COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 25

Larson wins at Watkins Glen

#5-Kyle Larson won the Go Bowling at the Glen NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 2nd at Watkins Glen International and 18th career win. #16-Allmendinger finished 2nd followed by .#22-Logano, #9-Elliott, #99-Suarez, #34-McDowell, #8-Reddick, #20-Bell, #17-Buescher, and #43-Jones.

Larson took the lead from Elliott with 5 laps remaining and held off a late charge by Allmendinger for the win. Pole winner #9-Elliott clinched the regular season championship with his finish. #91-Kimi Raikkonen, participating in his first Cup Series race, finished 37th after an accident on lap 46.

The race began more than 90 minutes late after a couple lightning holds and poor visibility prevented an on time start.  Due to wet conditions at the start, teams also began the race on rain tires. There were 12 lead changes among 9 drivers and 5 cautions for 11 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #14-Briscoe
• Stage 2 was won by #22-Logano

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley for a total of 4,832 points.

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

Facts: Slumn Racing wins at Watkins Glen ($300) with 259 points. They beat Parisites by 9 points. There have been 24 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man takes over the standings lead, 3 points up on SardoVRacing. 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 (2 week)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 3,469 points. Rabbit: 33 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with Elliott has scored a pole point. Can Am Racing & Outta Gas are tied for the lead with 11 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Slumn Racing moving up from 91^st to 70^th (21 spots)

Biggest Dump: F1 Rules dropping from 103^rd to 117^th (14 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #26 of 36: Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Daytona, FL on NBC. Green Flag: 7:00pm                                                                       

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 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: Catch Can Man                                                                                                                                                               cobocup@yahoo.ca