COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 30

Byron wins at Texas

#24-William Byron won the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The win is his 6th win of the year, 1st at Texas and 10th career win. #1-Ross Chastain finished 2nd followed by pole winner #23-Bubba Wallace, #20-Christopher Bell, #11-Denny Hamlin, #4-Kevin Harvick, #6-Brad Keselowski, #99-Daniel Suarez, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., and #14-Chase Briscoe.

After a rash of late cautions, Byron lined up 4th on the final restart, took the lead with 5 laps remaining and pulled away to win by more than a second. Byron’s win is the 300th Cup Series win for Hendrick Motorsports. Playoff drivers having problems: #8-Kyle Busch wrecked on lap 74.  He finished 34th.
#5-Kyle Larson wrecked with 19 laps remaining while battling Wallace for the lead. He finished 31st.
#12-Ryan Blaney was caught in an accident with 12 laps remaining. He could not continue and finished 28th. #45-Tyler Reddick got into the outside wall late and finished 25th. There were 22 lead changes among 13 drivers and 11 cautions for 55 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #45-Reddick
• Stage 2 was won by #5-Larson

Perfect Team (per category): Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 5,509 points

Worst Picks (per category): Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & BJ McLeod.         

Facts: The Plumber #2 wins at Texas with 204 points. They beat Rabbit by 2 points. White oak 436 remains the standings leader with 5,260 points. They lead second place Stumugo by 45 points.  

Mathematically Eliminated: Look@MeGo is on the elimination bubble.  

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (12 weeks)
• Stumugo (10 weeks)
• FC Racing (3 weeks)
• White oak 436 (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: Shake ‘n Bake, Baby with 3,803 points. Outta Gas is 42 points up. 

Pole Pool: Anyone with #23-Wallace just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch and The Stinky Puppies are tied for the lead with 12 pole points. With 6 races (6 poles) remaining in the season, if you have 5 poles or less you have been eliminated from the pole pool.

Biggest Mover: Rabbit 40^th to 29^th (11 spots)

Biggest Dump:  Look@MeGo from 66^th to 85^th (19 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 #31 of 36: Sunday October 01, 2023 at Talladega, AL on NBC.

Green Flag: 2:30pm

Playoffs: Race #5 of 10                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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