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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Well, I'm in better shape with five than I would be with one, ... We've got five capable and able drivers. On any given day, they've all demonstrated they can win.
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We don't have a realistic prospect of beating the 48 or the 20 with any of our cars, unless somebody has trouble, ... I expect them to run in the top five the rest of the way. We've had a great run.
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We don't have a realistic prospect of beating the 20 (Stewart) or the 48 (Johnson) with any of our cars, Carl included, unless somebody else has trouble,
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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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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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I was not a fan of NASCAR's gear rule, but it has stopped us all from pushing the RPM envelope. We are really in a comfort zone now where we expect the engines to finish.
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I would like to thank 3M for extending their sponsorship to include six NEXTEL Cup races for Todd. He has exceeded my expectations in the Busch Series so far this year and we are going to do everything we can to make his transition to NEXTEL Cup as smooth as possible. Having him compete in six races later this year will certainly help advance his learning curve.
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To be able to now have this success is a real surprise to me.
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The fact that we have all five of our drivers in a synchronized swimming kind of situation, where they're all at the top of their game at the same time, is pretty special.
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I don't know if anybody has read or kept track of my interviews, but I basically haven't commented on anything outside of our press release as it relates to Kurt and the dilemma that we've got in dealing with that situation,
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I didn't have to beg him. He saw the need we had, and he agreed to it.
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I'm really excited about the prospect of taking this group of five to the final 10 races. I'm sure we've got some bad luck coming. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have to give back some of the good luck.
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I'm really excited about taking this group of five to the final 10 races,
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I'm not sure what they're trying to do is legally right or is defensible in a court of law, but I want to be in this business, ... I don't want to jeopardize my sponsors and my drivers and our prospects in the near term, and too much distraction through an adjudication process would certainly not be in NASCAR's interest and would almost certainly not be in my interest and would very likely not have an outcome that I could be happy with.