Profile
Jack Roush
Businessman and Race Team Owner
Male
Born
Apr 19, 1942
Age
71
Hometown
Covington, Kentucky
Nationality
United States
Jack Roush is 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. Roush Enterprises is the parent company for Roush Racing as well as Roush Industries… Read More
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News + Updates
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Cup: Top 10 Stories – No. 5, Kurt Busch The OutlawFox News - Dec 27, 2012
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Bowyer, Gordon Renew Martinsville FamiliaritySan Francisco Chronicle - Oct 28, 2012
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Roush Celebrates 25 Years In NascarYahoo News - Sep 22, 2012
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In The Pits: Silly Season Not So Silly AnymoreYahoo News - Jul 02, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1942
Birth
Born on April 19, 1942.
TWENTIES

1966
24 Years Old
Roush worked at Ford after graduating in 1966, and left in 1970 to pursue his own company.
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FORTIES

1982
40 Years Old
Throughout much of his career Roush offered for sale the parts that he developed for his own team. In 1982, he partnered with German firm Zakspeed to develop road racing vehicles for Ford.
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1988
46 Years Old
In 1988, Roush moved south and founded a NASCAR Sprint Cup team now called Roush Fenway Racing with driver Mark Martin.
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FIFTIES
2000
58 Years Old
Jack Roush has won 6 championships as a car owner in NASCAR's top 3 series. 2 Sprint Cup titles (2003 with Matt Kenseth and 2004 with Kurt Busch), 3 Nationwide Series titles (2002 with Greg Biffle, 2007 with Carl Edwards and 2011 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) and a Camping World Truck Series title in 2000 with driver Greg Biffle.
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LATE ADULTHOOD

2002
60 Years Old
On April 20, 2002, Roush almost lost his life when his private plane, an Aircam, went down in a lake in Troy, Alabama.
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2008
66 Years Old
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In 2008, Roush was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and will be inducted on Sept. 13, 2010, in Novi.
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2010
68 Years Old
On July 27, 2010, Roush crash-landed in his Hawker Beechcraft Premier 390 jet, (registration N6JR) during an approach to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Fly-In in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the late afternoon.
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