TERRY COOK MANSFIELD POST-RACE REPORT

Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005
Event: UAW-GM Ohio 250
Track: Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, Mansfield, Ohio

QUALIFYING RESULTS:
1. Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 110.585 mph
2. Ricky Craven, Ford
3. Ted Musgrave, Dodge
4. Rick Crawford, Ford
5. Shane Hmiel, Chevrolet
21. Terry Cook, Ford, 108.336 mph

RACE RESULTS:
1. Bobby Hamilton, Dodge
2. Jack Sprague, Chevrolet
3. Shane Hmiel, Chevrolet
4. Todd Kluever, Ford
5. Rich Bickle, Chevrolet
31. Terry Cook, Ford


About the Race . . .
Bobby Hamilton used pit strategy to win Sunday’s race. He held off defending race winner, Jack Sprague the final 20 laps for his second win in 2005. Hamilton’s win places the defending series champion atop the NCTS driver points standings, 45 ahead of Ted Musgrave.


Tracking Terry Cook . . .
With Cook racing in his home state of Ohio, many eyes were on the nine-year series veteran. A huge roar from the 25,000-plus crowd came when Cook was introduced during driver introductions. Cook started 21st and moved to fifth by lap 110 of 250. While running 15th after a pit stop on lap 141, Cook was involved in a multi-truck incident on the frontstretch. The Power Stroke Diesel by International race team changed the radiator and fixed the oil cooler that was damaged to get Cook back out on the track. The never-give-up attitude from the team enabled Cook to pick up two positions on the track to finish 31st. “The Power Stroke Diesel by International race team had high hopes this weekend,” said Cook. “We got up to the top five and had to come in to take tires and fuel again to adjust our truck and got back there. It's so hard to work your way back up without rooting people out of the way. We were doing our fair share as everyone was and a wreck off turn four just got us caught up in it. The hit knocked the oil cooler out of it and unfortunately we had to spend time behind the wall to repair the damage."


PAWS Raises Record Funds atMansfield . . .
PAWS staff at Mansfield raised more than $500 this weekend with the addition of the PAWS stuffed dogs. Each miniature toy was sold at $20 each to raise funds for PAWS. More than 10 were sold on Sunday alone when Cook visited the simulator.


PSD by Int’l Most Popular Driver Award on truckseries.com . . .
truckseries.com continues to log more votes for the Power Stroke Diesel by International Most Popular Driver Award. As of Monday, May 15, more than 62,000 people have voted, that is 15,000 more in just two weeks! Cook continues to close in on 11th place Robert Pressley and with your votes can get into the top 10 before Friday night’s race.

1. Steve Park 19781
2. Johnny Benson 19128
3. Ricky Craven 5114
4. Jimmy Spencer 4433
5. Kerry Earnhardt 2921
6. David Starr 2701
7. David Reutimann 1512
8. Mike Skinner 1227
9. Brendan Gaughan 1049
10. Ron Hornaday Jr. 947
11. Robert Pressley 592
12. Terry Cook 570
13. Rick Crawford 326


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES DRIVER POINTS STANDINGS:
1. Bobby Hamilton 968
2. Ted Musgrave 923 -45
3. Ricky Craven 748 -73
4. Jimmy Spencer 745 -102
5. Ron Hornaday Jr. 800 -168
14. Terry Cook 662 -306


NEXT RACE:
Event: Quaker Steak and Lube 200, No. 7 of 25
Track: Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Date: Friday, May 20th
TV: SPEED TV, 8:30 p.m. EST
RADIO: MRN and XM Satellite Radio, 8:30 p.m. EST