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Cox grew up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and developed a passion for drag racing and fast cars through his late older brother, Shaddrick. He raced as much as he could before his football career took off and he had to pass the driving duties on to other wheelmen. The Cox Racing team gradually stepped up from grudge racing to classes like X275, NMCA Street Outlaw, and Pro 275. They won the 2017 NMCA Street Outlaw championship, set a Pro 275 E. T. record in 2021, and made moves into Pro Mod.
A year into his retirement, Cox returned to the driver’ s seat to prepare for his debut in Liberty’ s Gears Pro Street presented by Menscer Motorsports. With crew chief Phil Shuler and the Killin’ Time
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Racing camp preparing his Musipowered“ Training Day”’ 69 Camaro, which previously competed in no-time events, Cox earned his competition license in the days leading up to the second race on |
the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series tour, the Mid-Atlantic Showdown at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Unsurprisingly, Cox was a contender right out of the gate. At
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Virginia, he qualified No. 5 and picked up round wins over fellow rookie Mikey Sasina and 2023 world champion Bill Riddle before losing to 2023 Super Street world champion Blake Denton in the semifinals. He then qualified No. 1 out of 20 cars at the North vs. South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway, adding another round win there. Another statement followed at the Northern Nationals at U. S. 131 Motorsports Park, where Cox dropped jaws with his 3.829-second blast in the final qualifying session. Quicker than the current class E. T. record, Brian Weddle’ s 3.864, it was more than enough to give Cox his second straight low qualifier award. He followed that up with another semifinal finish. |
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