Driver jerry cook 2 career statistics racingreference. Jerry cook made his name in modifieds, winning six nascar modified championships, including four consecutively from 19741977. Jerry cook born june 20, 1943 in lockport, new york is a nascar modified championship race car driver. Back when names like richie evans, ray hendrick, jerry cook and other great names were king of nascar modified racing. The two brothers worked on father harolds car as teenagers. Jerry cook made his name in modifieds, winning six nascar modified. Cam went on to race for many more years, until he was well up in age. Richie evans driving a ford torino in the nascar sportsman division. Many of the names above apply to both lists so they wont be duplicated below.
Our database contains statistics, information and history of nascar car numbers. Driver jerry cook races in a modified race in september, 1975. Joe and andy romano of johnstown catamount stadium. Authentic nascar mens footwear is at the official nascar store. In 1958 he got together with ken meakl of east amherst, new york. You always knew it was paul radford coming up behind you because of those glasses with the thick black frames he wore for so many years, said nascar hall of famer jerry cook. Herb is a two time illinois state champion and a three time point champion at peoria speedway and also holds numerous track records along his hundreds of feature and heat race wins, plus many, many awards throughout his career at peoria speedway, including being. Jerry cook made his name in modifieds, winning six nascar modified championships, including four consecutively from.
Fielded cars for other drivers until 1963, when a hired driver wrecked twice. Before wednesday, jerry cook was a member of three hall of fames dedicated to auto racing, but the ultimate one wasnt one of them. Remembering list for funny car racers who fit into our timeframe 1965 to 1979. Jerry cook stats, race results, wins, news, record, videos. Usac national sprint car career wins calculated at the conclusion of the 2016 season rank wins driver 1 59 dave darland 2 52 tom bigelow 3 47 tracy hines 4 46 jack hewitt 5 45 larry dickson 6 42 pancho carter 7 41 bryan clauson 8 40 gary bettenhausen 9 37 sheldon kinser 10 35 jon stanbrough 35 rich vogler 12 32 rollie beale 28 levi jones. Jerry cook gear, jerry cook diecasts, store, jerry cook pro. All the while, he was vying with another driver from his hometown of. Our authentic jerry cook merchandise is available in a variety of sizes and styles for men, women and kids so every nascar fan can show their support for jerry cook in a look they love. Modified great jerry cook to go in nascar hall of fame. Nascar mens shoes, mens nascar socks, sandals nascar shop. The great thing is i always wanted to step out of the race car while i was still capable of winning and i thank nascar for coming along.
The car finished the season in 6th place for the usac silver crown series in 1982 with joe saldana being the main driver. Music video by primus performing jerry was a race car driver. Ben and small are having a race to see who can tie their shoelaces the quickest, but they are having trouble working out a good. Coker and manola mae beck coker, died suddenly january 1, 2001. Our automatic order checkout system may not calculate the shipping correctly on your order. Jan 10, 2019 jerry grant broke almost every bone in his body in the pursuit of speed and the checkered flag. The youngster was jerry cook who, after learning around the gagliardi garage, proceeded to build his own, first race car at age thirteen. Nascar issues penalties on cup, xfinity drivers after dover. In the case of cook, former professional race car driver kyle petty provided introductory remarks before welcoming the inductee to the crowd. Jan 12, 2016 jerry cook born june 20, 1943 in lockport, new york is a nascar modified championship race car driver. Nascar issued a statement on behalf of chairman jim france. Cook, 73, had already been inducted into three other halls.
Learn more about the nascar hall of fame jerry cook never intended to support his family driving a modified stock car. Jerry cook and richie evans had epic nascar rivalry. Jerry restored this car in 20012002 to its 1982 appearance. A new jerry cook hat makes a great addition to your race day wardrobe. Ed flemke was one of the great men of american racing. Heres herb shannon who was recently honored with the driver of the century award by the peoria oldtimers racing club. Get all the very best nascar socks, sandals and more you will find online at nascar shop. Jerry was a race car driver he drove so goddamned fast never did win no checkered flags but he never did come in last jerry was a. It kind of snuck up on the young resident of rome, new york. Evans was the first modified driver inducted into the nascar hall of fame in 2012. Primus jerry was a race car driver lyrics genius lyrics. Peoria oldtimers racing club hall of fame inductees. Cook became a sixtime national champion in nascars modified division. These two drivers started as a team at merrittville speedway with cook and meakl driving.
