COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 32

Larson wins at The Roval

#5-Kyle Larson won the Bank of America ROVAL 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The win is his 6th win of the year, 2nd at the Charlotte ROVAL and 29th career win.
#20-Christopher Bell finished 2nd followed by #24-William Bryon, #2-Austin Cindric, #9-Chase Elliott, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, pole winner #13-Shane Van Gisbergen, #22-Joey Logano, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #12-Ryan Blaney.

#5-Larson dominated the race, leading 62 of the 109 laps and winning by 1.5 second.
Drivers advancing to the Round of 8: #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #11-Denny Hamlin, #12-Ryan Blaney, #20-Christopher Bell, #24-William Byron, #45-Tyler Reddick, #48-Alex Bowman.
Drivers eliminated from the playoffs: #2-Austin Cindric, #14-Chase Briscoe, #48-Alex Bowman, #99-Daniel Suarez.

There were 7 lead changes among 6 drivers and 5 cautions for 13 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 82.817mph.

UPDATE: #48-Alex Bowman has been disqualified for failing post-race inspection.  The car was too light. He will receive last place points.  That will drop him to 9th in the point standings and out of the playoffs.  #22-Joey Logano is now in the round of 8.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #45-Reddick
• Stage 2 was won by #48-Bowman (Penalty, so Stage 2 went to #16-Allmendinger-13 stage points)

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 5,716 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: Oh Lug Nuts wins at The Roval with 249 points ($300). They beat Switchgear by 6 points. Day By Day remains in the standings lead, 11 points up on Union Thug & Bandwanger 5 (tie). 68-point difference between 1^st and 10^th.  

Standings Leaders:

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

Mathematically Eliminated:

With 4 races remaining, 138 teams have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 10 at seasons end. Nationwide T&T is on the bubble.

Challenges: You have until Thursday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Swifty with 4,270 points. FLG Racing is 78 points ahead. These teams are fighting for a 2025 free entry. 

Pole Pool: No one had the #13 team as they weren’t part of our pool. So, no one scored a pole point this week. Boss Bitch & DMFL are tied for the pole pool with 14 points. With 4 races left in the 2024 season, any team with 9 poles or lower is out of contention for the pole pool win. 27 teams are still in the battle for the pole pool.  

Biggest Mover: Switchgear moving from 83^rd to 51^st (32 spots)

Biggest Dump:  The Plumber #1 moving from 72^nd to 98^th (26 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)

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• Industrial Hose and Hydraulics @ www.industrialhose.net
• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
• Hammer DJ Services @ www.hammerdjservices.ca
• Dry N Shine Auto Spa @www.drynshineautospa.com
• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race: Playoffs – Race #7 of 10

Race #33 of 36: Sunday October 20, 2024 at Las Vegas, NV on TSN. Green Flag: 2:30pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

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