COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 28

Bubba Wallace wins at Kansas

#45-Bubba Wallace won the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Kansas Speedway and 2nd career win. #11-Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #20-Bell, #48-Bowman, #19-Truex, Jr., #24-Byron, #1-Chastain, #5-Larson, #12-Blaney, and #99-Suarez.

Wallace took the lead from #48-Bowman with 67 laps remaining, retook the lead following final green flag pit stops and held off a late charge by Hamlin and Bell to grab the win.  His victory locks the #45 team into the Round of 12 for the Owners Championship playoffs. Playoff drivers having problems on the day: #4-Harvick got into the outside wall on lap 33 and broke the suspension on the car.  He could not continue and finished 36th.

On lap 66, pole winner #8-Reddick blew a tire and hit the outside wall. The team could not repair the car.  He finished 35th. #18-Kyle Busch spun off turn four on lap 138 and spun through the grass. He lost a lap, got it back, but fell off the lead lap again later in the race.  He finished 26th. There were 16 lead changes among 12 drivers and 9 cautions for 43 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #20-Bell
• Stage 2 was won by #48-Bowman

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: Lloyds Smoke Shop wins (2^nd win) at Kansas ($100) with 264 points. They beat Never Quit Racing #2 by 7 points. There have been 26 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man takes over the standings lead, 12 points up on 4652RDS. 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 (3 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 142^nd place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). No Clue sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 3,836 points. Rabbit: 64 points ahead.    

Pole Pool: Anyone with Reddick has scored a pole point. 5 teams tied for the lead with 11 pole points.    

Biggest Mover: Piston Happy moving up from 129^th to 109^th (20 spots)

Biggest Dump: Jewel & Lacey dropping from 34^th to 52^nd (18 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #29 of 36 (Race #3 of 10-Playoffs): Saturday September 17, 2022 at Bristol, TN on NBC. Green Flag: 7:30pm                                                                      

 “NUFF SAID”

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