The sensational seven

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I've been a little slow on the uptake lately but FINALLY noticed that all seven of Jack Roush's drivers are now NASCAR winners.
The last couple of weeks sealed the deal with wins by Jon Wood,Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards.A few stats Jack can be proud of:

5 of his drivers have won in at least two NASCAR series,A couple in all three major series.
Martin:WC,BGN,CTS
Biffle:CTS,BGN,WC
Busch:CTS,WC
Kenseth:WC,BGN
Burton:WC,BGN

Of these drivers,only Biffle has NASCAR Championships with one each in CTS and BGN.ROTY is a little better with Biffle having 2 to date,Busch 1(CTS),and Kenseth 1.
Also worth mentioning is that Jack currently has three drivers in IROC:Martin,Biffle and Busch.With Kurt leading after 3 of 4 races.

The future,all in all,looks pretty good for both Roush and these 7 guys.Wood,Edwards and Busch are all under age 25.Kenseth seems well on his way to WC title #1 for Roush Racing and Biffle MIGHT win yet another ROTY title.

A lot of folks seem to dis-like any thing Roush related,which is each persons free right of course.But as for me personally,I wish all seven of these guys and Jack himself all the luck in the world.Few,if any,car owners in WC history have paid more dues and love motorsports more than 'ol Jack.

Good luck Jack Roush! :cheers: :salute:
 
Gettin MM was Jack's first move, and one of his best.

Jeff was a good addition, but after that Jack floundered about a bit looking for drivers. Seems that over the past 5 years or so he has put a lot of thought and effort into picking his young drivers. He has stayed away from getting vets and gone with young talent, which he has done an excellent job of assessing.
 
True.Dallenbach,Ted,Johhny and Kevin and Chad.All winless with Jack at the cup level.Not to mention 'the killer H's' in CTS.Bliss and Ruttman were only marginally successful with Jack too.The line-up he has now is without doubt his strongest ever,IMO...even with the 'loss' of Kyle Busch.
 
Story has it that Kyle told Jack the schedule he wanted to run in order to advance to Winston Cup. Jack said no we do it this way. Kyle insisted and Jack said CYA
 
Originally posted by HardScrabble@Jul 16 2003, 03:16 PM
Story has it that Kyle told Jack the schedule he wanted to run in order to advance to Winston Cup. Jack said no we do it this way. Kyle insisted and Jack said CYA
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I heard that as well.The rumor mill has Kyle as being better than Kurt....which is still way to early to determine,IMO.Anyway when the smoke clears Edwards could very possibly be better than either.Just SOMETHING about that kid(Carl) I really like a lot.Seems to almost be a throwback to another time...reminds me of another lanky but energetic driver from another era.That same spark is in the guy.
 
Like it or not Rousch is a amazing talented organazation
 
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