Rick Ware Racing has announced that Chris Cook will be joining the RWR stable of drivers for their 2012 Grand Am Series campaign.
Cook, a veteran of road racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Grand Am Series, looks forward to his first opportunity to compete for a championship for the entire 2012 season.
Chris adds another dimension to the RWR Grand Am program - mentoring. He coaches many of the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series drivers in road course technique and will play that same role at Rick Ware Racing with Jeffrey Earnhardt and other drivers in the program.
“Bringing Chris into our organization is the key to our success,” stated owner Rick Ware. “Chris will be able to help with development of both the car as well as getting the most out of our drivers with his hands on technique. His experience with heavier cars is second to none! We can now hit the road running with him and our drivers,” Ware added.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to compete in the Grand Am GT Series in 2012,” said Cook. “I've spent over a decade coaching road racing’s elite, and now to able to contend for a title is a dream come true. The RWR Ford Mustang will be an extremely competitive car out of the box and I know that we can be contenders at each and every event with this 2012 Mustang.”
Cook will pilot the Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang GT for the 2012 title run and looks forward to some of the world’s biggest races, including the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona & the Inaugural Indianapolis Grand Am event during the Brickyard weekend.