Mike Cook

[gnomenator]

Just saw on a Facebook post that Mike Cook has passed away Anybody else have this info? If true, that really sucks!

[gnomenator]

Yup, just saw all the posts on the HWP post on here. What a bummer!

[SPARKY]

RIP MIKE !  very seldom is a son of a famous ICON as well know as his dad,  but Mike is and deservedly so !   It was a truck tailgate.  he got a sever head injury and I got a whole lot of blood and a bad headache and a few stitches!

[manta22]

RIP MIKE !  very seldom is a son of a famous ICON as well know as his dad,  but Mike is and deservedly so !   It was a truck tailgate.  he got a sever head injury and I got a whole lot of blood and a bad headache and a few stitches!

Can someone please tell me what happened?

[Stainless1]

Neil, the head injury was almost 5 years ago, but I don't think Mike ever fully recovered from that incident.  He is and always will be remembered for being fast, friendly and a major influence in LandSpeed Racing around the world.  Not only was he involved in multiple cars over the years, he was the Shootout promoter that brought the FIA and FIM back to Bonneville and to Bolivia.

[manta22]

Neil, the head injury was almost 5 years ago, but I don't think Mike ever fully recovered from that incident.  He is and always will be remembered for being fast, friendly and a major influence in LandSpeed Racing around the world.  Not only was he involved in multiple cars over the years, he was the Shootout promoter that brought the FIA and FIM back to Bonneville and to Bolivia.

Thanks, Bob... but how did he get that head injury?

[Stainless1]

Neil, Mike told me he put the tailgate up on his truck and was plugging in a trailer hitch when the tailgate fell and knocked him out.  This happened late 2017 to early 2018 before Bolivia (July).  He told me his head hurt and he had trouble remembering things.  Most of the time in Bolivia he was just fine, but occasionally a little off kilter... Move on to Speedweek 2020 I think, saw Mike and asked how he was doing.  He said fine, but I wasn't certain he knew who I was... later in the week he came up and told me he knew he knew me, but couldn't remember my name till after we talked. 
I don't know if this accident led to his demise, but I know it distracted from his life and plan.
GodSpeed Mike... I'll bet with all the racers that preceded that you are organizing one hell of a race!!!

[jww36]

This post from Mike Jr. has always stood out in my mind. As a metal fabricator who has done a fair amount of welding speaks volumes to the kind of guy Mike Sr. was.

[manta22]

Neil, Mike told me he put the tailgate up on his truck and was plugging in a trailer hitch when the tailgate fell and knocked him out.  This happened late 2017 to early 2018 before Bolivia (July).  He told me his head hurt and he had trouble remembering things.  Most of the time in Bolivia he was just fine, but occasionally a little off kilter... Move on to Speedweek 2020 I think, saw Mike and asked how he was doing.  He said fine, but I wasn't certain he knew who I was... later in the week he came up and told me he knew he knew me, but couldn't remember my name till after we talked. 
I don't know if this accident led to his demise, but I know it distracted from his life and plan.
GodSpeed Mike... I'll bet with all the racers that preceded that you are organizing one hell of a race!!!

Thanks for that clarification, Bob. That sounds like something that happened to the daughter if a fiance of mine in the mid-90s. She was in a car accident and hit her head, causing a severe concussion. The symptoms sound the same. RIP, Mike.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Whenever I think of Mike this is what I'll see! 

[Stainless1]

Thanks Woody... that's the Mike I remember as well... always a smile for a friend...

[SPARKY]

I visited with him at El M in 19 and we were visiting and and exactly the same thing he said he knew that he knew me but had trouble remembering names name since his accident with the tailgate.  WOW I said had almost the exact same thing happen to me but mine produced a scalp wound and a lot of blood but went to my dermatologist because I remembered that his PA was an Army medic and has sewn up lots of folks..Sure enough he whipped me in and out in less that 10 minutes with 7 stitches, and a shaved spot on side of my head.

[datadoc]

Does anyone know when and where Mike Cook's service will be?

[tauruck]

Neil, the head injury was almost 5 years ago, but I don't think Mike ever fully recovered from that incident.  He is and always will be remembered for being fast, friendly and a major influence in LandSpeed Racing around the world.  Not only was he involved in multiple cars over the years, he was the Shootout promoter that brought the FIA and FIM back to Bonneville and to Bolivia.

RIP.🙏🏻✝

[jl222]

  1st time I saw Mike he was getting into a fuel coupe [around 1987] and saying ''I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED''
AND he took off like a bat out of Hell.  WOW

      God Speed Mike

                                jl222