COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 33

Hamlin wins at Las Vegas

#11-Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his sixth win of the year, second at Las Vegas and 60th career win. #5-Kyle Larson finished 2nd followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #19-Chase Elliott, #19-Chase Briscoe, #45-Tyler Reddick, #22-Joey Logano, #48-Alex Bowman, #8-Kyle Busch, #60-Ryan Preece, and #6-Brad Keselowski.

Hamlin started from the pole but just let nine laps.  Following a late caution, the team took four tires and he restarted in sixth with 14 laps to go. He moved through he field to take the lead with three laps to go and win by more than a second. Playoff drivers having trouble: #12-Ryan Blaney cut a tire on lap 72 and hit the wall. He could not continue and finished 38th. With 30 laps remaining, #24-William Byron ran into the back of #10-Ty Dillon while Dillon was coming to pit road, tearing up the car. He finished 36th.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #19-Chase Briscoe.

Stage 1 was won by #24-William Byron. Stage 2 was won by #5-Kyle Larson. There were 21 lead changes among 11 drivers and 5 cautions for 32 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 137.131mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 won by #24-Byron
• Stage 2 won by #5-Larson

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Michael McDowell & SVG for 5,683 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Cole Custer, Ty Dillon & Cody Ware.         

Facts: Baba Booey win at Vegas with 213 points ($100). They beat HNJ by 6 points. Gone with the Win remains the standings leader, 25 points up on OTP T&M.

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (4 weeks)
• Rusty69 (4 weeks)
• Faline 2025 (3 weeks)
• Fight Bump N Grind (3 weeks)
• Gone with the Win (3 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• TMKK Racing (2 weeks)
• Phoenix Four (2 weeks)
• Watermelon Racing (2 weeks)
• Butters (2 weeks)
• Oh Lug Nuts (2 weeks)
• Nascar Abby
• Left Turn Clyde
• Bucktoothed Hilbillies
• Northern Base
• Crash Boys

• There have been 16 standings leaders

Mathematically eliminated

• 56^th and down has been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 10. Pitbull is on the bubble.

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to challenge the points. Race winners will be paid out once challenge deadline has expired.

Top Gainer of the Week

• HNJ moving up from 79^th to 50^th (29 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Eagle dropping from 107^th to 145^th (38 spots)

Penalties

• Car #34: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #51: 10 points (Daytona 500)
• Car #17: 30 points (Kansas)

Bottom of the Barrel: 44 blues with 4,253 points. They are 302 points back from East Coast Racing 2 for the 2026 free entry.  

Pole Pool

• Hamlin (Vegas)
• Reddick (Charlotte Roval)
• Briscoe (Kansas)
• Logano (Loudon)
• A.J. Allmendinger (Bristol)
• Hamlin (WWTR)
• Hamlin (Darlington)
• Blaney (Daytona)
• Preece (Richmond)
• Blaney (Watkins Glen)
• Briscoe (Iowa)
• Briscoe (Brickyard)
• Elliott (Dover)
• Van Gisbergen (Sonoma)
• Van Gisbergen (Chicago)
• Logano (Atlanta)
• Hamlin (Pocono)
• Van Gisbergen (Mexico)
• Briscoe (Michigan)
• Briscoe (Nashville)
• Briscoe (Charlotte)
• Larson (Kansas)
• Hocevar (Texas)
• Smith (Talladega)
• Bowman (Bristol)
• Byron (Darlington)
• Bell (Martinsville)
• Bowman (Miami-Homestead)
• McDowell (Las Vegas)
• Byron (Phoenix)
• Reddick (COTA)
• Blaney (Atlanta)

• Boss Bitch is in the lead with 14 poles. 5 teams are still in the running for the pole pool. You need 11 poles or more to currently tie the leader.

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Next Race: 

Race #34 of 36 (Race #8 of 10-Playoffs): Sunday October 19, 2025 at Talladega, AL on TSN. Green Flag: 2:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leaders: Gone with the Win                                                                                                                           cobocup@yahoo.ca