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. Cook started in gassers, with a win in C/G at Detroit Dragway in

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, in 1959. Driving a small-block V8-powered 1937 Chevrolet, he recorded a pass of 13.17 seconds at . He took a win in C/GS at Detroit Dragway in 1960, in a

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gasser. He recorded a pass of 12.89 seconds at . Because this was a C/GS class win, this was not, strictly, a repeat win. In 1962, driving the Stone-Woods-Cook

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-powered 1941 Willys gasser, Cook won A/GS at the NHRA Nationals at

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. He recorded a pass of 10.59 seconds at . 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

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(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 . 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

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''. Stone-Woods-Cook abandoned A/GS for

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Funny Car by the start of the 1967 season.Taylor, p.9.

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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 Dragster drivers American racing drivers {{US-autoracing-bio-stub