When i created these model kit decals i had very fond memories of going to the modified races one of my all time favorite race series. Deck yourself out in jerry cook gear, such as a casual jerry cook shirt or sweatshirt. Oct 30, 2017 cookery series with big cook ben and foothigh little cook small. Driver jerry cook races in a modified race in september, 1975 at the martinsville speedway in martinsville, virginia. Drivers such as ted tappet, benny germano, jocko maggiacomo, jerry humiston, ed flemke and buddy krebs were the drivers to beat throughout the 1950s.
Unable to race because of his age, he helped build a car for cam gagliardi. If your calculated shipping amount appears to be too high, it may have been calculated incorrectly by the automatic order system. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for jerry cook on. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. We have the official nascar mens shoes and socks in all the sizes, colors, and styles you need. Sep 16, 2019 plane crash claims life of legendary auto racer staffordwillington, ct the seventime whelen modified tour champion was 61. Build your custom fansided daily email newsletter with news and analysis on all racing and all your. All the while, he was vying with another driver from his hometown of rome, n. As a driver for more than 30 years in highly competitive modified stock car racing, ed won hundreds of races up and down the east coast.
May 09, 2018 the cup cars of clint bowyer, daniel suarez and austin dillon along with the winning xfinity car of justin allgaier all failed post race inspection. He achieved that despite often being limited to a very modest budget, and indeed he took pride in doing a lot with a little. Terry cook is the son of harold cook, a former driver and mechanic, and laureen cook. Items stolen from race team among meth and guns in jeremy. Todd was a successful and popular race car driver in the 1960s and 1970s winning many races throughout the southwest in the super modified and champ car divisions. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Jerry was a race car driver from the 1991 lp sailing the seas of cheese. In the case of cook, former professional race car driver kyle petty provided introductory. His former profession as a dirt car driver no doubt came in handy on the runs where his car left and then returned to the racing surface in the days before guardrails, obviously without his foot. Dirt car racing auto racing american racing old race cars sprint cars vintage race car dirt track car and driver race day. Nascar winston cup rookie of the year in 1996, won championships in the busch and craftsman truck series. Cook racing team was founded by jerry cook in 2010. He also has a brother jerry not to be confused with the nascar hall of famer of the same name, who competed in a single truck series race and seven arca racing series events.
He looked like the perfect driver forhire to dick hahn, the yakima car dealer and weekend racer. Mike stefanik was one of the most successful drivers in nascar history, but even more so, he. From 1968 through 1982 he won only two features at stafford, 50 greatest modified drivers jerry cook read more. By the 1950s, modified stock cars had taken hold as the prevalent form of racing in the area, replacing the midgets as the featured division at riverside park speedway. Agawam, ma rene charland, whose career began and ended on dirt, with an amazing stint on asphalt in between, is a 1996 inductee into the dirt motorsports hall of fame and and an initial inductee into the near hall of fame. Being profoundly too young to drive, cook somehow enlisted the services of east amherst, ny chauffeur kenny meahl.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Riverside park speedway stock car racing wiki fandom. Plane crash claims life of legendary stafford speedway. Due to very different point style, these years do not count toward official whelen modified tour statistics. Jerry cook is a nascar modified championship race car driver. Car owners pappy and bob allen jim anderson sonny aurther smiley burnett richard boney bonebrake bob bousner bobby and dave breedon fritz broadback john and brian brooks charles burrell frankie burrell ina and ray butschie bill cady marshall carey archie carnes morgan chandler buddy cook jim cook. The richie evans restored 1977 ford pinto powered by a 427 chevy and the replica of jerry cook s 1937 chevy coupe powered by a fuel injected 454 chevy. He began racing at the age of and won the track championship at uticarome speedway in 1969.