March 29, 2024

3 thoughts on “Matt Kenseth Cannot Fix Roush-Fenway Alone

  1. If they want to fix the main issue at RFR, go directly to the top & retire Jack Roush. Immediately. The way he micromanages everything has been the main cause of RFR’s decline.

    From driver development, to keeping good driver/crew chief/team combinations together, to trying to be Ford’s “clearinghouse” in the sport, (much like Holman-Moody was in the 50s & 60s), to virtually everything else, Jack has constantly shown himself to be incredibly inept at managing a racing organization.

    When he was totally in charge of Ford’s NASCAR program, he basically ran RYR out of the business, reduced RPM & the Wood Brothers to minor satellite teams to RFR, & almost complete destroyed Ford’s competitiveness & presence in the sport. It wasn’t until Penske, & then SHR joined the Ford camp, reducing Jack’s influence & control that Ford began to regain it’s standing.

    Jack Roush would screw up a single car funeral. I’ve never admired the man nor thought he was competent in running a race team since he got into the Cup series in 1988. There’s a reason RFR has only two Cup championships compared to HMS having 12, (plus being associated with 2 more when SHR was a satellite of HMS), & JGR having 4, (plus the association with RR getting a championship last year), & that can be directly traced back to “The Cat in the Hat”.

    1. Thanks for reading Mark and thank you for your comment. Do you think Jack still controls day to day operational decisions such as which Engineers and crew chiefs to hire?

  2. The torn up race cars are probably, at least in part, the result of limited experience drivers trying to get too much out of an under-performing car. Not to mention the frustration that would come along with such a situation.

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