Local favorite and 2007 SUPERPRO champion Tommy Cook took advantage of a late race misfortune to Jack Landis and won the International Gold Cup 100 Presented by Five Star Racing Bodies for SUPERPRO Series late model stock cars Friday night at Baer Field Speedway in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Point leader Rick Everidge and Al Cook, Jr. led the 20 car field to the green with Everidge jumping to the early lead. Landis and Tommy Cook made their way through the field with Landis taking the lead on lap six. Tommy Cook moved inside Landis on lap seven and the two veterans put on a classic side by side battle to lap 25 when Landis back to the point. Cook backed off until lap 40 when he dove under Landis again and they raced side by side for the next 15 laps.

At the halfway mark, it was Landis, Tommy Cook, Jason Dietsch, Al Cook and Everidge. Dietsch moved around Cook for second on lap 59 and began to pressure Landis. Dietsch took over where Cook left off as he and Landis raced side by side for many laps. On lap 83, Dietsch’s hopes for victory ended with a spin off of turn two.

On the restart, Tommy Cook moved inside Landis again and they were side by side until lap 95 when Landis gained the advantage. Landis looked like a sure winner until his engine blew coming down for the white flag, ending his night. Tommy Cook was able to hold off brother Al on the restart and capture his first Gold Cup in front of a frenzied hometown crowd. Kevin Todd was third followed by Derek Bischak, and defending race champion Rob Buckley. Everidge, Colin Toland, Doug True, Mike Kugler and Matt Hall rounded out the top ten.
Tommy Cook was the Aluminum Racing Products - Corrigan Oil Fast Qualifier with a time of 17.65 seconds around the ½ mile paved oval. He also split the AllStar Performance-Lane Automotive Hard Charger Award with Todd with Landis receiving the ARP Hard Luck Award. Toland was the winner of the Penske Shocks “Shocking Move of the Race”.

The SUPERPRO Series moves to the Angola Motor Speedway on August 23 for the running of the Dietsch Sales and Service 75 presented by Randercar Racing. The Series then moves to Springport Motor Speedway on August 30. For more information, go to the web at www.superproracing.com.

International Gold Cup 100 Presented by 5 Star Racing Bodies

1. TOMMY COOK
2. AL COOK, JR
3. KEVIN TODD
4. DEREK BISCHAK
5. ROB BUCKLEY
6. RICK EVERIDGE
7. COLIN TOLAND
8. DOUG TRUE
9. MIKE KUGLER
10. MATT HALL
11. BRIAN BAUMAN
12. JUSTIN CLAUCHERY
13. DARREL SILLS
14. JACK LANDIS
15. ROYCE MASON II
16. JASON DIETSCH
17. ZION SCHAUB
18. JOE FADKE
19. PAUL JAKUBIK
20. PAUL FREELAND


2008 SUPERPRO SERIES POINT STANDING
(UNOFFICIAL AS OF 8/10/08)

1. #63 RICK EVERIDGE 846
2. #8 TOMMY COOK 836
3. #88 AL COOK JR. 797
4. #43 ROB BUCKLEY 773
5. #15 JOE FADKE ( R ) 746
6. #92 KEVIN TODD 728
7. #04 MATT HALL ( R ) 683
7. #35 COLIN TOLAND 683
9. #73 ZION SCHAUB ( R ) 650
10. #25 PAUL JAKUBIK 600
11. #2 MIKE KUGLER 559
12. #7 JASON DIETSCH 525
13. #10 JACK LANDIS 411
14. #31 DEREK BISCHAK 351
15. #42 CHAD FINLEY 305
16. #5 ROYCE MASON II 280
17. #77 PAUL FREELAND 260
18. #28 JACK SMITH 244
19. #93 DOUG TRUE 214
20. # 1 GREG NIENHOUSE 199
21. #26 MARC BROWNING 145
22. #1 JUSTIN CLAUCHERY 140
23. #28 DARREL SILLS 135

2008 SUPERPRO SCHEDULE
DATE TRACK WINNER
MAY 24 ANGOLA SPEEDWAY JACK LANDIS
MAY 31 BAER FIELD SPEEDWAY JACK SMITH
JULY 2 SPARTAN SPEEDWAY CHAD FINLEY
AUGUST 8 BAER FIELD SPEEDWAY TOMMY COOK
AUGUST 23 ANGOLA SPEEDWAY
AUGUST 30 SPRINGPORT MOTOR SPEEDWAY
SEPT. 20-21 PLYMOUTH SPEEDWAY