He was previously the spotter and driver coach for the late John Wes Townley and Athenian Motorsports, after serving as the competition director for Red Horse Racing.

[2] Cook was set to make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in 1995, but an injury at Toledo curtailed those plans.

He ran two additional races that season for Sealmaster, finishing 23rd at Phoenix International Raceway.

He won his first career race at Flemington[2] and had six top-ten finishes, ending the season 20th in the final points.

In 2000, PickupTruck.com became the team's primary sponsor, and despite seven top-tens, Cook was released with one race to go for Matt Crafton.

He drove K Automotive's #29 Ford F-150 full-time in 2001, winning the pole at Nazareth Speedway and finishing a career-high seventh in points.

Despite winning the pole at the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250, he dropped to sixteenth in the standings.

With no sponsorship at ppc, he left the team after the 2006 season to replace Chad Chaffin at HT Motorsports.

He signed to drive for Wyler Racing in 2008 and had an additional seven top-tens but was released before the season was over in favor of Jack Sprague.

[3][4] Cook was signed to drive the #46 Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series for the newly formed Whitney Motorsports in 2010.

The cars were former Richard Petty Motorsports Dodges purchased after RPM's switch to Ford.