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 Jack Roush is
always on the move. Wearing his trademark straw hat, Roush can usually be found at the racetrack walking through the
NASCAR Nextel Cup garage area watching, learning, jotting down notes, and developing innovative new methods for improving
on-track performance. Roush’s childhood fascination with all things mechanical has since grown into a lifelong passion
for performance, and translated into a tremendous engineering and motorsports success story.
Today, Roush serves as team owner and CEO of ROUSH Racing and is Chairman of the Board of ROUSH Enterprises, the parent
company to ROUSH Racing, ROUSH Industries, ROUSH Performance and ROUSH Manufacturing. The ROUSH Enterprises family of
companies employs more than 1,800 people in facilities throughout North America and Europe.
 Roush first began his professional career in 1964
as an engineer for Ford Motor Company. He eventually left Ford to pursue his interest in engine development and
motorsports. Roush formed Jack Roush Performance Engineering, a precursor of today’s Roush Industries, in 1976 and Roush
Racing in 1988.
Roush became the only professional drag racer to venture into NASCAR, SCCA Trans-Am, and IMSA road racing and sports car
racing – with success in every series.
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. With more than 300 wins to their credit, the
organization runs five full-time NASCAR Nextel Cup teams with drivers Mark Martin, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth
and Carl Edwards. Additionally, full and part-time teams participate in Busch Series and Craftsman Truck races.
ROUSH Industries is a Tier One supplier of fully integrated engineering and development support services. ROUSH
Performance effectively combines the engineering expertise of ROUSH Industries with the motorsports experience of ROUSH Racing
to produce complete performance vehicles, modular engines and high-performance parts. ROUSH Manufacturing provides
prototype and production parts, tooling and paint services.
 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. Roush is also a member of the
governing board of The Great Race, an annual vintage car road rally event.
Jack Roush was born in 1942 in and grew up in Manchester, Ohio. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and
Physics from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, and a Master's Degree in Scientific Mathematics from Eastern Michigan
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