COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 29

Buescher wins at Bristol

#17-Chris Buescher won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Bristol Motor Speedway and 2nd career win. He is the 19th different winner this season, the most since 1972. #9-Elliott finished 2nd followed by #24-Byron, #20-Bell, #5-Larson, #1-Chastain, #16-Allmendinger, #41-Custer, #11-Hamlin, and #4-Harvick.

Pole winner #10-Almirola spun out early and had mechanical troubles late. He finished 28th. Several playoff drivers had troubles during the race: Midway through stage 1, #2-Cindric had a flat tire and had to pit under green. He lost 4 laps.  He stayed out of trouble the rest of the time and finished 20th. On Lap 93 #12-Blaney had a tire go down, got into the outside wall and broke a right-rear toe link. He lost nearly 150 laps while the team repaired the car. He finished 30th.

Just past halfway, #18-Busch lost and engine and could not continue. He finished 34th and was eliminated from the playoffs. On lap 277, #99-Suarez was involved in an accident with #47-Stenhouse, Jr. #48-Bowman, #8-Reddick, and #3-Dillon were also involved. Bowman could not continue. He finished 32nd. Dillon’s team could not repair the car either and he finished 31st. Suarez continued and ended the evening in 19th. #22-Logano had a flat tire with about 100 laps remaining and had to pit under green. He later went behind the wall and finished 27th.

Advancing to the Round of 12 in the playoffs: #1-Chastain, #2-Cindric, #5-Larson, #9-Elliott, #11-Hamlin, #14-Briscoe, #12-Blaney, #20-Bell, #22-Logano, #24-Byron, #48-Bowman, and #99-Suarez.
Drivers who were eliminated from the playoffs: #3-Dillon, #4-Harvick, #8-Reddick and #18-Busch.
There were 12 lead changes among 6 drivers and 11 cautions for 80 yellow flag laps.  

• Stage 1 was won by #6-Keselowski
• Stage 2 was won by #20-Bell

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: EL Diablo & Magic Men wins at Bristol ($100) with 265 points. They beat The Misfits by 3 points. There have been 27 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man remains the standings leader, 7 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 (4 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 121^st place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). Tugger sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 3,977 points. Rabbit: 26 points ahead.   

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

Biggest Mover: Racing 2 Win moving up from 57^th to 40^th (17 spots)

Biggest Dump: Slumn Racing 2 dropping from 120^th to 137^th (17 spots)

Race Penalties:  None

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Next Race

Race #30 of 36 (Race #4 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday September 25, 2022 at Ft. Worth, TX on NBC. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                       

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