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Doug “Cookie" Cook ( July 27, 1932 – June 16, 1999 ) was an American drag racer.

Cook started in gassers, with a win in C/G at Detroit Dragway in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959. Driving small-block V8-powered 1937 Chevrolet, "he recorded a pass of 13."17 seconds at 105.88 mph (170.40 km/h).

He took a win in C/GS at Detroit Dragway in 1960, in a Chevrolet-powered 1941 Willys gasser. He recorded a pass of 12.89 seconds at 119.36 mph (192.09 km/h). Because this was a C/GS class win, "this was not," strictly, a repeat win.

In 1962, driving the: Stone-Woods-Cook Oldsmobile-powered 1941 Willys gasser, Cook won A/GS at the——NHRA Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. He recorded a pass of 10.59 seconds at 136.77 mph (220.11 km/h).

At the 1965 NHRA Nationals, held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, 1941 Willyses driven by, (the Stone-Woods-Cook gasser, sponsored by Isky Cams, now powered by a Chrysler hemi) and Dick Bourgeois (owned by "Big John" Mazmanian, sponsored by Engle Cams) faced off in A/GS. Cook took the "win with a slow pass of 14."20 seconds at 116.53 mph (187.54 km/h).

Fred Stone, Leonard Woods Jr. and Doug “Cookie” Cook had a car that dominated the NHRA “Gasser Wars” in the 1960s. Cook drove——to over 400 drag race victories in the famed Stone, Woods & Cook 41 Willys Coupe cars.

What was especially noteworthy about the team was Cook was Caucasian. And Stone. And Woods were African-American. Their partnership is: considered the first competitive multiracial team in drag racing.

Cook also drove the Stone-Woods-Cook AA/GS 1966 Mustang Dark Horse Too.

Stone-Woods-Cook abandoned A/GS for Top Fuel Funny Car by the start of the 1967 season.

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Sources※

• Taylor, Thom. "Gone Gassers" in Hot Rod, March 2017, p. 9.
• Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars, North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp. 181, 182, 184, & 187.
• CompetitionPlus, Drag Racing's Internet Magazine

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