Brendon Cook

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Brendon Cook, born 27 December 1970 in Newcastle, Australia, is best known as a race driver, racing mainly in Australia, but also in Europe. He started racing at the age of 16 in Karts, winning club titles there and moved into Formula Ford in Britain. He raced 4 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. 1995 saw an introduction to Production Cars in the Eastern Creek 12 Hour, but a blown head gasket saw them not start. 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 Holland. In 2002 he ran in the Australian Formula Two Championship where he finished 8th and took out the Rookie of the Year award. From there he moved to the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage series and competed in the Bathurst 2 hour race finishing 3rd in Class B. 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, and a Holden Vectra in the 2007 Australian Production Car Championship. In the summer of 2006, he joined the ranks of Street Stockers, running at Parramatta City Speedway over the 2006-2007 season.

Career results

Endurance Races

Rugby

Cook played both Rugby League and Rugby Union in his early years as a utility back, usually full back. Starting in League he represented Group 3 and Central Coast Juniors before going to Barker College and playing seven years of union there where he also became a certified referee. After leaving Barker, he played for Singleton Pirates, representing NSW Country Under 21's in 2 games off the bench in 1989 thanks to his family ties with Phil Hawthorne, before leaving for Europe. In 1990 after returning from Europe, he played for Sydney University Colts and at the end of 1990 [http://www.cwrugby.com/ Oak Bay Castaways-Wanderers] in Canada. He retired from rugby after a knee injury in Canada.

Personal life

Cook's parents were hotel owners, and he and his four sisters had a nomadic lifestyle. Thus he went to boarding school at Barker College and then Sydney University. He is married to Kim (2001), has one son Jenson (2004) and a daughter Mollie (2007) and now lives in the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove North. Cook's father John won a National Title in Under 16's soccer for NSW, and a National Junior Surfboat title with Swansea Caves Beach as well as two Bronze Medallions in the pool and surf. Brendon followed his father by achieving a Bronze Medallion in the pool. He is also a Laird Of Jura since 2007. He holds the position of NSW Promotions Manager for Metcash's Liquor arm Independent Brands Australia in corporate life.

References

# [http://www.geocities.com/bjcookracing/1995NSWHCC.jpgNSWHCC 1995]
# [http://www.geocities.com/bjcookracing/BJpromo.jpg/ Auburn Review 16 August 1995]
# [http://www.geocities.com/bjcookracing/1996AUSHCC.jpg/ AusHCC 1996]
# [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=86457&FS=AUSF3/ Motorsport.com Article 10 March 2002]
# [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=86753&FS=AUSF3/ Motorsport.com 12 March 2002]
# [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=86754&FS=AUSF3/ Motorsport.com 12 March 2002]
# [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112543&FS=AUSF3/ Motorsport.com 12 September 2002]
# [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112544&FS=AUSF3/ Motorsport.com 9 December 2002]
# [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/11/2003.MOUN.R5/ Results Bathurst 2 Hour, 23 November 2003]
# [http://www.nmd.com.au/news2/news_detail.cfm?ID=5849/ NDM Article 4 September 2006]
# [http://www.pcaa.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=2/ PCAA Article 12 July 2007]
# [http://www.nmd.com.au/news2/news_detail.cfm?ID=6588/ NDM Article 17 July 2007]
# [http://www.nmd.com.au/news2/news_detail.cfm?ID=6640/ NDM Article 6 August 2007]
# [http://www.pcaa.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=2/ PCAA Article 28 August 2007]
# [http://www.formula3.cc/content/view/19592/473/ Formula 3 CC Bio]

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/bjcookracing Official site]
* [http://www.iba.net.au/ Business Site]