Cook was the youngest driver to become a chief instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

[5] After making a name for himself as an instructor for NASCAR drivers in road course racing,[2] including instructing Tony Stewart in the art of road course driving,[6] Cook made his debut in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2005 at Infineon Raceway, driving for Joe Nemechek and finishing 28th.

[11] Cook has also competed in twelve races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (formerly the NASCAR Busch Series) between 1999 and 2009, with a best finish of 20th at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City in 2006 while driving for John McNelly.

[15] In 2018, Cook returned to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series with Ware, driving his No.

Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time.