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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But Matt stuck with all of his guys and he stuck with the strategy that we had. He's got the maturity to know this is a cyclical business with ups and downs and he was not gonna give up on the good thing he thought he had going when it was down and he was gonna wait for it to turn and it has. He's been right.
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I wouldn't bet against Carl Edwards. We think Carl can be as good in this business as anybody's been.
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They have a way of carrying a different level of investment than would otherwise be justified based on the business aspects of the business, and we're yet to see how that will unfold.
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If Roush Racing (or) if Mark Martin can't do his business at Kansas City or Charlotte or Atlanta, then we're in desperate trouble and definitely not on our game, ... What happened here is reflected in that the cars were well-driven, they were well-prepared by hardworking teams and the judgments that the crew chiefs made were excellent.
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I'm going to say that Carl Edwards -- I predict -- is the driver of the decade for not only Roush Racing but for all of Nextel Cup racing, ... I cant imagine anybody coming into the business in their first full year and being able to win four times, and won in the Busch car for the first time this year.
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Kurt had been a challenge for everybody that interacted with him on the team at some time or other. He used up his equity with his sponsors. He used up his equity with me.
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I said, 'If I put five in this first year's competition with the Chase, you guys are going to say I'm predatory,'
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I said, 'Mike, right now there has been a lot of criticism on multi-team programs and it's growing and getting stronger and it's going to continue to do that,
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is as cold-blooded as any driver I've ever worked with.
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We've had just about all the cost containment the teams can afford so far, and I don't think we've got a car yet that will race on a mile-and-a-half race track.
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Robbie brought a great car here, ... I had a feeling that if (Matt) could stay up front, if he didn't get snookered by staying out when he shouldn't or coming in when he shouldn't, if he could maintain track position he was gonna be really good.
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I think Honda will be here too. I think that all of the world's automobile companies certainly will have a desire to get involved in our stock-car racing, and I think it would be good for the fans and good for the sport as it occurs.
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Jack has no interest in Jamie McMurray getting out of his contract. I've got no interest in letting Kurt Busch out of his contract. And I certainly have no desire to go cause angst in my sponsors.
relationship starts
It all starts with my relationship with my sponsors,