COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 31

Stenhouse wins at Talladega

#47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr won the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The win is his 1st of the year, 2nd at Talladega and 4th career win. #6-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #24-William Byron, #5-Kyle Larson, #43-Erik Jones, #20-Christopher Bell, #7-Justin Haley, #3-Austin Dillon, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #11-Denny Hamlin.

The race finished after a single overtime attempt caused by ‘The Big One’ on lap 184 unofficially involved 23 cars and took hit a number of playoff drivers with damage, including #99-Daniel Suarez, #9-Chase Elliott, #14-Chase Briscoe, #2-Austin Cindric, and #22-Joe Logano.

Pole sitter #34-Michael McDowell led the most laps on the day, but was caught in the big wreck on lap 184 and finished 37th. There were 66 lead changes among 24 drivers and 4 cautions for 24 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 150.733mph.

Stage Winners

Stage 1 was won by #17-Buescher

• Stage 2 was won by #2-Cindric

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 5,548 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Martin Truex Jr, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Daniel Hemric & Kaz Grala.         

Facts: Hayseed wins at Talladega with 215 points ($100). They beat The Plumber #2 by 6 points. Day By Day takes over the standings lead, 1 point up on Union Thug.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (17 weeks)
• Hoop (6 weeks)
• Keeblerselves (3 weeks)
• Bandwanger 5 (2 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears
• Young Guns
• Double Trouble
• Day By Day

Mathematically Eliminated:

With 5 races remaining, 120 teams have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 10 at seasons end. Rainout 2024 is on the bubble.

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Swifty with 4,124 points. FLG Racing is 24 points ahead. These teams are fighting for a 2025 free entry.  

Pole Pool: Anyone with #34-McDowell just earned a pole pool point. Boss Bitch & DMFL are tied for the pole pool with 14 points. With 5 races left in the 2024 season, any team with 8 poles or lower is out of contention for the pole pool win.

Biggest Mover: Northern Bake moving from 78^th to 57^th (21 spots)

Biggest Dump:  Bucktoothed Hilbillies moving from 103^rd to 122^nd (19 spots)

Race Penalties:

• Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)
• Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)
• Nashville: Car #77-Hocevar (25 points)
• Richmond: Car #3-Dillon (25 points)
• Michigan: Car #11-Hamlin (75 points)

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Next Race: Playoffs – Race #6 of 10

Race #32 of 36: Sunday October 13, 2024 at Charlotte Roval, NC on TSN. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

                                                                        “NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Day By Day                                                                                                                                                              cobocup@yahoo.ca