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  NASCAR.com - Conversation: Jack Roush - November 11, 2003
Jack Roush: The first internal-combustion engine that I worked on was a lawnmower engine we used to cut grass with.
Jack Roush: I taught trigonometry, I taught physics, I taught internal-combustion engine theory, fuel systems, electrical systems, as it related to the kind of jobs that a person graduating from a junior college, a two-year college, would gather if they went to Detroit and worked in the automobile business.
Jack Roush: I love racing a lot, but I am 61 years old now, and my engineering business, not to the door maybe, but close enough to the door that they can carry on without me for a day or a week.
www.nascar.com /2003/news/features/conversation/11/10/jroush_conversation/index.html   (2530 words)

  
  Roush Racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roush Racing's sole part-time team, the 06 car is scheduled to run six races for the 2006 season.
On November 7, 2005 it was announced that Busch had been released from contractual obligations at Roush and would leave the team at the end of the season [1].
Jack Roush has also stated that Roush Racing would not court RYR's sponsors when their contracts were up.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roush_Racing   (4461 words)

  
 Sports: Roush's resilience shows again
Roush, 60, known throughout NASCAR as "the cat in the hat" for his trademark Panama hat, is a hands-on owner who built a motorsports empire one wrench turn at a time.
Roush is an enigma: a billionaire with a reputation for being cheap, an intellectual who uses $10 words in a sport founded by good ol' boys, an engineering innovator with a passion for vintage airplanes.
As Roush begins a difficult rehabilitation -- a rod was inserted in the femur and plates and pins on both sides of the ankle -- his teams are committed to continuing the 2002 revival that, after a dismal 2001, has all four Winston Cup drivers ranked among the top 11 in points.
www.sptimes.com /2002/04/27/news_pf/Sports/Roush_s_resilience_sh.shtml   (1002 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - NASCAR Plus - NASCAR family offers thoughts on injured Roush - Saturday April 20, 2002 05:07 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Roush, the NASCAR owner who fields four Winston Cup cars, remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition Saturday, one day after the ultra-light plane he was piloting crashed in south Alabama.
Jack Roush's plane crash was a grim reminder of air accidents that took the lives of two Winston Cup drivers.
Roush was flying solo in a private, twin-engine single plane owned by a friend; not an unusual activity.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/nascar_plus/news/2002/04/20/roush_reacts   (1208 words)

  
 Roush Racing
Roush Performance was established in 1995, with the development of a manifold package and tool kit introduced at that year's SEMA show.
Jack Roush's personal preference for hot street Mustangs (he owns more than a dozen) provided the inspiration for Roush Performance to design, engineer and manufacture a line of high-performance Ford Mustangs.
Roush personally approves the design, engineering, fit, finish and overall performance of each package, ensuring that his personal standards are met prior to production startup and product release.
www.3m.com /racing/RoushRacing.html   (845 words)

  
 Jack's Way   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Roush's race-day intensity is reflected in his face as he strolls the NASCAR garages on weekends.
Roush says the crash, and everything that happened to allow him to survive it, humbled him and gave him an appreciation and reverence for life.
Roush is concerned about some of the drivers coming to the series, those with more attitude than talent and experience.
www.stockcarracing.com /featuredvehicles/scrp_0506_roush/index.html   (2143 words)

  
 How I met Jack Roush
Jack ask all that were flying that day to meet with him in the hangar for an orientation.
Jack started the engine and when that persons flight was over Jack said I was next.
Jack ask me to put on a parachute I said this was the highlight of my life and I didn't need one.
www.racewiz.com /dave/roush.htm   (708 words)

  
 ROUSH Performance - About Jack Roush
ROUSH Racing, arguably the most visible of his companies, has claimed championships in the elite NASCAR Nextel Cup (formerly Winston Cup) level, as well as the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, making ROUSH Racing one of the few organizations to have captured titles on all three of NASCAR’s top divisions.
Roush’s numerous educational and philanthropic activities include establishment of the Jack Roush Motorsports Scholarship fund at Clemson University, which is dedicated to supporting graduate and undergraduate students in their pursuit of motorsports-related degrees.
Jack Roush was born in 1942 in and grew up in Manchester, Ohio.
www.roushperf.com /about_jack.shtml   (435 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Happy homecoming for Roush
First, Roush, who crashed his airplane into an Alabama lake on his 60th birthday, was considered clinically drowned in 8 feet of water, and then was both rescued and revived by a retired military man who spent much of his career as part of a search and rescue team.
Roush is far ahead of his rehabilitation and recovery program, so much so that doctors are giving him this week off from the rigors of 10 hours of weekly physical therapy to strengthen the left leg he mangled in the crash.
Not only is he barely using the crutches he has propped under his arms while he walks, he hobbles out of the 2-mile facility with his fifth win there as an owner, courtesy of young driver Matt Kenseth, who came off a red-flag restart to win a three-lap shootout with Dale Jarrett.
espn.go.com /rpm/wc/2002/0616/1395620.html   (799 words)

