COBO CUP 2023 Newsletter – Volume 4

Byron wins at Phoenix

#24-William Byron won the United Rentals 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 1st at Phoenix and 6th career win. #12-Blaney finished 2nd followed by #45-Reddick, pole winner #5-Larson, #4-Harvick, #20-Bell #14-Briscoe, #8-Busch, #48-Bowman, and #9-Berry.

#4-Harvick was dominating late in the race, leading #5-Larson by 5 seconds with 10 laps remaining when #21-Burton spun on the frontstretch bringing out the caution.  Everyone pitted and Larson won the race off pit road with #24-Byron second. The caution came back out with 2 to go forcing an overtime finish. Larson restarted as the leader but was passed by Byron, who pulled away to win by .3 second. There were 10 lead changes among 6 drivers and 5 cautions for 35 yellow flag laps.

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

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric, Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Corey LaJoie = 791 points

Worst Picks (per category): Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr, Chase Briscoe, Aric Almirola, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson & Ty Dillon.        

Facts: Rob K wins at Phoenix with 229 points ($200). They beat White oak 436 by 12 points. KKMT remains the standings leader (they have the perfect score with 791 points), 55 points up on Wife 69.

Standings Leaders:

• KKMT (3 weeks)
• FC Racing
• Two Griffins

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: Outta Gas with 456 points.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #5-Larson just earned a pole pool point.   

Biggest Mover: Rob K moving from 136^th to 73^rd (63 spots)

Biggest Dump: Johnny Sue moving from 61^st to 121^st (60 spots) 

Race Penalties: None

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Next Race

Race #5 of 36: Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Atlanta, GA on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

 COBO CUP 2023 Standings Leader: KKMT                                                                                                                                                               

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