COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 6

Kyle Larson wins at Homestead-Miami

#5-Kyle Larson won the Straight Talk Wireless 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 2nd at Homestead and 30th career win. Pole sitter #48-Alex Bowman finished 2nd followed by #23-Bubba Wallace, #19-Chase Briscoe, #11-Denny Hamlin, #17-Chris Buescher, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #45-Tyler Reddick, #60-Ryan Preece, and #7-Justin Haley.

Larson passed Bowman for the lead with 6 laps remaining and pulled away to a win of more than 1 second. #12-Ryan Blaney led the most laps during the race, 124 but lost an engine with 70 laps remaining and finished 36th. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #23-Bubba Wallace. There were 27 lead changes among 9 drivers and 4 cautions for 27 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 131.876mph.

Stage Winners

• Stage 1 was won by #12-Blaney
• Stage 2 was won by #11-Hamlin

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher/Bubba Wallace (tie), Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Josh Berry & John Hunter Nemechek for 1157 points.

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

Facts: Rustylugnutz wins at Miami-Homestead with 251 points ($100). They beat Check Your Pockets by 7 points. Check Your Pockets takes over the standings lead by 49 points over TMKK Racing. 

Standings Leaders:

• WTAF (2 weeks)
• Check Your Pockets
• 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

• Rustylugnutz moving from 151^st to 45^th (106 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Chasing Rednecks from 59^th to 135^th (76 spots)

Penalties

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

Bottom of the Barrel: 44 Blues with 768 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• Bowman (Miami-Homestead)
• 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  
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Next Race: 

Race #7 of 36: Sunday March 30^th, 2025 at Martinsville, VA on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: Check Your Pockets                                                                                                                                    cobocup@yahoo.ca