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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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.
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I can't remember when we've had a sweep like this before. This is really a great weekend to be able to have three of our different drivers win all three races.
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If (a racer) gets a chance to race more, he'll do a better job for you. If they put themselves in a situation with good equipment, it doesn't worry me. What worries me is the off-the-track stuff. Carl Edwards is off jumping dirt bikes now. That worries me.
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I don't want Jamie McMurray to drive for us in 2006, because he's made a commitment to (Ganassi) the same way Kurt Busch has made one to me,
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I don't think it's bad to have a bunch of sponsors and teams not be frustrated by not making the show. Sending people home in my opinion is not good for sponsors and not something that I relish.
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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.
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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.
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He said, 'I don't want to negotiate with you for 2007,' ... I said, 'OK,' and he said, 'I want to be released for 2006.' I said 'not OK.'
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He's as cold-blooded as any driver I've ever worked with,
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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.
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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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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 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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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,