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Brendon Cook

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki

Brendon John Cook (born 27 December 1970) is a former race driver who raced mainly in Australia, but also in Europe and North America. He is the first Aboriginal Australian to race cars internationally.

Career

Open wheelers

Cook began racing at the age of 16 in Karts, where he won club titles, and then moved into Formula Ford in Britain. He raced four times in the British Junior series, which ran the same races as the outright series, but for different points. The highlight for him would have been out qualifying eventual Formula One driver David Coulthard. After an unsuccessful season of Formula 3 in Switzerland in 1990, he returned to Australia and competed in various club racing including Formula Ford, AUSCAR, HQ Holdens and Karts. He made a brief return to Europe in 1996 for British Formula Ford and 1998 to compete in one round of the Benelux Formula Opel series and the EFDA Nations Cup in the Netherlands.[1] In 2002 he ran in the Australian Formula Two Championship[2][3][4][5][6] where he finished eighth and took out the Rookie of the Year award. He returned for one race in 2011 in the Formula R class at Eastern Creek in a Reynard 913[7] and the 2011 Asian Formula Renault Challenge but didn't start after an accident in qualifying. In October 2011 he raced in the final two rounds of the Thoroughbred Grand Prix series driving a Tyrrell 012.

Sedan racing

Season 1995 saw an introduction to production cars in the Eastern Creek 12 Hour, but a blown head gasket saw them not start. He ventured to the Nurburgring 24 Hour in a Peugeot in 1996, but did not finish. From there he moved to the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage series and competed in the Bathurst 2-hour race finishing 3rd in Class B.[8] 2004–05 he raced a Citroën Xsara in the NSW Combined Touring Car Championship, winning the state championship in his class. He raced a BMW in the 2006,[9] and a Holden Vectra in the 2007[10][11][12] Australian Production Car Championship. 2009 saw him join the Bargwanna Motorsport[13] team in the Australian Mini Challenge.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

2011 he raced in the final round of the Australian Suzuki Swift Series after practicing at the Eastern Creek and Sandown rounds without racing. He also participated in the Eastern Creek 6-hour, crashing out with two hours to go whilst leading Class E with co-driver Brooke Leech.[20] He rejoined the series in 2012 for the fourth round at Sydney Motorsport Park finishing sixth for the weekend.

Stock car racing

He joined the AUSCAR ranks in season 1991/92 after being a finalist in the Fastrack Driver Program. In the summer of 2006, he returned the ranks of Street Stockers, running at Parramatta City Speedway over the 2006–2007 season. The summer of 2010 he ventured in a part season in Wingless Sprints mainly in New South Wales.[21] In 2011-2013 he tried to break into American speedway by running in selected factory stock events with limited success.

Career results

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
1987 SKRC vs CDKC Clubman Kart Challenge BCM 1st
2003 Eastern Creek 4 Hour Pro Visual 2nd
2004 Eastern Creek 4 Hour Novo Liquor 4th

Complete Sandown 500 results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2011 Abbey Cranes Australia John Modystach Mini Cooper S I 125 10th 2nd

Cricket Statistics

State/County games

Team Season League Batting Bowling Fielding
Competition Matches Innings Runs Average High score   100s / 50s Overs Wickets Runs Economy Average Catches
New South Wales 2nd XI 1990-1991 Reschs Country Cup 2 1 4 - 4* 0 / 0 11 2 48 4.36 24.00 0
Wroxeter and Uppington 1992 Minor Counties Cricket Championship 1 0 0 - - 0 / 0 10 2 31 3.10 15.50 0
Wroxeter and Uppington 2nd XI Second XI Championship 4 3 18 18.00 16* 0 / 0 42 5 155 3.69 31.00 0
Totals 7 4 22 22.00 16* 0 / 0 63 9 234 3.71 26.00 0

International games

Team Season League Batting Bowling Fielding
Competition Matches Innings Runs Average High score   100s / 50s Overs Wickets Runs Economy Average Catches
Norfolk Island 2001 Pacifica Cup 1 1 19 19.00 19 0 / 0 7 2 40 5.71 20.00 1

References

  1. ↑ http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1633-1998/ Retrieved Driver Data Base 18 May 2011
  2. ↑ Retrieved 10 March 2002 from Motorsport.com
  3. ↑ Retrieved 12 March 2002 from Motorsport.com
  4. ↑ Retrieved 12 March 2002, from Motorsport.com
  5. ↑ Retrieved 12 Sept, 2002 from Motorsport.com
  6. ↑ Retrieved 12 Sept, 2002 from Motorsport.com
  7. ↑ "Retrieved 20 June 2011 Natsoft Timing". Natsoft.com.au. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ "Retrieved 23 Nov, 2003 from". Natsoft. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Retrieved 4 Sept, 2006 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ "Retrieved 7 July 2006 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "Retrieved 17 July 2006 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ "Retrieved 6 Aug, 2006 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Retrieved from Motorsports Media 3/5/2011
  14. ↑ Retrieved March 2009 from Mini Challenge Web Page
  15. ↑ "Retrieved 25 March 2009 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  16. ↑ "Retrieved 7 July 2009 from NMD Articles". Nmd.com.au. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  17. ↑ "Retrieved 20 October 2009 from". Speedcafe.com. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  18. ↑ "Retrieved 8 December 2009 from". Speedcafe.com. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  19. ↑ "Retrieved 20 April 2011 from The Grid UK". Thegrid.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  20. ↑ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/12/11/mostertmorcom-take-eastern-creek-6-hour/ Archived 2 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Speedcafe. 11 December 2011
  21. ↑ "Retrieved from Natsoft Timing 25 April 2011". Natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2011.[permanent dead link]

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