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02-11-2004
Cook Takes First Daytona Pole
 Terry
Cook, the most consistent NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver at Daytona
International Speedway, won the Bud Pole for Friday's Florida Dodge Dealers 250
with a fast lap of 183.643 mph over the 2.5-mile high banked superspeedway.
The
pole was Cook's eighth but first since last August at Indianapolis Raceway Park,
a short track. Cook's pole run on Wednesday evening in the No. 10 Power
Stroke Diesel Ford, came in the series debut for ppc Racing, a former NASCAR
Busch Series championship team. His crew chief, Fred Wanke, collected the top
qualifying spot two years ago with Ted Musgrave.
Cook's Ford F-150 is the
first non-Dodge truck to win a Bud Pole at Daytona. In four starts, Cook never
has finished out of the top 10. His worst finish, ninth, came in last year's
race. All four series manufacturers - including newcomer Toyota - held one
of the top four qualifying spots for Friday's 100-lap, 250-mile race. Raybestos
Rookie Chase Montgomery, at the controls of Bobby Hamilton's No. 8 Dodge,
qualified on the outside front row. The No. 3 spot went to defending series
champion Travis Kvapil in his LINE-X Toyota Tundra. Dennis Setzer took fourth in
Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet.
Rick Crawford, who beat Kvapil by .027
-second in last year's race, was a disappointing 31st in his Circle Bar Motel &
RV Park Ford. [High Sierra Photo]
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