John Cook (speedway rider)
- John Cook (speedway rider)
John Kenneth 'Cowboy' Cook (born 18 December 1958, Van Nuys, California) [Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). "1986 Speedway Yearbook". ISBN 0-9488-8200-X] is a former American international motorcycle speedway rider. He was represented the USA in several World Team Cup Finals.
Career
Cook is mainly remembered for his spell at the Ipswich Witches teams from 1981-1982 and 1984-1986. He also had further spells at Hull Vikings, King's Lynn Stars, Poole Pirates.
Cook was a showman and continued in this vein for the whole of his career, whilst not always riding in the British League, he was a regular rider in the Swedish League where he attained Swedish citizenship in the early 90's and in fact won the Swedish National Championship in 1992 winning all of his rides.
Cook continued to ride well into his 40's and almost qualified for the Speedway Grand PrixSeries for 2002, only failing at the 2001 Intercontinental Final stage.
Cook surfaced again on the international Speedway front in 2006 where he was indeed a member of the USA squad for the Speedway World Cup of that year, however he was not required to ride in the actual competition.
In October 2006 Cook suffered a serious motorcycle accident in which he hurt his back quite badly and had to have metal rods inserted. The rods were later removed as Cook began to make a recovery but he has had to retire from racing.
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