nascar Abby
• Left Turn Clyde
• Bucktoothed Hilbillies
• Northern Base
• Crash Boys

• There have been 15 standings leaders

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to challenge the points. Race winners will be paid out once challenge deadline has expired.

Top Gainer of the Week

• Why Not 2025! 105^th to 70^th (35 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Titts R 4 Tibbs 57^th to 91^st (34 spots)

Penalties

• Car #34: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #51: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #17: 30 points (Kansas)

Bottom of the Barrel: 44 blues with 3,314 points. They are 152 points back from East Coast Racing 2 for the 2026 free entry. 

Pole Pool

• Preece (Richmond)
• Blaney (Watkins Glen)
• Briscoe (Iowa)
• Briscoe (Brickyard)
• Elliott (Dover)
• Van Gisbergen (Sonoma)
• Van Gisbergen (Chicago)
• Logano (Atlanta)
• Hamlin (Pocono)
• Van Gisbergen (Mexico)
• Briscoe (Michigan)
• Briscoe (Nashville)
• Briscoe (Charlotte)
• Larson (Kansas)
• Hocevar (Texas)
• Smith (Talladega)
• Bowman (Bristol)
• Byron (Darlington)
• Bell (Martinsville)
• Bowman (Miami-Homestead)
• McDowell (Las Vegas)
• Byron (Phoenix)
• Reddick (COTA)
• Blaney (Atlanta)

• KLP, Race Girlz, Majik1 & Boss Bitch (4 teams) are tied for the lead with 10 poles.

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Next Race: 

Race #25 of 36: Saturday August 23, 2025 at Daytona, FL on TSN. Green Flag: 7:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Fight Bump N Grind                                                                                                                                        cobocup@yahoo.ca