COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 35

Blaney wins at Martinsville

#12-Ryan Blaney won the Xfinity 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. The win is his 3rd win of the year, 2nd at Martinsville and 13th career win. #9-Chase Elliott finished 2nd followed by #5-Kyle Larson, #2-Austin Cindric, #11-Denny Hamlin, #24-William Byron, #3-Austin Dillon, #1-Ross Chastain, #6-Brad Keselowski, and #22-Joey Logano.

#12-Blaney ran up front much of the day, took the lead from #9-Chase Elliott with 14 laps to go, and pulled away to win by more than two seconds. #9-Chase Elliott and #5-Kyle Larson each led late in the race as well.  Both needed to win to advance to the Championship race. After the race NASCAR ruled that #20-Christopher Bell rode the wall on the final lap and was issued a safety violation. He did not make the champion race because of that.

Pole sitter #19-Martin Truex Jr. had a rough day with a spin and two speeding penalties and finished 24th. Drivers advancing to the Championship race at Phoenix: #12-Ryan Blaney, #24-William Byron, #22-Joey Logano, #45-Tyler Reddick. Drivers eliminated from the playoffs: #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #11-Denny Hamlin, #20-Chrissopher Bell. There were 15 lead changes among 7 drivers and 6 cautions for 66 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 75.677mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #9-Elliott
• Stage 2 was won by #6-Keselowski

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Carson Hocevar for 6,241 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Martin Truex Jr, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Eric Jones, Corey LaJoie & Kaz Grala.         

Facts: KKMT wins at Martinsville with 219 points ($100). They beat Phoenix One by 1 point. Day By Day remains in the standings lead, 1 point up on Boyfriends. There is an 82-point difference between 1^st and 10^th.  

Standings Leaders:

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

Mathematically Eliminated:

With 1 race remaining, 22^nd and down have been mathematically eliminated from reaching the top 10 at seasons end. JL Racing is on the bubble.

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Swifty with 4,713 points. FLG Racing is 187 points ahead. These teams are fighting for a 2025 free entry.   

Pole Pool: Boss Bitch & DMFL are tied for the pole pool with 14 points. With 1 race left in the 2024 season, any team with 12 poles or lower is out of contention for the pole pool win. 3 teams are still in the battle for the pole pool.  

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)
• Martinsville: Car #23-Wallace (50 points)
• Martinsville: Car #3-Dillon (50 points)
• Martinsville: Car #1-Chastain (50 points)

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• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
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• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design

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Next Race: Playoffs – Race #10 of 10

Race #36 of 36: Sunday November 10, 2024 at Phoenix, AZ on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

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