Terry Cook comes to Texas Motor Speedway fresh off one of his best runs of the season - unfortunately the results at Atlanta did not bear that out. Cook started 14th after the field was set by owner points due to rain and within seven laps was battling for the fifth position. Cook played pit strategy to have fresh tires at the end of the race but loose lug nuts on the left rear wheel damaged the wheel studs and cost Cook five laps in the pits for repairs. Once he returned to the track Cook turned laps as fast as the drivers racing in the top five. Although the team didn't get the finish they hoped for they carry momentum from a strong run into the Lone Star State.

You had a strong truck last week but didn't get the finish you wanted. How do you handle the disappointment and bring the positives from that race into Texas? "I still have the rule that says you're allowed to be disappointed until midnight the day of the race and then it's time to move on. We were all wishing we didn't have that lug nut problem because we had a great truck. But we put that behind us and we're focusing on Texas now. It's a similar type of racetrack and we're taking the same truck. If we can get it handling as good in Texas as it was at Atlanta we should have a good shot at being up front at the end."

Your truck was extremely strong on the outside at Atlanta. Is that a possibility at Texas? "Typically at Texas the low groove is where you want to be. You can run up high but it takes a while for the rubber to get laid down and for that groove to be widened out. There is so much grip down in the low groove that is where you're going to want to be. If your truck is handling well you'll keep it wide open in the low groove all night long. As the tires start to fall off you'll slide up the track a little but there is almost always going to be someone who is behind you that is handling a little better or has fresher tires that's going to be pinned down on that white line. You need to get that rubber down up in the high groove but there's no one up there laying it down. We'll have a couple of Nationwide practices, a couple of Sprint Cup practices and qualifying and every one of them is going to be down on the bottom all day long."

How is the track different from the June race to November? "In June we race with the Indy Cars and their Firestone tires have rubber that is very compatible with our Goodyear rubber. They have several practice sessions and they run a much higher groove than we do, and that's by design. So when we go out for our race the groove is already much wider and there is rubber laid down that gives us added grip up top."

Is the dreaded "aero push" a problem at Texas? "It's probably the worst track for it all year long. At some other mile and a half tracks the banking is a little lower or even progressively banked so the speeds are a little slower. At Texas the best way to pass is to get a run on someone through the center of the corner and make the move coming off. That's hard to do here because when you close up on someone you lose the air on the nose of the truck. You lose that downforce and the truck washes up the track and you have to start all over again."

The Craftsman Truck Series has only raced on Halloween one other time in its history. What are some of your favorite Halloween memories? "I would say it would have to be back when I was around seven or eight years old. Back then Trick-or-Treating started at 6 o'clock and it was dark out by then. And it lasted until they ran out of candy so that meant you could be out long past 8 o'clock. I grew up in a neighborhood with a lot of houses and just about every one of them would have their light on. If you were really motivated you could get a lot of candy and of course we were. We would run from house to house. It was almost like a race. But the bigger competition was to see who could get the most candy. We would literally have two pillow cases filled to the top with candy when it was over."

Terry's Texas Stats: Terry has started all 21 previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Texas Motor Speedway, dating back to the first race on June 6, 1997. He has more career starts at Texas than any other track - active or defunct - on the series schedule. Terry scored his first-ever series top-ten finish at TMS on June 5, 1998. Terry has six top-ten finishes at TMS including a best finish of sixth in October 1999. His average start is 14.0 and his average finish is 15.8. He has completed 2,922 of a possible 3,344 competition laps (87.4%). He has led a total of 70 laps in five different races. He scored a pair of 12th-place finishes driving for HT Motorsports in 2007. He was 16th earlier this season driving for Wyler Racing.

Terry's Texas Truck: Terry will be driving the same truck he drove last week at Atlanta. It is new to the HT Motorsports fleet, recently acquired from BHR-VA. Prior to making its track debut with HT Motorsports the team redesigned the front clip and reskinned it from its previous body to a Toyota Tundra. Following the Atlanta race the team repaired slight damage to the nose and right side after Terry grazed the wall while fighting the loose lug nut condition on the left rear wheel.

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