COBO CUP 2024 Newsletter – Volume 9

Elliott wins at Texas

#9-Chase Elliott won the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Texas and 19th career win. #6-Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #24-William Byron, #45-Tyler Reddick, #99-Daniel Suarez, #14-Chase Briscoe, #23-Bubba Wallace,  #3-Austin Dillon, #8-Kyle Busch, and #77-Carson Hocevar.

The race ended under caution during the second overtime attempt. On the final restart Elliott held the lead with #1-Ross Chastain second. Chastain was running second on the final lap when #24-Byron got into his rear and spun him around, causing another yellow flag. Chastain finished 32nd. Pole winner #5-Kyle Larson finished 20th after losing a wheel during the race. There were 23 lead changes among 13 drivers and 16 cautions for 72 yellow flag laps. The average speed of the race was: 116.492mph.

Stage Winners

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

Perfect Team (per category): Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & John Nemechek for 1,683 points.

Worst Picks (per category): Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski, Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, A.J. Allmendinger (#16 car), Daniel Hemric & Zane Smith.       

Facts: NL Racing wins at Texas with 211 points ($300). They beat Crashboys by 1 point. Union Thug remains in the standings lead, 14 points up on Hoop.

Standings Leaders:

• Union Thug (6 weeks)
• JKR Racing
• Phoenix One
• Shiftin Gears

Challenges: You have until Wednesday to Challenge the points.

Bottom of the Barrel: FLG Racing with 1,191 points. Swifty is 28 points ahead.   

Pole Pool: Anyone with #5-Larson just earned a pole pool point. DMFL & Boss Bitch are tied for the lead with 5 pole points.     

Biggest Mover: Arizona Sky moving from 133^rd to 95^th (38 spots)

Biggest Dump: Rainout 2024 moving from 42^nd to 88^th (46 spots) 

Race Penalties:

Daytona 500: Car #41-Preece (35 points)

Daytona 500: Car #10-Gragson (35 points)

Cobo Cup Sponsors:   

• Industrial Hose and Hydraulics @ www.industrialhose.net
• 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

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Next Race

Race #10 of 36: Sunday, April 21, 2024 at Talladega, IL on FOX. Green Flag: 3:00pm                                                                      

“NUFF SAID”

COBO CUP 2024 Standings Leader: Union Thug                                                                                                                                                           cobocup@yahoo.ca