Joe Cooksey

Joe Cooksey (born June 11, 1966) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 86 Ford for Clubb Racing Inc. He made his debut in the series in 1996, and has since earned 57 top-ten finishes and one pole position. He also has run three races in the NASCAR Busch Series and one race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Racing career Cooksey first made his ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series debut in 1996 driving the No. 41 Chevrolet that he owned at Salem Speedway, where he would finish 22nd due to a rear end issue. He would make eight more starts that year and would earn four top-tens, including a best result of sixth at Indianapolis Raceway Park. In the following year, he would run twelve races, mainly in the No. 51 Chevrolet, and would earn four more top-tens with a best result of seventh at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, and finish twelfth in the overall standings. In 1998, he ran eighteen of the 22 races on the schedule, and finished in the top-ten nine times, including a best finish of third at Winchester Speedway.

In 1999, Cooksey ran the full schedule in his self-owned No. 51 entry. In the first race of the year at Daytona International Speedway, during a caution period midway through the race, Cooksey collided with the back of the pace car. He, along with pace car driver Jack Wallace and ARCA official Buster Auton, escaped serious injury. Afterwards, he earned eleven top-tens and four top-fives, including a best finish of second at Flat Rock Speedway, to finish fourth in the standings. In the following year, he partnered with Don Fauerbach for the full season in 2000, and finished on the top-ten five times with a best finish of third at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack. He got his first pole position at DuQuoin, to finish ninth in the standings. This would be the last time he would run the full ARCA schedule.

In 2001, Cooksey downsized his schedule, only racing in nine races, and finishing in the top-ten five times. It was also during this year that he made his NASCAR Busch Series driving the No. 73 Chevrolet at Gateway International Raceway, finishing 29th due to a brake issue. He would make two more Busch races that year at Indianapolis and Memphis Motorsports Park. For next year, he made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 59 Chevrolet driving for Fauerbach at Gateway, and finished 23rd. He also attempted to make the race at Memphis, but failed to qualify for the event. On the ARCA side, he made only three starts, finishing in the top-five twice at both dirt events at Springfield and DuQuoin. In the following year, he solely focused on ARCA, running nine races with a best finish of third at DuQuoin.

In 2004, Cooksey ran a majority of the races driving for Hixson Motorsports in the No. 23, and earned five top-tens with a best finish of fifth at South Boston Speedway. In 2005, he ran thirteen races for Hixson, with one top-five, a third place finish at Springfield. In the following year, he only ran the two dirt events, and finished in the top-five in both events. He entered in both races the following year in 2007, driving for Darrell Basham in the No. 94 Chevrolet, finishing 29th due to a crash at Springfield, and failing to qualify at DuQuoin.

After not running in ARCA competition in 2008, Cooksey returned to the ARCA circuit in 2009, driving three races in his self-owned No. 51 Chevrolet, and finished seventh at DuQuoin. After a one-year absence, he ran only one race at DuQuoin, finishing nineteenth. In the following year, he ran at Springfield, finishing 33rd due to an engine problem.

After not running in the series in the next three years, Cooksey ran at DuQuoin driving for Hixson in their No. 2 entry, finishing eighth. He would run both dirt events the following year, finishing ninth at DuQuoin. In 2018, he ran both dirt races as well as the race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, and finished ninth at DuQuoin again. After another three-year absence from the series, he returned to DuQuoin in 2022, driving the No. 11 Toyota for Fast Track Racing; he finished eighth in the race.

Motorsports results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2001 Maurtco Motorsports 73 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 83th 186

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2002 Maurtco Motorsports 59 Chevy DAY DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 83rd 94

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1996 Cooksey Racing 41 Buick DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF INF SBS N/A - 51 LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH ISF DSF KIL SLM Chevy WIN CLT ATL 1997 DAY ATL SLM CLT CLT POC MCH SBS TOL KIL FRS MIN POC MCH DSF SLM WIN CLT TAL ISF 12th 2305 Pontiac GTW Mike Lorz 76 Pontiac ATL 1998 Cooksey Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL SLM MEM SBS TOL KIL FRS ISF DSF SLM WIN 11th 3550 Pontiac CLT MCH POC PPR POC ATL TEX CLT TAL ATL 1999 Chevy DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM WIN SLM CLT TAL ATL 4th 4855 Pontiac ISF DSF 2000 Maurtco Motorsports Chevy DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL 9th 3965 2001 Cooksey Motorsports Chevy DAY NSH WIN GTY KEN CLT KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC NSH ISF CHI DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL ATL 24th 1735 57 SLM 2002 51 DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT 48th 580 2003 DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT SBO 23rd 1145 2004 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL 15th 3700 Hixson Motorsports 23 Chevy CLT KAN POC MCH ISF DSF Pontiac SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH TOL CHI SLM TAL 2005 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TOL ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 27th 1720 Pontiac KEN LAN MIL MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH 2 POC 2006 Chuck Weber Racing 24 Chevy DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL 76th 420 Eddie Sharp Racing 2 Chevy DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 2007 Darrell Basham Racing 94 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 145th 110 2009 Joe Cooksey Racing 51 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 57th 535 2011 Joe Cooksey Racing 15 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 122nd 135 2012 3 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 141st 65 2016 Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 96th 190 2017 3 Ford DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 53rd 355 2018 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 41st 490 2022 Fast Track Racing 10 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 82nd 36 2025 Clubb Racing Inc. 86 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 111th 30