Jerry Cook

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jerry Cook

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| nationality = {{flag|United States|label=American}}

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|20}}

| birth_place = Lockport, New York

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| first year = 1956

| retired = 1982

| related to =

| last series = NASCAR Modified Tour

| years active = 1968–1982

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| starts =

| wins = 341

| poles =

| best finish = 1st

| year = 1971–72, 1974–77

| prev series = NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Modified-Sportsman

| prev series years = 1973
1956-1967

| titles = NASCAR National Modified Champion
All Star Stock Car Racing League Champion

| title years = 1971,'72,'74
'75,'76,'77
1972

| awards = NMPA Hall of Fame
NYSSCA Hall of Fame
NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
IM Hall of Fame
NDM Hall of Fame
NASCAR Hall of Fame

| award years = 1989
1993
1998
2009
2011
2016

}}

Jerry Cook (born June 20, 1943) is a NASCAR modified championship race car driver.{{cite web|title=Jerry Cook biography |url=http://www.empaonline.org/jerry%20cook%20bio.html |publisher=Eastern Motorsport Professional Association |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019201542/http://www.empaonline.org/jerry%20cook%20bio.html |archive-date=19 October 2013 |df= }} He began racing at the age of 13 and won the track championship at Utica-Rome Speedway in 1969.

Racing career

He eventually went to become a six-time champion in the NASCAR Modified series (1971–72, 1974–77). His rivalry with fellow Rome, New York driver Richie Evans is legendary. He retired after the 1982 season with 342 wins.[http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlines/official/top_ten/09/12/top10_modified/index.html NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list at nascar.com] He stayed with the sport, and helped shape the series.

In 1973, he attempted to qualify for the Daytona 500 in a No. 07 Chevrolet. In his Daytona 500 Qualifying Race, he spun on lap 44 and finished 25th, failing to make the 500.{{cite news|last=Verigan|first=Bill|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31801779/|title=The Establishment Loses a Race|newspaper=New York Daily News|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 16, 1973|accessdate=May 21, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31801823/|title=Thursday's Results|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 16, 1973|accessdate=May 21, 2019}}

NASCAR administration

Cook served as the Whelen Modified Series' director when it began in 1985, and is currently NASCAR's Competition Administrator.{{cite web|title=News & Media: Jerry Cook|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/hall-of-fame/nascar-hall-of-fame-jerry-cook.html|website=nascar.com|publisher=NASCAR|accessdate=13 June 2015|date=May 20, 2015}}

Awards

Inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009
In 1989, he was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame
Inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 1993{{cite news |title=Jerry Cook to appear at Devils Bowl |url= https://www.rutlandherald.com/jerry-cook-to-appear-at-devil-s-bowl/article_ca4c860c-4a05-5962-a5e5-5d750c5bf425.html |newspaper=Rutland Herald|access-date=October 4, 2023 }}
As part of NASCAR's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers.
NASCAR named him #3 on its NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list.
Inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016
Inducted in the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame inducted in 2011.{{cite web|title = Trio to be enshrined in Hall of Fame |url=https://www.fltimes.com/sports/trio-to-be-enshrined-in-dirtcar-hall-of-fame/article_681010bc-8620-11e0-bbfc-001cc4c002e0.html|publisher=Finger Lakes Times|accessdate=April 20, 2019}}
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)

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.)

==Winston Cup Series==

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colspan=45\| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! {{Tooltip\|NWCC\|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
1973 ! ! 07 ! Chevy \| RSD \| style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| DAY DNQ \| RCH \| CAR \| BRI \| ATL \| NWS \| DAR \| MAR \| TAL \| NSV \| CLT \| DOV \| TWS \| RSD \| MCH \| DAY \| BRI \| ATL \| TAL \| NSV \| DAR \| RCH \| DOV \| NWS \| MAR \| CLT \| CAR ! NA ! - ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/cookje02/1973/W\|title=Jerry Cook – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|accessdate=May 21, 2019}}

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1973

! 07

! Chevy

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| MAR

| CLT

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! NA

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! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/cookje02/1973/W|title=Jerry Cook – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=May 21, 2019}}

===Daytona 500===

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Year ! Team ! Manufacturer ! Start ! Finish
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Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1973

| Chevrolet

|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