Terry Cook – No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International
Terry Cook / No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International
Ram Tough 200 / Gateway International Raceway ““ Saturday, April 29, 2006
A FORMER GATEWAY WINNER RETURNING FOR REDEMPTION:
~ Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International driver,
~ Cook is traditionally a fast qualifier at Gateway International Raceway (GIR). Five of his eight NCTS starts at GIR have been in the top 10
~ GIR is Cook’s 202nd consecutive NCTS start and 220th overall in his 10-year career racing trucks. Cook is on pace to set to break the all-time consecutive streak of 210 starts later this year at Kentucky Speedway. Fellow Ford Racing driver, Rick Crawford currently holds the honorary title
~ New To The Team: Dennis Connor is the team’s crew chief. He has three NCTS championships to his name (1997, ’99 and 2001) and twice was runner-up (1996, ’98). Tony Hirschman III (spotter) is the son of five-time NASCAR Whelen Modified champion, Tony Jr. Hirschman has spotted since 1994 in modifieds, open-wheel and stock car racing. 2005 marks his first year spotting in the NCTS. Finally,
COOK AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY:
DATE START FINISH STATUS EARNINGS
04/30/05 11 23 Running $ 9,615
07/17/04 18 26 Accident $ 8,315
07/18/03 9 9 Running $12,475
05/05/02 8 1 Running $52,160
05/06/01 2 3 Running $31,840
05/07/00 4 9 Running $11,395
08/20/99 4 15 Running $ 9,275
09/19/98 18 22 Running $ 7,800
Averages 9.3 13.5
COOK ON RETURNING TO
AT GATEWAY:
“I look a lot at this year similar to what happened in 2002. It’s ironic that we are at 83 races without a victory because I think in 2002 we were at 86 races or 87 whenever it was when I won my second race in my career and first of the four races that season in 2002. Definitely, I feel like this year is a breakout season. The new crew chief, Dennis Connor, is just a workaholic but he works so smart. We don’t put in 80 hours a week but he puts in probably mentally 120 hours a week. We are in the process of rebuilding all of our equipment and actually to be honest with you we’ve built three or four new trucks at least and new bodies hung during the off season and even had them through the wind tunnel. That just shows you the degree that Dennis Connor is going to make sure that this team is poised and ready to go to the race track. We feel like Gateway will probably be the first race of the season that we can truly show our true potential and I’m looking forward to going back to a track that I’ve won at and Dennis Connor has won as a crew chief. Who knows, it might be race 86 and we might get that monkey off our back right back there at Gateway like we did once before.”
2006 RACE RESULTS:
Date Race Site Start Finish Laps Total Laps Status Points Earnings
Feb. 17 GM Flex Fuel 250 Daytona Int’l Speedway 31 10 102 102 Running 134 $18,725
Feb. 24 racetickets.com 200
March 17 John Deere 200
April 1 Kroger 250
April 29 Ram Tough 200 Gateway Int’l Raceway
Average Start: 20.3
Average Finish: 15.5
Wins: 0
Top-5s: 0
Top-10s: 1
Earnings: $53,245
Total Points: 488
Points Standings: 14
Total Owner’s Points: 488
Owner’s Points Standings: 13
Laps Completed: 593
Total Possible Laps: 593
Percentage: 100
MEET THE NO. 10 FORD POWER STROKE DIESEL BY INTERNATIONAL RACE TEAM . . .
Jon Bruns, Rear Tire Carrier
Bill Cahill, Second Can Gas Man
Dennis Connor, Crew Chief
Dan Dixon, Fabricator
Jeff Fleenor, Catch Can
Cliff Graves, Shop Foreman
Tony Hirschman, Spotter
Jeff Kirkendall, Engineer
Teresa Kirkendall, Scorer
Ken Majors, Engine Tuner
Bill Page, Gas Man
Brian Scanlon, Mechanic
Kenneth Purcell, Jack Man
Tim Whitaker, Front Tire Changer / Truck Chief
