COBO CUP 2025 Newsletter – Volume 8

Hamlin wins at Darlington

#11-Denny Hamlin won the Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. The win is his 2nd win of the year, 5th at Darlington and 56th career win. Pole sitter #24-Willam Byron finished 2nd followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #45-Tyler Reddick, #12-Ryan Blaney, #17-Chris Buescher, #1-Ross Chastain, #9-Chase Elliott, #54-Ty Gibbs, and #10-Kyle Busch.

Byron dominated most of the race, leading the first 243 laps. He lost the lead for the first time on the day during late green flag pit stops, handing the top spot to Reddick.  Reddick led the race until 4 laps to go. Then a caution came out after a spin by Larson, setting up an overtime finish. Everyone pitted, Hamlin came off pit road first, and held the lead for the overtime finish. The fastest lap bonus was earned by #24-William Byron. There were 4 lead changes among 4 drivers and 8 cautions for 45 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 120.965mph.

Stage Winners

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

Perfect Team (per category): William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Michael McDowell & John Hunter Nemechek for 1,472 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Cole Custer, Eric Jones & Cody Ware.         

Facts: Makers Mark wins at Darlington with 220 points ($100). They beat WTAF by 4 points. TMKK Racing takes over the standings lead, 3 points over Check Your Pockets.

Standings Leaders:

• Check Your Pockets (2 weeks)
• WTAF (2 weeks)
• TMKK
• 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

• Slumn Racing moving from 124^th to 74^th (60 spots)

Biggest Dump of the Week

• Bart & Homer from 41^st to 119^th (78 spots)

Penalties

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

Bottom of the Barrel: VE3MQ with 1,042 points. That’s the fight for the 2026 free entry.    

Pole Pool

• Byron (Darlington)
• Bell (Martinsville)
• 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

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Next Race: 

Race #9 of 36: Sunday April 13^th, 2025 at Bristol, TN on TSN. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2025 Standings Leader: TMKK                                                                                                                                                            cobocup@yahoo.ca