COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 3

Larson wins at Las Vegas

#5-Kyle Larson won the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 3rd at Las Vegas and 24th career win. #45-Tyler Reddick finished 2nd followed #12-Ryan Blaney, #1-Ross Chastain, #54-Ty Gibbs, #10-Noah Gragson, #19-Martin Truex, Jr., #11-Denny Hamlin, pole winner #22-Joey Logano and #24-William Byron.

Larson dominated much of the race, leading 181 of the 267 laps, but had to hold off multiple charges by Reddick through the last half of the race. There was a 10 minute red flag early in the race for wall repair after #17-Chris Buescher got into the outside wall when a tire blew out. There were 24 lead changes among 15 drivers and 6 cautions for 35 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 133.192mph.

Stage Winners

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

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez, Eric Jones, Austin Cindric & John Nemechek for 612 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Ryan Preece, Todd Gilliland & Zane Smith.        

Facts: Baba Booey wins at Vegas with 250 points ($100). They beat Manxman by 10 points. Shiftin Gears takes over the standings lead, 14 points up on Union Thug.

Last reminder check your driver teams and the points for the first few races to make sure there are no mistakes. If there is, don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, even though NASCAR shows a 0 beside your driver name, I give the points per position. There is a 0 because they are not running for Cup points. 

Standings Leaders:

• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Parisites with 357 points. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #22-Logano, just earned a pole pool point.

Biggest Mover: Baba Booey moving from 155^th to 44^th (111 spots)

Biggest Dump: NL Racing moving from 26^th to 140^th (114 spots) 

Race Penalties:

Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)

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Next Race

Race #4 of 36: Sunday, March 12, 2024 at Phoenix, AZ on FOX. Green Flag: 3:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Shiftin Gears                                                                                                                                                        cobocup@yahoo.ca