Joe Cooksey

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Joe Cooksey
Born (1966-06-11) June 11, 1966 (age 57)
Centralia, Illinois
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Best finish83rd (2001)
First race 2001 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway)
Last race 2001 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish83rd (2002)
First race 2002 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 (Gateway)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series career
145 races run over 19 years
Best finish4th (1999)
First race 1996 Engineered Components 200 (Salem)
Last race 2022 Rust-Oleum Automotive Finishes 100 (DuQuoin)
WinsTop tens Poles
0571
Statistics current as of November 9, 2022.

Joe Cooksey (born June 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the ARCA Menards Series from 1996 to 2022, and has 57 top-10 finishes and one pole position. He also has run three races in the NASCAR Busch Series and one race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

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Racing career

Cooksey first made his ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series debut in 1996 driving the No. 41 Chevrolet that he owned at Salem Speedway, where he would finish 22nd due to a rear end issue. He would made eight more starts that year and would earn four to-10's, including a best result of sixth at Indianapolis Raceway Park. In the following year, he would run twelve races, mainly in the No. 51 Chevrolet, and would earn four more top-10's with a best result of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and finished 12th in the overall standings. In 1998, he would run 18 of the 22 races on the schedule, and finished in the top-10 nine times, including a best finish of third at Winchester Speedway.

In 1999, Cooksey would run the full schedule in his self owned No. 51 entry. In the first race of the year at Daytona International Speedway, during a caution period midway through the race, Cooksey collided with the back of the pace car. He, along with pace car driver Jack Wallace and ARCA official Buster Auton, escaped serious injury. [1] Afterwards, he would earn eleven top-10's and four top-5's, including a best finish of second at Flat Rock Speedway, to finish fourth in the standings. In the following year, he would partner with Don Fauerbach for the full season in 2000, and would finish on the top-10 five times with a best finish of third at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and would get his first pole position at DuQuoin, to finish ninth in the standings. This would be the last time he would run the full ARCA schedule.

In 2001, he would downsize his schedule, only racing in nine races, and finishing in the top-10 five times. It was also during this year that he made his NASCAR Busch Series driving the No. 73 Chevrolet at Gateway International Raceway, finishing 29th due to a brake issue. He would make two more Busch races that year at Indianapolis and Memphis Motorsports Park. For next year, he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 59 Chevrolet driving for Fauerbach at Gateway, and would finish 23rd. He would also attempt to make the race at Memphis, but failed to qualify for the event. On the ARCA side, he would make only three starts, finishing in the top-5 twice at both dirt events at Springfield and DuQuoin. In the following year, he would solely focus on ARCA, running nine races with a best finish of third at DuQuoin.

In 2004, Cooksey would run a majority of the races driving for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23, and would earn five top-10's with a best finish of fifth at South Boston Speedway. In 2005, he would run thirteen races for Hixson, with one top-5, a third place finish at Springfield. In the following year, he would only run the two dirt events, and finished in the top-5 in both events. He would enter in both races the following year in 2007, driving for Darrell Basham in the No. 94 Chevrolet, finishing 29th due to a crash at Springfield, and failing to qualify at DuQuoin.

After not running in ARCA competition in 2008, he would return to the ARCA circuit in 2009, driving three races in his self owned No. 51 Chevrolet, and finished 7th at DuQuoin. After a one year absence, he would run only one race at DuQuoin, finishing 19th. In the following year, he would run at Springfield, finishing 33rd due to a engine problem.

After not running in the series in the next three years, Cooksey would run at DuQuoin driving for Hixson in their No. 2 entry, finishing eighth. [2] He would run both dirt events the following year, finishing ninth at DuQuoin. In 2018, he would both dirt races as well as the race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, finished ninth at DuQuoin again. After another three year absence from the series, he would return to DuQuoin in 2022, driving the No. 11 Toyota for Fast Track Racing, and finished eighth in the race.