  
 This year, Roush hits the track running - NASCAR Insider - Jack Roush, automobile-racing team owner Sporting News, The ...
His engine program was a problem in 2001, but Roush says that other than a piston malfunction early in the year and the difficulties with valve springs, the problems involved performance, not durability.
Roush's engine department has thoroughly dissected the engines, and Roush thinks his team is more than prepared to handle the single engine rule and the minimum weight requirements that NASCAR put on motor parts this year.
Roush doesn't want to jinx himself, but he feels that this could be his year.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_9_226/ai_83667201   (957 words)

  
 Ford Mustang Jack Roush Classic
Roush Performance is a huge name in racing and racing products.
Founded by longtime Ford tuner Jack Roush, the company also builds performance versions of Mustangs, Expeditions and F-150 pickup trucks that can be purchased through Ford dealers.
Jack Roush's signature is all over this car, from the side emblems to the window graphics, to the supercharger housing, seat backs, wheels, and brake calipers.
www.azcentral.com /class/marketplace/cars/0419fordmustang-CP.html   (764 words)

  
 Mark confident Jack Roush will make full recovery
Roush remained in serious condition at University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital on Tuesday with injuries suffered when the small aircraft he was piloting crashed into a lake near Troy, Ala., on Friday afternoon.
Roush was in a coma, but Mark and other friends and family later learned that coma had been induced because of Roush's anxiety and pain.
Mark said Tuesday that the challenges ahead of Roush in his recovery are the kind of battles his friend has been tackling all his life.
www.markmartin.org /roushok.html   (561 words)

  
 TheMustangSource.com | 2005 Roush Mustang
The 2005 Roush Mustang features power, styling and handling capabilities that are at the core of Jack Roush’s automotive performance values.
The new 2005 Roush Mustang follows a traditional design blueprint that is prevalent in all Roush Mustangs.
Roush has created multiple options for the buyer on the functionality of the front fascia openings.
bradbarnett.net /mustangs/timeline/05/05/roush.htm   (406 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Passion for speed keeps Roush in NASCAR race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Roush's driver can clinch by out-finishing his pursuers Sunday in Rockingham, N.C. Roush's love for speed, and the mechanical processes that produce speed, is devout enough to make NASCAR politics tolerable.
Roush doesn't remember last April's plane accident, but others have pieced it together: To celebrate Roush's 60th birthday, a friend lent him a small open-cockpit plane, the kind National Geographic might use to photograph the Congo.
Roush still insists the part was legal and NASCAR only penalized his team because Earnhardt's team owner, Richard Childress, is a friend of NASCAR's ruling France family.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2003-11-06-roush-1a-cover_x.htm   (2125 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - The real Chase: Catching Roush powerhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Roush is a year late in making good on his five-car prediction, but he ultimately might be right on both counts.
Roush drivers swept the first four spots in qualifying, then spent the first 23 laps taking turns leading the race — first Carl Edwards, then Mark Martin, then Kurt Busch, then Greg Biffle.
Roush drivers will be expected to show each other courtesy on the track, but that's about it.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2005-09-15-chase-roush_x.htm   (2277 words)

  
 Ford Motor Company - Press Release - Jack Roush Injured in Private Plane Crash
Geoff Smith, president of Roush Racing, met with the media at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday morning to provide an update on the condition of Jack Roush, who was injured in a plane crash Friday night.
As you heard, the aircraft that Jack was flying as the sole passenger and pilot, crashed and Jack received serious injuries and was taken to the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital.
Roush Racing has, in my opinion, which may or may not be worth that much, Roush Racing has the best drivers in Winston Cup racing, and some of the best crew chiefs, and people surrounding it.
media.ford.com /newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=11738   (1357 words)

  
 Jack Roush/Kyle Busch - Racing Forums
Jack got in a mild stab at Kyle regarding his defection to the Hendrick camp according to the Birmingham news this morning:
Interesting comments.Still not sure of Kyle's reason for the defection as Jack is pretty 'high' on the Busch brothers.Has to be a slap in the face to Jack.
Kyle left Roush Racing because he was going to be in the Truck sereis for 3 or 4 years before he moves up to the Busch series.
www.racing-forums.com /vb/showthread.php?t=7504   (418 words)

  
 The Roush Automotive Collection - Roush Turns A Circle And Returns To His Drag Racing Roots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Roush obviously is well known among NASCAR fans, and his teams have combined to win four championships, including two at the elite Nextel Cup level.
Roush remained in drag racing until 1978 when he migrated to the areas of racing he is best known for, his tremendous success in both Trans-Am and NASCAR.
In typical Roush fashion, the NMRA program will feature up to five cars, but the goals are different than those of his stock car program.
www.roushcollection.com /news_drag_racing_roots.shtml   (618 words)

