COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 27

Jones wins at Darlington

#43-Erik Jones won the Cook Out Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 2nd at Darlington Raceway and 3rd career win. #11-Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #8-Reddick, pole winner #22-Logano, #20-Bell, #34-McDowell, #6-Keselowski, #24-Byron, #45-Wallace, and #48-Bowman.

Jones took the lead with 22 laps remaining when race leader #18-Busch fell out of the race with a blown engine. Several playoff drivers had issues during the race: #9-Elliott, the regular season champion and points leader entering in the race, lost control of the car just before the end of stage 1 and backed into the outside wall.  The team was not able to repair damages in time and he was unable to continue.  He finished 36th. #4-Harvick fell out of the race with 90 laps remaining when his car caught fire in the rocker panel area. He finished 33rd. While leading the race with less than 25 laps remaining, #18-Kyle Busch lost an engine and finished 30th. #14-Bricoe was caught in #9-Elliott’s accident, lost 3 laps and finished 27th,
#5-Larson lost three laps early with an engine issue and went 4 laps down before climbing back onto the lead lap at the end of stage two.  He finished 12th.

There were 21 lead changes among 11 drivers and 9 cautions for 58 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 120.406mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron
• Stage 2 was won by #18-Busch

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, Kurt Busch, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley.

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

Facts: Larry’s Lemons wins at Darlington ($100) with 232 points. They beat MINI COOP by 5 points. There have been 26 different race winners so far in 2022. 4652RDS remains the standings leader, 2 points up on Catch Can Man. 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 (4 weeks)
• Catch Can Man (2 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 161^st place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). The Plumber 2 sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Rabbit with 3,754 points. Whos Gonna Know: 14 points ahead.  

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

Biggest Mover: Ferns Fat moving up from 69^th to 54^th (15 spots)

Biggest Dump: VIP dropping from 48^th to 70^th (22 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #28 of 36 (Race #2 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday, September 11, 2022 at Kansas City, KS on NBC. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2022 Standings Leader: 4652RDS                                                                                                                                                                

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