Jack Roush

Jack Roush
Jack Roushis the founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 April 1942
CityCovington, KY
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When I was 60 years old, I had my horrible airplane wreck and I hadn't won a championship yet and, as I came back, I was sure I never would,
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Well, I'm in better shape with five than I would be with one, ... We've got five capable and able drivers. On any given day, they've all demonstrated they can win.
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We are very pleased that Matt extended his contract. It's very assuring knowing that he will be staying on with us and I know that the first goal on his agenda is to take that championship trophy back.
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We are very pleased that Matt extended his contract with Roush Racing last fall. Matt is one of the most talented drivers in the garage and he'll always hold a special place in our organization, having helped to bring us our first Cup championship in 2003. It's very assuring knowing that he will be staying on with us and I know that the first goal on his agenda is to take that championship trophy back.
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To be able to now have this success is a real surprise to me.
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We don't have a realistic prospect of beating the 20 (Stewart) or the 48 (Johnson) with any of our cars, Carl included, unless somebody else has trouble,
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We don't have a realistic prospect of beating the 48 or the 20 with any of our cars, unless somebody has trouble, ... I expect them to run in the top five the rest of the way. We've had a great run.
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We're just living a dream. I know we're going to have to give it back through bad luck. Everything averages out for the luck that you can't affect through preparation and strategy. Some of it you can't do anything about.
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We've got a really nice group of cars that can go do pretty much on any given day what anybody can do in the business,
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We're real excited about 2006. 2005 was by a large, large margin the best year I've ever had in this business. I wouldn't trade any of the years that preceded it.
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The fact that Matt didn't have a flat tire, and he didn't break anything, and Carl narrowly avoided a crash that would have been a disaster, was great. The litany of things that can happen and didn't, that can get on top of you, they stayed away from us tonight.
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The fact that Matt didn't have a flat tire and he didn't break anything, and Carl narrowly avoided a crash that would have been a disaster, was great. The litany of things that can happen and didn't, that can get on top of you, they stayed away from us tonight.
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The fact that we have all five of our drivers in a synchronized swimming kind of situation, where they're all at the top of their game at the same time, is pretty special.