COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 27

Larson wins at Darlington

#5-Kyle Larson won the Cook Out Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 1st at Darlington and 22nd career win. #45-Tyler Reddick finished 2nd followed by #17-Chris Buescher, #24-William Byron, #1-Ross Chastain, #6-Brad Keselowski, #23-Bubba Wallace, #9-Chase Elliott, #12-Ryan Blaney, and #43-Erik Jones.

Larson took the lead on his final pit stop, with 56 laps remaining and held off Reddick the rest of the way.
Pole winner #20-Christopher Bell made contact with the wall early and was caught in a late accident. He finished 23rd. Other playoff drivers suffering bigger issues during the race: #4-Kevin Harvick was running second with under 60 laps to go when headed for pit road for a green flag stop. The caution came out just before he hit pit road and he was penalized for pitting while pit road was closed.

#11-Denny Hamlin dominated much of the race, leading 177 laps but had a loose wheel during a pit stop on lap 269 and was involved in a late accident.  He finished 25th. #34-Michael McDowell lost a lap on track during the first stage. He took the wave around just before the end of stage 2 to get back on the lead lap but fell back later.  He was involved in a late accident and could not continue. There was a red flag on lap 189 to repair lights that had not come on in turns 3&4. There were 13 lead changes among 7 drivers and 8 cautions for 51 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 120.906mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #11-Hamlin
• Stage 2 was won by #11-Hamlin

Perfect Team (per category): Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr, Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 4,914 points

Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.         

Facts: Rob K (2^nd win) wins at Darlington with 240 points ($100). They beat Can’t A Ford It by 1 point. Stumugo remains the standings leader with 4,744 points. They lead second place White oak 436 by 42 points.

Mathematically Eliminated: Minicoop is on the elimination bubble.   

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• Stumugo (10 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 3,345 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 88 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #20-Bell just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch & Rabbit are now tied for the lead with 10 pole points. With 9 races (9 poles) remaining in the season, if you have 1 pole or less you have been eliminated from the pole pool. 3 teams have been eliminated. 

Biggest Mover: Never Quit Race 3 50^th to 30^th (20 spots)

Biggest Dump: Johnny Sue from 44^th to 65^th (21 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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Next Race

Race #28 of 36: Sunday September 10, 2023 at Kansas Speedway, KS on NBC.

Green Flag: 3:00pm

Playoffs: Race #2 of 10                                                                       

“NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: Stumugo                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca