COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 33

Logano wins at Las Vegas

#22-Joey Logano won the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 3rd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 30th career win. #1-Chastain finished 2nd followed by #18-Busch, #14-Briscoe, #11-Hamlin, pole winner #8-Reddick, #19-Truex, Jr., #43-Jones, #16-Allmendinger, and #3- Dillon.

Logano took the lead from Chastain with 2 laps to go and pulled away to win by .8 second, locking him into the Championship 4 race at Phoenix. Playoff drivers that had troubles: #20-Bell was caught in an accident on lap 95 after contact between #45-Wallace and #5-Larson sent Larson into Bell.  Following the incident, Wallace confronted Larson and shoved him several times before walking away. Bell was unable to continue and finished 34th. #12-Blaney, running second with 40 laps to go, slid up in to the outside wall, spun down the track and hit the inside wall. The team made repairs and he finished 7 laps down, in 28th. There were 18 lead changes among 11 drivers and 8 cautions for 42 yellow flag laps.

• Stage 1 was won by #45-Wallace
• Stage 2 was won by #12-Blaney

Perfect Team (per category): Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Justin Haley.

Worst Picks (per category): Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).       

Facts: 137 wins (2^nd race in a row) at Las Vegas ($100) with 221 points. They beat Befana by 4 points. There have been 31 different race winners so far in 2022. Catch Can Man remains the standings leader, 30 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 (8 weeks)

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Mathematically Eliminated: 53^rd place and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 12 at seasons end (end of season payout). Union Thug sits on the bubble.

The Battle for the Bottom: Whos Gonna Know with 4,363 points. Boogedy Boog: 309 points ahead.    

Pole Pool: Anyone with Reddick has scored a pole point. Can Am Racin & Rub’nls Racin are tied for the lead with 13 pole points.     

Biggest Mover: MINI COOP moving up from 67^th to 53^rd (14 spots)

Biggest Dump: Outta Gas dropping from 58^th to 70^th (12 spots)

Race Penalties:  The Roval: Car #41-50 points

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Next Race

Race #34 of 36 (Race #8 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday October 23, 2022 at Homestead, FL on NBC. Green Flag: 2:30pm                                                                      

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