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
avoided break crash fact flat happen matt stayed top
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.
business cyclical downs gonna good guys matt maturity strategy stuck turn ups wait
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.
amongst chaos ourselves sponsors
If the commitments we make to our sponsors and amongst ourselves aren't held, well, then there's chaos in our world. If we're going to do that, then why even write it down.
stayed
All those things stayed away from us tonight.
automobile certainly companies desire fans good honda involved
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.
angst cause certainly desire interest jack jamie kurt letting
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.
drivers gonna races three win
The idea of being able to win all three of these races with three different drivers has just been fantastic. I'm gonna put some of this in the bank.
amount asked five generous happier three time willing
It is a concession. Three years was what we asked for. It's the most generous amount of time we thought they would be willing to accept. I would have been even happier with five years.
finger paid stuck
I've had my finger on the trigger, but not Matt. He's stuck with all his guys, all the strategy, and it's paid off.
hand needed raised table time work
He never raised his hand and said there wasn't on the table the things he need to do his business. He just needed the time for it to work out.
relationship starts
It all starts with my relationship with my sponsors,
cars economy generate good hard money programs research step
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.
contention great hour man pat tires
Pat was the man of the hour today. Pat was able to put him in contention with two tires and had it where it would work. So the tires did a great job.
excited final five group taking
I'm really excited about taking this group of five to the final 10 races,