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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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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We're really good at mile-and-a-half race tracks right now, ... The guys have got the cars worked out so that they don't hurt the tires.
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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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But we've got a really nice group of cars that can go do pretty much do on any given day what anybody can do in the business. If we don't put them (all) in the top 10, it's going to be because I've done something to screw them up.
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We've had some things that have struck here and there. If you look at the way this is going to shake out, the points starting the Chase were so close for all 10 competitors and the performance of the cars are so close that this issue is being resolved by who has trouble.
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They've got a different way of racing than what we've normally had. The truck series has gone through a revolution of carrying in technology that otherwise wasn't required and certainly not justified based on the public sponsorships.
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There will be Busch programs that can step up to Cup. The economy has made it hard to generate the money and all the research has made it more sophisticated. Forty-three cars to me is a good number, but 33 would be good, too.
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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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It is important we peak right. It is important to carry momentum into the chase,
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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,'