Jack Roush

Jack Roush is the founder and owner of Roush Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Roush Industries, a freelance engineering firm and Roush Performance, an automotive aftermarket development company headquartered in Livonia, Michigan. He was born in Covington, Kentucky on April 19, 1942 and grew up in Manchester, Ohio. He earned a Mathematics degree from Berea College and a masters in Scientific Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University. He began running race teams in 1970 with an effort in NHRA and IHRA Drag racing, offering for sale the parts that he developped for his own team. in 1982, He partnered with a German firm to develop road racing vehicles for Ford. This led to an incredibly successful run in the Trans-Am series and IMSA in the 80's and early 90's. In 1988, Roush moved south and founded a NASCAR Winston Cup team with driver Mark Martin which has since become one of NASCAR's premiere programs winning two Cup series championships.

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Roush Racing currently fields five cars in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (driven by Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards), and two trucks in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (driven by Todd Kluever and Ricky Craven).

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Roush Racing: Roush Racing is one of the premiere racing teams of NASCAR. It was founded in 1988 as a branch of owner Jack Roush's successful automotive engineering and road-racing equipment business based in Livonia, Michigan. The NASCAR Operation based in Concord, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte, has be...

NASCAR: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees seven regional series and one l...

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