COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 5

Berry wins at Las Vegas

#21-Josh Berry won the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win is his first career win and the 101st for Wood Brothers Racing. #99-Daniel Suarez finished 2nd followed by#60-Ryan Preece, #24-William Byron, #1-Ross Chastain, #2-Austin Cindric, #48-Alex Bowman, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #5-Kyle Larson, and #9-Chase Elliott.

Pole sitter #71-Michael McDowell finished 16th. The lead lap bonus goes to #45-Tyler Reddick. There were 32 lead changes among 13 drivers and 9 cautions for 93 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 124.368mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #2-Cindric
• Stage 2 was won by #5-Larson

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Josh Berry & John Hunter Nemechek for 961 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Ty Gibbs, Noel Gragson, Cole Custer, Eric Jones & Cody Ware.        

Facts: Nut Busters wins at Las Vegas with 237 points ($300). They beat Check My Pockets by 1 point. Bucktoothed Hilbillies takes over the standings lead by 3 points over TMKK Racing.    

Standings Leaders:

• WTAF (2 weeks)
• Bucktoothed Hilbillies
• Northern Base
• Crash Boys

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

• Nut Busters moving from 135^th to 34^th (101 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Cancer Sucks from 21^st to 120^th (99 spots)

Penalties

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

Bottom of the Barrel: FC Racing with 625 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• McDowell (Las Vegas)
• Byron (Phoenix)
• Reddick (COTA)
• Blaney (Atlanta)

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• Fred’s Auto & Equipment Service Centre Inc @www.fredsauto.ca
• Hammer DJ Services @ www.hammerdjservices.ca
• Dry N Shine Auto Spa @www.drynshineautospa.com
• Splitsville Hamilton – the place the Cobo Cup crew parties
• ILich Construction & Design
• Power Athletic Message

Social Media

• Twitter: @cobocup  
• Facebook: @Cobo Cup
• Instagram: @cobo_cup             

Next Race: 

Race #6 of 36: Sunday March 23rd, 2025 at Homestead-Miami, FL on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Bucktoothed Hilbillies                                                                                                                                    cobocup@yahoo.ca