Jerry Cook started his racing career at the age of 13 as a car owner with driver Ken Meahl behind the wheel.  When he was old enough he climbed behind the wheel in 1963, a year he also won his first feature at New York's Utica-Rome Speedway.  Winning races on both dirt and asphalt, Jerry went on to win the NASCAR National Modified Championship 6 times including 4 straight from 1974 to 1977.  After Cook retired from racing in 1982 he became a NASCAR Official and currently is NASCAR's Competition Administrator.