Chris Cook (racing driver)

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Chris Cook
Chris Cook 2018.jpg
Cook at Sonoma Raceway in 2018
Born (1971-12-23) December 23, 1971 (age 51)
Phoenix, Arizona
NASCAR Cup Series career
5 races run over 4 years
2018 position45th
Best finish45th (2018)
First race 2005 Dodge/Save Mart 350 (Sears Point)
Last race 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
15 races run over 7 years
2016 position84th
Best finish78th (2006)
First race 1999 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2016 Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 18, 2018.

Chris Cook (born December 23, 1971) [1] is an American professional race car driver and driving instructor, who instructs at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving and competes irregularly in NASCAR and other racing series, specializing in road course racing as a road course ringer.

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Racing career

Cook was the youngest driver to become a chief instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving. [2] He has competed in the IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship and in late model stock cars at Nashville Speedway USA, [3] as well as in selected NASCAR events, and in the Formula D championship. [4] Cook is best known in drifting for a wreck at the 2007 NOPI Drift Los Angeles in which his Dodge Viper flipped, knocking Cook unconscious. [5]

After making a name for himself as an instructor for NASCAR drivers in road course racing, [2] including instructing Tony Stewart in the art of road course driving, [6] Cook made his debut in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2005 at Infineon Raceway, driving for Joe Nemechek and finishing 28th. [7] [8] He failed to qualify for several other races in 2005, 2006 and 2011 before qualifying for the 2011 Sprint Cup Series race at Infineon, substituting for Tomy Drissi in the Max Q Motorsports #37, [9] and finishing 27th. [10] He is one of the drivers referred to as a "road course ringer", specialist drivers who often replace regular NASCAR drivers at the two road course races on the tour schedule. [11]

Cook has also competed in twelve races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (formerly the NASCAR Busch Series) between 1999 and 2009, with a best finish of 20th at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City in 2006 while driving for John McNelly. [12]

Cook has also competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona, running for Rick Ware Racing in the 2012 edition of the event; [13] he finished 38th in the race. Later in 2012 he returned to the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota for Humphrey Smith Racing at Sonoma Raceway, [14] finishing 42nd; he also drove for Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series at Watkins Glen International in August. [15]

Cook's No. 51 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018 Chris Cook 51 Sonoma 2018.jpg
Cook's No. 51 at Sonoma Raceway in 2018

In 2018, Cook returned to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with Ware, driving his No. 51 entry. [16]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NSCCPtsRef
2005 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
28		 DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
DNQ		 MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 72nd79 [17]
2006 BAM Racing 49 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
DNQ		 DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
DNQ		 MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA- [18]
2009 Front Row Motorsports 37 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
DNQ		 NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 79th0 [19]
2011 Max Q Motorsports 37 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT KAN POC MCH SON
27		 DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 48th17 [20]
2012 Humphrey Smith Racing 19 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
42		 KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN
41		 MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 74th5 [21]
2018 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON
31		 CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 45th6 [22]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NXSCPtsRef
1999 Sasser Motorsports 65 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV
DNQ		 BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
39		 MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 128th46 [23]
2005 NEMCO Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY CAL MXC
26		 LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN
24		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 96th176 [24]
2006 Mac Hill Motorsports 56 Dodge DAY CAL MXC
20		 LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH 78th316 [25]
Chevy PHO
DNQ		 TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV
Curb Agajanian Performance Group 43 Dodge NSH
28		 KEN
30		 MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN
34		 MCH BRI CAL RCH
DNQ		 DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2008 MSRP Motorsports 90 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC
40		 TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN
43		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 123rd77 [26]
2009 R3 Motorsports 23 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
31		114th144 [27]
MSRP Motorsports 90 Chevy GLN
QL†		 MCH BRI CGV
41		 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX
JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Toyota PHO
43		 HOM
2011 Rick Ware Racing 75 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN
QL‡		 CGV
QL‡		 BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM NA- [28]
2012 15 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN
37		 CGV
39		 BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 97th5 [29]
2016 MBM Motorsports 40 Dodge DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN
40		 MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 84th1 [30]
† - Qualified for Mike Bliss· ‡ - Qualified for Tomy Drissi

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
YearClassNoTeamCarCo-driversLapsPositionClass Pos.
2012 GT15 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang Flag of the United States.svg Timmy Hill
Flag of the United States.svg Jeffrey Earnhardt
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Harrington
Flag of the United States.svg John Ware 		25651 DNF38 DNF

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