Comments on: Roush’s Developmental Success

By: grumpyoldman

grumpyoldman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:13 +0000

My daughter claims that Colin Braun is a “hottie”. Apparently Joonyer and Jaimie McMurray are aging off her radar.

By: stevec

stevec — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:11 +0000

In todays NASCAR market place for drivers the talent pool os amazing. Team owners can take the pick of the litter. Roush is an amazing company with the amount of depth they have. The four car limit NASCAR has won’t stop Jack, he has Yate and HOF, Jack could have 12 cars if he uses Yates and HOF. Hendrick is anpther with tons of driver depth, Mr.H has SHR and Jr, Motor sports among others to draw from. MWR has 4 cars now with the parner ships, 2 cars are doing very well. between tthese three teams that 1/3 of the cup feild and we have’nt touched the rest of the talent pool. I find it very ineresting. The talen pool runs deep inside NASCAR.

By: Garry Pacer

Garry Pacer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:43:45 +0000

I commend Jack Roush for his commitment to developing drivers, and not just those with money, and he has some really nice hats too ; )

By: knobcreekfan

knobcreekfan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:50:09 +0000

John – “It’s a shame that there are so few good teams that drivers have to compete for.”

This just shows you how cyclical the sport is. Heading into the 2006 season there was an abundance of seats and a limited number of drivers. You had Roush/Penske/Ganassi negotiating driver buyouts. Roush begging Mark Martin to stick around another year. Etc. Roush taking a chance on Kluever. Rookies of Yeley, Bowyer, Stremme, Sorenson, Truex & Hamlin. Raines back in a car after a couple years off.

It was a good time to be a driver negotiating a contract!

By: kebzach

kebzach — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:50:58 +0000

http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/nationwideseries/Carl_Edwards_plans_to_run_full_Nationwide_schedule_in_2010_for_Roush_Fenway_Racing.html

looks like Edwards will run a full NNS season in 2010, which throws a kink in my original comment on this article.

By: John

John — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:40:01 +0000

“At this point I think the biggest issue Roush is facing is where to put all these solid prospects. While he has room in the Nationwide Series for the time being, he is running up against the four car limit in the Cup Series. Certainly Yates is an option as is the partnership with Hall of Fame.”

I think that’s a great point. There’s definitely a lot of driver talent out there, probably more than there are good teams. It’s a shame that there are so few good teams that drivers have to compete for. I think part of that might be because the manufacturers select a set or two of teams and funnel them most of their resources.

By: Neon

Neon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:31:50 +0000

Jack sure has a good balance of technical know-how and mgr/business sense.

And to think that what you see today could be of a totally different landscape, or non-existent, if not for Troy Alabama resident and retired Marine Sergeant Major Larry Hicks. Larry pulled the battered, unconsious and drowning Roush from his wrecked experimental plane in a nearby lake.

I first worked with Jack in the mid 80′s Daytona 24 hr with the GTO Mustang refueling his two cars for 24 hrs, that actually ran on Firestone street radial tires. I’ve never seen so much used rubber come off a race car. 100(+) tires per car in 1 day.

By: red

red — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:53:55 +0000

journo, there’s not a whole lot about rousch that impresses me on a regular basis but his commitment to developing talent is one of the few! when we discuss “where is the next generation of drivers coming from?”, rousch seems to consistently provide us with that answer. that being said . . .

how about rousch lead the charge and keep his cup drivers OUT of n’wide all together? that ought to keep those seats free for the development drivers he’s been so wonderful at finding. and then he could crank up his media machine to promote both these drivers AND the series itself. and maybe, just maybe, he could be an advocate to his fellow owners to put n’wide racers in n’wide and cup racers in cup. (can you tell it’s one of my peeves?!?)

as for his cup situation: he’s had time to figure this part out and the partnerships with HOF racing as well as yates should serve both him and those groups well. as with SHR, an infusion of real talent into struggling teams can make a significant impact.

while i often wonder if the black helicopters circle jack rousch’s head on a regular basis, i will never deny his passion for our sport and his eye for talent.

By: kebzach

kebzach — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:03:06 +0000

Between the 6, 16 and 60 nationwide cars, and assuming that Edwards isn’t planning on again running a full season, I’d think that Roush would have seat time for all 3 of the Darnell, Braun and Stenhouse crew. Something along the lines of each of them getting a 1/2 season in a NNS car while Edwards, Kenseth, Biffle and/or Ragan split the other 1/2′s is a possibility.