  
 Ford Mustang Blog - Mustang News » Blog Archive » Jack Roush Inducted Into IMHOF
Jack Roush, owner and founder of Roush Enterprises was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame earlier today at a ceremony in Talladega, Alabama.
Roush will be part of the “Class of 2006” which also includes seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, race promoter H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, Janet Guthrie who was the first female driver in Daytona 500 and Indy 500 history, and stock car racing legend Harry Gant.
ROUSH Enterprises is comprised of several divisions and employs nearly 2,000 people in more than 50 locations throughout North America, Mexico, Germany and the United Kingdom.
www.mustangblog.com /index.php/2006/jack-roush-inducted-into-imhof   (1018 words)

  
 GNEXTINC.com: NASCAR - Roush Racing News Rumors
Jack Roush received the highest honor Ford Motor Company can bestow on anyone in racing when he was presented with the Spirit of Ford Award in front of approximately 450 employees at Ford World Headquarters Thursday.
Roush won the TMS Racer of the Year Award, but after accepting his award, Roush told TMS president Eddie Gossage to put his lid up for bids for the 800 patrons at the gala.
Roush Racing: Driver X debuted October 24, the first of 13 episodes that began with 1,776 hopeful applicants being cut down to just 25 that would take to the track and compete to become the newest driver for Roush Racing’s Craftsman Truck Series team.
www.gnextinc.com /nascar/news/roush.html   (4077 words)

  
 Jack Roush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A winner in every phase of the sport he has ever entered, Roush is a former drag racer who turned his engineering prowess into a company that does research and development work for every American car company.
By the early 1970s Roush was building a drag racing team and won the IRHA Pro Stock World Championships in 1973 and 1974.
He is the owner of Roush Industries, which has more than 1,300 employees and 1,000,000-square feet of building space in four states, as well as the countries of Mexico and England.
www.themadpolack.com /jackroush.html   (320 words)

  
 Jack Roush is Pissed: NASCAR Limits Teams to Four Cars Apiece - Jalopnik
Jack Roush is Pissed: NASCAR Limits Teams to Four Cars Apiece
While the smaller teams are in favor of the restriction, Roush has gone on record calling the rule "communist." Needless to say, Cactus Jack isn't too happy about the ruling.
Roush Racing prez Geoff Smith was quoted as saying, "It is hard for Jack not to believe that there is a laser bulls-eye on his forehead." All we can say is, Mr.
www.jalopnik.com /cars/news-racing/jack-roush-is-pissed-nascar-limits-teams-to-four-cars-apiece-136830.php   (287 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - SI Online - Denise N. Maloof - On NASCAR - CNNSI.com's Denise N. Maloof: Roush in racers' ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
While his owner lay hospitalized with injuries suffered in Friday's single-plane crash near Troy, Ala., Burton leaned against his interior hauler doors Sunday morning at Talladega and raised a few figurative shades on the entrepreneur who holds a graduate degree in scientific mathematics, and who built his racing kingdom from scratch.
And whether it was my hyena reaction, or just sympathy for a NASCAR neophyte, Jack has been refreshingly approachable ever since, willing to explain the most simple racing concepts; a willing foil for kidding.
Busch is fourth, Martin is ninth and Burton, 11th, all of which lends poignancy to Roush's near-fatal plane crash.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /inside_game/denise_maloof/news/2002/04/24/jack_roush   (1266 words)

  
 Crew Profile: Jack Roush, DEWALT.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Roush is the owner of Matt Kenseth's #17 car, Roush Racing, and its parent company Roush Industries, Inc.
Jack Roush has always been interested in finding out why and how things work.
Roush was involved exclusively in drag racing until 1978, and advanced in power classes to the NHRA Pro Stock division.
www.dewalt.com /us/articles/article_events.asp?Site=events&ID=967   (995 words)

  
 Jack Roush finally has a NASCAR powerhouse - Motor Sports - MSNBC.com
Mark Martin, the driver who came with Roush to what was then called Winston Cup in 1988, never quite made it to the top, finishing second four times, the last in 2002.
Roush, a mathematician, innovator and owner of a company that supplies parts to the automotive and transportation industry, sometimes waged verbal war with NASCAR’s rulesmakers and became bitter about several decisions that went against him over the years.
Now, with Kurt Busch having given Roush his second straight title last year and his powerful team off to a tremendous start in 2005, with eight wins in the first 15 races, some of his competitors are wondering if there’s any way to stop the five-car Roush Juggernaut.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8320479   (494 words)

  
 TheMustangNews.com - Jack Roush and Company star in NMRA Drag Race Season 2006!
With Roush Performance working on a new line of parts specific to drag racing, Jack and his family take to the track to test and showcase products.
Decades of excellence and tenacity prove to be the recipe for success for Jack Roush.
Roush products were ahead of their time in Virginia.
www.themustangnews.com /fomoco/st-0406_roushdr.htm   (1309 words)

  
 Danville Register Bee | The Jack Roush Bunch
Try telling that to the members of the Jack Roush Racing team, who find themselves fighting each other for points as the Chase enters its final stretch.
Three Roush drivers - Greg Biffle, Mark Martin and Carl Edwards - are among the top six drivers, while Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch both complete the team and the top ten.
Despite their success this season, the Roush team is not the envy of all drivers.
www.registerbee.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128767691587&path=!sports   (607 words)

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