COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 26
Buescher wins at Daytona
#17-Chris Buescher won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at Daytona and 5th career win. #2-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #10-Aric Almirola, #9-Chase Elliott, #22-Joey Logano, #48-Alex Bowman, #8-Kyle Busch, #24-William Byron, #4-Kevin Harvick, and #7-Corey LaJoie.
The race finished after the first Overtime attempt. #41-Ryan Preece was involved in a violent accident that brought out the caution with 5 laps remaining. He slid into the grass on the backstretch and barrel-rolled ten times. He was able to get out of the car under his own power, but put on a stretcher for the ride to the infield care center. He was then transported to the hospital. On the final restart, #17-Buecher restarted second, with teammate and owner #2-Brad Keselowski behind him. Keselowski pushed him to the lead on the restart and he held on for the win.
Pole winner #14-Briscoe led 67 laps but was caught in an accident with 5 laps to go and finished 30th.
The big one happened on lap 95, coming to the end of stage 2. #54-Ty Gibbs got loose, after possible contact from #20-Christopher Bell, and came down the track, hooking #12-Ryan Blaney in the right rear, sending him hard into the outside wall. With both cars blocking the track, at least 13 cars were involved in the incident. The race had to be red flagged briefly for track cleanup. There were 22 lead changes among 17 drivers and 3 cautions for 18 yellow flag laps.
#19-Martin Truex, Jr. is the regular season champion.
The following 16 drivers advance to the Playoffs: #19-Martin Truex, Jr., #24-William Byron, #17-Chris Buescher, #8-Kyle Busch, #11-Denny Hamlin, #5-Kyle Larson, #20-Christopher Bell, #1-Ross Chastain, #22-Joey Logano, #45-Tyler Reddick, #12-Ryan Blaney, #34-Michael McDowell, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #4-Kevin Harvick, #6-Brad Keselowski, #23-Bubba Wallace.
- Stage 1 was won by #19-Truex Jr
- Stage 2 was won by #6-Keselowski
Perfect Team (per category): Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr, Kevin Harvick, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 4,745 points
Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.
Facts: To the Rear wins at Daytona with 227 points ($100). They beat Mom’n’Me by 3 points. Stumugo remains the standings leader with 4,583 points. They lead second place The Heavy Weaser by 110 points. Note: the program is now eliminating teams from reaching the top 10 at seasons end.
Standings Leaders:
- KKMT (12 weeks)
- Stumugo (9 weeks)
- FC Racing (3 weeks)
- Piston Happy (2 weeks)
- Two Griffins (1 week)
- 32 SF Hoes (1 week)
Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.
Bottom of the Barrel: Outta Gas with 3,220 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 91 points up.
Pole Pool: Anyone with #14-Briscoe just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch & Rabbit are now tied for the lead with 9 pole points.
Biggest Mover: Mom’n’Me from 88th to 66th (22 spots)
Biggest Dump: Blowin Trannies from 83rd to 99th (16 spots)
Race Penalties:
Race Points Car Number
Richmond 60 #24
Richmond 60 #48
Martinsville 60 #3
Darlington 10 #45
Charlotte 120 #14
WWTR 60 #43
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- ILich Construction & Design
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Next Race
Race #27 of 36: Sunday September 3, 2023 at Darlington, SC on NBC.
Green Flag: 6:00pm
Playoffs: Race #1 of 10
“NUFF SAID”
COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: Stumugo cobocup@yahoo.ca
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