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O’Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park
Event No. 8 of 25

 
About Terry Cook, Driver, No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Racing Team . . ..

-         Thirteen (13th) in driver points standings, 258 behind leader

-         Has started every NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Memphis Motorsports Park, five of six in the top ten

Year     Start     Finish   Laps Completed    Reason Out     Money Earned

-          2003        10          9           200 / 200                Running            $11,550

-          2002         8          2           200 / 200                Running            $29,975

-          2001         6         25           101 / 200                Engine                $8,415

-          2000         4         31             87 / 200               Engine                $8,865

-          1999        23         13           200 / 200                Running              $7,265

-          1998         6          8           200 / 200                Running              $8,800

-         Won pole position at Daytona International Speedway in first 2004 event with ppc Racing; led 12 laps and finished fifth

-         Making 173rd career start in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 161st consecutive, second on all-time list

-         First NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start came at The Milwaukee Mile on July 6,1996, where he finished 12th

-         Won first-career race and pole position at Flemington (N.J.) Speedway in 1998 and ’97, respectively, a .625-mile short track

-         Ninth season as a driver, fourth with sponsor Ford Power Stroke® Diesel by International® Racing

 
Terry Cook on competing at Memphis Motorsports Park . . ..

“Memphis Motorsports Park is a difficult track to get around.  From an aerial view, it looks similar to Richmond but it doesn’t drive anything like it.  You carry a lot more corner speed at Richmond than you do at Memphis.  You have to really slow the truck down in the corners and finesse your feet with the brakes.  The truck has to have good traction up off the corners too.”

 
Terry Cook on his past performances at Memphis Motorsports Park . . .

“We were in contention the entire race in 2002.  I ran second to Travis Kvapil and had passed Ted Musgrave with about 40 laps to go.  When I caught Kvapil, I dogged him the remaining laps.  I was on his bumper within inches every lap waiting for him to make a mistake and he never did; he went on to win the race.  I had a lot of opportunities to muscle Travis out of the way to go on and win the race but that’s not my style of racing.  It was a good day at Memphis and I went to Milwaukee the following week to win there.”

 
About the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Racing Truck . . ..

-         Truck No. 10-04 last competed at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway on May 16th, where Cook finished third after starting 34th

-         Truck No. 10-04 is making its third-career start.  The first came at Martinsville Speedway on April 17th.  ppc Racing tested at Greenville-Pickens Speedway one week prior to the Martinsville Speedway event


Event Information

Event Name: O’Reilly 200 @ Memphis Motorsports Park in Millington, Tenn.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 19, 2004 @ 3 p.m. EDT
Television: SPEED Channel at 3 p.m. EDT LIVE
Radio: MRN Radio and XM Satellite Radio at 2:45 p.m. EDT LIVE
Event Laps / Miles: 200 / 200