Motorsports results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NBSCPtsRef
2001 Maurtco Motorsports 73 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY
29		 PPR IRP
43		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
29		 PHO CAR HOM 83th186 [3]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122NCTCPtsRef
2002 Maurtco Motorsports 59 Chevy DAY DAR MAR GTY
23		 PPR DOV TEX MEM
DNQ		 MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 83rd94 [4]

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425AMSCPtsRef
1996 Cooksey Racing 41 Buick DAY ATL SLM
22		 TAL FIF INF
6		 SBS N/A- [5]
51 LVL
7		 CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS
13		 TOL
8		 POC MCH ISF
30		 DSF
9		 KIL SLM
10
Chevy WIN
13		 CLT ATL
1997 DAY ATL SLM
14		 CLT CLT POC MCH SBS
9		 TOL
11		 KIL
12		 FRS
10		 MIN
22		 POC MCH DSF
7		 SLM
12		 WIN
8		 CLT TAL ISF
17		12th2305 [6]
Pontiac GTW
14
Mike Lorz76 Pontiac ATL
20
1998 Cooksey Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL SLM
10		 MEM
9		 SBS
12		 TOL
16		 KIL
6		 FRS
9		 ISF
9		 DSF
8		 SLM
9		 WIN
3		11th3550 [7]
Pontiac CLT
28		 MCH
27		 POC PPR
15		 POC ATL
19		 TEX
8		 CLT
18		 TAL
18		 ATL
16
1999 Chevy DAY
28		 ATL
14		 SLM
5		 AND
6		 CLT
17		 MCH
38		 POC
13		 TOL
9		 SBS
13		 BLN
3		 POC
21		 KIL
6		 FRS
2		 FLM
12		 WIN
6		 SLM
10		 CLT
22		 TAL
7		 ATL
13		4th4855 [8]
Pontiac ISF
5		 DSF
6
2000 Maurtco Motorsports Chevy DAY
17		 SLM
5		 AND
21		 CLT
35		 KIL
24		 FRS
27		 MCH
25		 POC
11		 TOL
8		 KEN
33		 BLN
23		 POC
12		 WIN
19		 ISF
3		 KEN
16		 DSF
4		 SLM
7		 CLT
22		 TAL
14		 ATL
12		9th3965 [9]
2001 Cooksey Motorsports Chevy DAY
13		 NSH
28		 WIN
8		 GTY
10		 KEN
15		 CLT KAN MCH POC MEM
9		 GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF
8		 CHI DSF
5		 SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 24th1735 [10]
57 SLM
21
2002 51 DAY
13		 ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF
4		 WIN DSF
5		 CHI SLM TAL CLT 48th580 [11]
2003 DAY ATL NSH SLM
7		 TOL KEN
7		 CLT BLN
12		 KAN MCH LER
28		 POC POC
18		 NSH ISF
18		 WIN DSF
3		 CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 23rd1145 [12]
2004 DAY NSH SLM
6		 KEN TOL 15th3700 [13]
Hixson Motorsports 23 Chevy CLT
34		 KAN
22		 POC
12		 MCH
15		 ISF
12		 DSF
9
Pontiac SBO
5		 BLN
8		 KEN
16		 GTW
17		 POC
13		 LER
13		 NSH
20		 TOL
6		 CHI
12		 SLM
32		 TAL
36
2005 Chevy DAY
23		 NSH
18		 SLM
24		 TOL
28		 ISF
3		 TOL DSF
14		 CHI SLM TAL 27th1720 [14]
Pontiac KEN
32		 LAN
34		 MIL
17		 MCH
21		 KAN KEN BLN POC GTW
30		 LER
29		 NSH MCH
DNQ
2 POC
36
2006 Chuck Weber Racing 24 Chevy DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF
5		 MIL TOL 76th420 [15]
Eddie Sharp Racing 2 Chevy DSF
3		 CHI SLM TAL IOW
2007 Darrell Basham Racing 94 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF
29		 MIL GTW DSF
DNQ		 CHI SLM TAL TOL 145th110 [16]
2009 Joe Cooksey Racing51 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD
13		 IOW KEN BLN POC ISF
11		 CHI TOL DSF
7		 NJE SLM KAN CAR 57th535 [17]
2011 Joe Cooksey Racing15 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF
19		 SLM KAN TOL 122nd135 [18]
2012 3 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF
33		 MAD SLM DSF KAN 141st65 [19]
2016 Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF
8		 SLM CHI KEN KAN 96th190 [20]
2017 3 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF
12		 ROA DSF
9		 SLM CHI KEN KAN 53rd355 [21]
2018 DAY NSH
21		 SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF
11		 BLN DSF
9		 SLM IRP KAN 41st490 [22]
2022 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF
8		 KAN BRI SLM TOL 82nd36 [23]

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  2. ↑ "Local Illinois favorite Joe Cooksey returns; enters ARCA night race at DuQuoin dirt". Track Enterprises. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Joe Cooksey – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
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