COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 28

Reddick wins at Kansas

#45-Tyler Reddick won the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Kansas and 5th career win. #11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #43-Erik Jones, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #8-Kyle Busch, pole winner #20-Christopher Bell, #6-Brad Keselowski, and #48-Alex Bowman.

#11-Denny Hamlin was leading the race and pulling away when a late caution came out for #17-Chris Buescher blowing a tire.  The field pitted with a mix of strategies.  Reddick restarted the race in 5th, took the lead coming to the white flag and held on to win.  It was the only two laps that he led on the day.
Playoff drivers having problems: #19-Martin Truex, Jr. wrecked on lap 4 after a tire went down. He finished 36th. #24-William Byron spun out on lap 64. He did not hit anything and continued on. He recovered to finish 15^th. #23-Bubba Wallace had a tire go down while running 2nd during stage 2 and broke a toe link. He lost multiple laps and finished 32^. #17-Chris Buescher lost a tire with less than 10 laps remaining. He finished 27th.

There were 19 lead changes among 10 drivers and 9 cautions for 45 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #5-Larson
• Stage 2 was won by #6-Keselowski

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: Honda Hooters (2nd Win) & 10 Speed #2 tied for the win at Kansas with 219 points. They each share $100 as Kansas was a $200 payout race. They beat HBK by 1 point. White oak 436 takes over the standings lead with 4,901 points. They lead second place Stumugo by 15 points.  

Mathematically Eliminated: Union Thug is on the elimination bubble.  

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• Stumugo (10 weeks)
• FC Racing (3 weeks)
• Piston Happy (2 weeks)
• White oak 436 (1 week)
• 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 3,483 points. Shake ‘n Bake, Baby is 89 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #20-Bell just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch is in the lead with 11 pole points. With 8 races (8 poles) remaining in the season, if you have 2 poles or less you have been eliminated from the pole pool.

Biggest Mover: HBK 43^rd to 28^th (15 spots)

Biggest Dump:  T-bone & Buck from 62^nd to 88^th (26 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 #29 of 36: Saturday September 16, 2023 at Bristol, TN on NBC.

Green Flag: 7:30pm

Playoffs: Race #3 of 10                                                                       

 “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: White oak 436                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca