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Terry Cook
Cook in 2009
Born	(1968-02-26)February 26, 1968 (age 57) Sylvania, Ohio, U.S.
Achievements	1989Flat Rock Speedway Track Champion 1990Flat Rock Speedway Track Champion1992Toledo Speedway Track Champion1995Sandusky Speedway Track Champion Most consecutiveCamping World Truck Series starts (298)
NASCARCup Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Best finish	59th (2010)
First race	2010Food City 500 (Bristol)
Last race	2010Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
27 races run over 2 years
2009 position	54th
Best finish	54th (2009)
First race	2008Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Last race	2009Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
314 races run over 14 years
2009 position	13th
Best finish	7th (2001)
First race	1996Sears Auto Center 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race	2009Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win	1998Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200 (Flemington)
Last win	2006O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 112 8
Statistics up to date as of February 3, 2012.

Terry Cook (born February 26, 1968) is an American formerstock car racing driver, best known for his time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He was married to former Craftsman Truck pit reporter Amy East, andbrother-in-law to driverBobby East. He was previously the spotter and driver coach for the lateJohn Wes Townley andAthenian Motorsports, after serving as the competition director forRed Horse Racing.^[1]

Terry Cook is the son of Harold Cook, a former driver and mechanic, and Laureen Cook. He also has a brother Jerry (not to be confused with theNASCAR Hall of Famer ofthe same name), who competed in a single Truck Series race and sevenARCA Racing Series events. The two brothers worked on father Harold's car as teenagers.^[1]

Cook graduated fromSylvania Northview High School in 1986, two years after his brother.^[1]

Cook began racing on a professional level in 1987 atFlat Rock Speedway andToledo Speedway,^[1] collecting eleven wins in his first year of competition. Cook doubled his win total in 1988 before he moved up to super late models. He won the track championship in 1989 and 1990 atFlat Rock Speedway. Cook then went on to win the Super Late Model Championship atToledo Speedway in 1992 and again atSandusky Speedway in 1995.^[2]

Cook was set to make hisNASCARCraftsman Truck Series debut in 1995, but an injury at Toledo curtailed those plans.^[1] Cook made his Truck Series debut in1996 atThe Milwaukee Mile. Qualifying the No. 88Sealmaster Racing (now ThorSport Racing)Chevrolet Silverado^[2] 24th, he finished 24th, three laps down. He ran two additional races that season for Sealmaster, finishing 23rd atPhoenix International Raceway. In 1997, Cook ran fifteen races during the season, with sponsorship from thePBA Tour. He won his first career pole atFlemington Speedway^[2] and posted a best finish of fifteenth twice.

Cook ran the full schedule in1998. He won his first career race at Flemington^[2] and had six top-ten finishes, ending the season twentieth in the final points. Due to a lack of primary sponsorship in1999, Cook only posted three top-ten finishes before Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce came on board towards the end of the season, when he finished fifteenth in the standings. In 2000,PickupTruck.com became the team's primary sponsor, and despite seven top-tens, Cook was released with one race to go forMatt Crafton. He drove forK Automotive Racing at the season finale, finishing seventh. He drove K Automotive's No. 29Ford F-150 full-time in 2001, winning the pole atNazareth Speedway and finishing a career-high seventh in points.

In2002, Cook won a career best four races and two poles, but dropped to eighth in points. He won an additional two poles in2003, but did not finish in the top-five all season. He joinedppc Racing's fledgling truck team in2004. Despite winning the pole at the season-openingFlorida Dodge Dealers 250, he dropped to sixteenth in the standings. He moved up one spot in points in2005 after posting two top-fives.

In2006, Cook grabbed a win at Kansas Speedway and finished eighth in points. With no sponsorship at ppc, he left the team after the 2006 season to replaceChad Chaffin atHT Motorsports. He had four top tens and finished fourteenth in points, but was released at the end of the season. He signed to drive forWyler Racing in 2008 and had an additional seven top-tens but was released before the season was over in favor ofJack Sprague. He immediately rejoined HT Motorsports for the remainder of the season. At the end of 2008, HT renumbered his truck to the No. 25, and Cajun Industries and Harris Trucking shared sponsorship duties of the truck. With two races to go in the season, Cook was released from HT. He drove the next race in the No. 02Koma Unwind Chevy for Corrie Stott Racing, but was unable to find a ride for the season-endingFord 200, ending a streak of 296 consecutive races started in the Truck Series.

In addition to his Truck Series efforts, Cook made several starts forMSRP Motorsports (now Phil Parsons Racing) in theNationwide Series. In 2008, Cook ran seven Nationwide races with MSRP, followed by twenty 2009 races, failed to qualify for three races. All of Cook's Nationwide starts werestart-and-parks.^[3][4]

Cook was signed to drive the #46 Dodge in theSprint Cup Series for the newly formedWhitney Motorsports in 2010. The cars were formerRichard Petty Motorsports Dodges purchased after RPM's switch to Ford. Cook would run forRookie of the Year againstKevin Conway.^[4] The team failed to make the first four races of 2010. Cook made a total of three starts in the #46 while failing to qualify for 7 races. He parted ways with Whitney Motorsports after Richmond.^[5] He attempted one race withPhoenix Racing but failed to qualify. He then attempted Martinsville in the fall with Prism Motorsports, but he failed to qualify.

In 2010, Cook was hired as a drivers coach for Truck Series teamRed Horse Racing, assisting driverJustin Lofton. Cook became the team's competition director in 2011, serving that position until 2014.^[1][2] In 2015, he was hired by Truck andXfinity Series teamAthenian Motorsports, serving as a driver coach and spotter for driversJohn Wes Townley andDylan Lupton.^[6]

Cook remains a popular figure in the garage area and among fans.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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