Jack Roush Hurt In Jet Crash At Oshkosh Air Venture

dpkimmel2001 said:
Roush said he fractured his back, broke his jaw and lost his left eye in the accident, which occurred as he was attempting to land his jet at a crowded airport in Oshkosh, Wis., for an appearance at a major air show. The two-time Cup champion underwent surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to treat facial injuries in the crash, but confirmed at Michigan International Raceway that the incident also cost him an eye.
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i've never cared much for jack but there's no denying he's one tough sob. glad he's back and in good spirits. now if only he could afford to hire a pilot. <g>
 
Joking about someone getting severely injured or damn near losing their life is extremely distasteful, at best.
 
I'll say up front that I'm not a Roush fan, but I was very happy to see him back at the track yesterday. If his passion for flying is as strong as my dad's was, he'll be back piloting as soon as he can.

Wish you the quick healing, Jack. And welcome back to your office. :beerbang:
 
I'll say up front that I'm not a Roush fan, but I was very happy to see him back at the track yesterday. If his passion for flying is as strong as my dad's was, he'll be back piloting as soon as he can.

Wish you the quick healing, Jack. And welcome back to your office. :beerbang:
 
Welcome Back Jack..
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BobbyFord said:
Joking about someone getting severely injured or damn near losing their life is extremely distasteful, at best.
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Oh geez, they make 1/2 hour comedy shows outta people breaking every bone in their body.
Lighten up, the guy is alive, and dumb enough to get back in another plane.
What are the odds......right????:D
MoMike
 
I lost my right eye about 6 years ago.It's definately some adjusting that you have to do.
 
BobbyFord said:
Joking about someone getting severely injured or damn near losing their life is extremely distasteful, at best.
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I think you're correct but as we all know, it's always open season on anyone/anything Roush related.

Edwards crashes Keselowski and it's the crime of century and no one even got hurt.
 
It sounds like he needs to add some of the Nascar safety equipment to the planes. Hans device, full belts, etc.
 
Every landing is a controlled crash. For Jack to walk away from two crashes is amazing. I know a crop duster that has walked away from two crashes and both of them were ugly.

I wish Jack the best.
 
That is one tough dude. Just saw an interview with him on Speed. Gotta respect a guy like that.
 
Jack Roush flying high with three drivers in Chase – and back in a plane as well

Back in the pilots seat. One tough dude.....

Jack Roush talked with enthusiasm Monday afternoon about having three cars in NASCAR's Chase For The Sprint Cup.

And, oh, by the way, the co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing says he’s flown twice since losing sight in his left eye in a July 27 plane crash in Oshkosh, Wis. – the second plane crash that Roush has survived.

In April 2002, Roush nearly lost his life on his 60th birthday while piloting a small plane near Troy, Ala. His plane hit a power line and landed upside down in eight feet of water. Roush, who was not breathing when he was rescued, sustained a broken leg, a collapsed lung and head injuries.

Roush never lost consciousness in his most recent crash, which he has said was the result of a conflict in airspace with another plane while he was attempting to land his small jet.

Suffering a ruptured eyeball that cost him the sight in his left eye, Roush spent two weeks in the hospital to recover from injuries that included broken jaw, a compression fracture in his back and damage to his left cheek.

Roush’s first flight since the Oshkosh accident came Sept. 3 and he said he had no hesitation to get back in the pilot’s seat. He had a co-pilot for both flights.

“In both the airplane wrecks that I’ve had, something happened – I wasn’t doing something that was reckless, I wasn’t doing something that was mindless,” Roush said during a teleconference Monday to discuss the upcoming Chase, which kicks off this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“I simply got into a situation both times where I had no margin and something happened that was a sure enough accident that followed.”

With eyesight in his right eye at 20/15 and having healed as much as possible from his injuries, Roush missed only a few weeks of participation with his race teams and said physically he feels 100 percent.

“I’m on a complete normal schedule for me with my involvement with my engineering company in Michigan and with my interaction with Ford on many fronts and of course with my race teams,” he said.

“Am I back? I am back and I was really offstage for less than three weeks as I went through my surgeries. I think I am back up to full potential. I know I was on the treadmill for a reasonable period time last evening, which is a Sunday evening thing for me if we don’t have a race. I am sleeping well and I am eating well.”

Heavily involved in his race teams and a common sight in the NASCAR garage, Roush said he has taken a little different attitude since the crash. It hasn’t been the best of years as the organization’s only Cup victory came when Greg Biffle won at Pocono the Sunday following latest Roush’s crash.

But the team has three drivers (Biffle, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth) in the Chase, and Edwards has eight top-10 finishes in the last nine races. A fourth team, with driver David Ragan, failed to qualify for the 10-race playoff.

“When I’ve been able to get back to the race tracks and … interact with the guys in the meetings and the shops, I have taken a deep breath and savored the moment and said, ‘This might not have happened except for my good fortune and making it through my trial and tribulation here,’” Roush said.

“Once I’ve taken my deep breath and celebrated the moment that I was back, it’s been business as usual for me.”

Well maybe not 100 percent business as usual.

“For people that truly have been blindsided by something that happened beyond their expectation, I’ve been more sympathetic than I would have been before,” Roush said. “To my detriment, I probably haven’t been as sympathetic as I should be for things that were happening beyond people’s control and their management.”

Roush believes he is a lucky man, and while he has flown again and is back to his daily routine, he doesn’t expect to survive another potentially catastrophic incident.

“I’ve had much more luck in terms of surviving things that could have ended my time much earlier,” Roush said. “I had a car wreck when I was 16 years old that … could have been bad and was not injured. I had a race-car wreck when I was 30 that could have been bad and was not serious.

“I have had two airplane crashes in the last 10 years. I’ve had much more good fortune and many more bites of the apple here than I should have expected.”

He plans to make the most of the rest of his bites.

“For the time I have got left and for the things I have learned, I intend to make the biggest contribution that I can to the broader society and to the business community that I’m involved with in Detroit with Ford and the automobile industry and of course to the racing community, the things around NASCAR,” Roush said.

“I’m extraordinarily grateful for the time I’ve got but I don’t presume I have got another successful outcome to another traumatic accident like I had with the airplane thing.”
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Back in the seat.
 
Last night on Wind Tunnell, Robin Miller asked Bifel if he'd ever fly with Jack again.:D
 
I really hope that he doesn't get back into one of his Mustang's both for him and the aircraft's sake.
 
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