Joe Cooksey (born June 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
41 Chevrolet that he owned at Salem Speedway, where he would finish 22nd due to a rear end issue.
He would make eight more starts that year and would earn four top-10's, including a best result of sixth at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
51 Chevrolet, and would earn four more top-10's with a best result of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and finish 12th in the overall standings.
He, along with pace car driver Jack Wallace and ARCA official Buster Auton, escaped serious injury.
He would make two more Busch races that year at Indianapolis and Memphis Motorsports Park.
On the ARCA side, he made only three starts, finishing in the top-5 twice at both dirt events at Springfield and DuQuoin.
In the following year, he solely focused on ARCA, running nine races with a best finish of third at DuQuoin.
After not running in the series in the next three years, Cooksey ran at DuQuoin driving for Hixson in their No.