Each year five legends are inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Jerry Cook - Driver (b. 6/20/43)
- Hometown: Rome, N.Y.
- Modified Series Stats
- Competed: 1963-1982
- Starts: 1,474
- Wins: 342 Poles: 26
Jerry Cook made his name in modifieds, winning six NASCAR Modified championships, including four consecutively from 1974-77. All the while, he was vying with another driver from his hometown of Rome, N.Y., nine-time champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richie Evans, for supremacy in NASCAR’s open-wheel realm.

Cook served as the series’ director when it began in 1985 and remains with NASCAR as competition administrator. In 1998, he was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.
One of Seven (More Tomorrow)
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