Geoff Smith
Geoff Smith
GeoffreySmithis a British long-distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in both 1984 and 1985...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth24 October 1953
drivers experience owner
Our experience is the drivers know what they want and why they want it. I don't think having someone between you and the owner helps.
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There can't be any activity engaged in by a driver that the general community would believe negatively impacts on the brand or on the team or on the company.
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Jack is known for deciding the time has come for a change. His general philosophy is, if we don't get a couple things better, we're going to have a couple drivers miss out on the Chase.
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If the driver thinks that Roush Racing is exactly the same as four other deals in the garage, and 'I just need to go get the high bidder,' that's probably not the right driver for us.
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The key is really getting those units to work together. Like the 2 and the 12 (teams) oil and water, right? But if the 2 and the 12 were compatible in crew chief and driver and all that, then that's all it would take.
hire integrate people pushing year
We just had to hire 100 more people this year and integrate them in. We're probably pushing 600 people now.
believe hard
Is it a coincidence? We don't know. It's just hard to believe that it is.
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You end up getting into what tennis is it'll be one winner, or two winners, the same three guys all year.
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We think Kenny deserves a chance with a car that is set up for him and with an entire weekend of work with the team.
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We don't think Carl will be affected in the slightest in a negative way.
days fish limits system
We need a system that limits how much fish is caught, not how many days (fishermen) can fish.
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We were taken by complete surprise by their remarks last weekend. We felt like we wanted to make it an intellectual issue if we were allowed to.
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We would have had a very good chance of having the sponsor pulling the contract at that moment after the entire history of positive racing followed by negative personal qualities.
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It's the last straw for Roush Racing. We're officially retiring as Kurt Busch's apologists, effective today.