COBO CUP 2022 Newsletter – Volume 36

Logano wins at Phoenix

#22-Joey Logano won the Season Finale 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway to capture his second NASCAR Cup Series Championship. The win is his 4th win of the year, 3rd at Phoenix Raceway and 31st career win. #12-Blaney finished 2nd followed by #1-Chastain, #4-Briscoe, #4-Harvick, #24-Byron, #18-Busch, #11-Hamlin, #5-Larson, and #20-Bell.

Logano started from the pole and dominated much of the race, leading 187 of the 312 laps. He took the lead from Briscoe with 29 laps remaining and held off Blaney for a win of .3 seconds. #9-Elliott spun into the inside wall on lap 200 after contact with #1-Chastain. He was not competitive after that and finished 28th, 2 laps down. There were 11 lead changes among 6 drivers and 6 cautions for 39 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 104.757mph.

• Stage 1 was won by #22-Logano
• 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, Alex Bowman, Harrison Burton, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie & BJ McLeod (#78).        

Facts: JFK wins at Phoenix ($500) with 244 points. They beat Proven Winners by 13 points. There was 34 different race winners in 2022. Catch Can Man is the 2022 Cobo Cup Champion with 6,809 points. They beat SardoVRacing for the top spot by 46 points. There were 8 lead changes for the standings lead throughout the 2022 season. 

Standings Leaders:

• SardoVRacing (15 weeks)  
• Catch Can Man (11 weeks)
• 4652RDS (4 weeks)
• 2 Dawgs Racing (2 weeks)
• Never Quit Racing #3 (2 weeks)
• DAK Racing
• Proven Winners
• 10 Speed

Challenges: You have until Monday November 14^th to challenge the race results and final standings before I start paying out the winners.  

Final 4 drivers stage points (as per our pool)

• Logano: 19 stage points
• Chastain: 0 stage points
• Bell: 5 stage points
• Elliott: 5 stage points

Free 2023 Entry: Whos Gonna Know ends up in last place with 4,724 points. Rabbit: 382 points ahead.

Pole Pool Winner: Anyone with Logano has scored a pole point. Rub’nls Racin wins the 2022 pole pool with 15 poles on the season: $100.     

Race Penalties:  None

Thanks Go Out To:

• Richard (my big brother) for, as always, all your help with programming our pool. Love you pal
• Tony for all the social media help and keeping me honest
• My wife for putting up with me every time I yell at the TV
• And finally, all the Cobo Cup members for your support of our pool.

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Next Race

Race #1 of 36 (Daytona 500): Sunday February 19, 2023 at Daytona, FL on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

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