Jack Roush Jr.

Jack Roush Jr. was born in Michigan in 1973 to Jack Roush and Pauline in a household that lived and breathed racing. As a young adult he watched his father build their family company into a multifaceted performance empire. Jack Roush Jr. did not want to follow the exact same path as his famous father, longtime NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner Jack Roush. So he decided to take a different route. Jack re-joined the family business as his full-time job in 2008, with his focus being ROUSH Performance. ROUSH Performance, a division of Roush Enterprises, LLC., designs, engineers and manufactures completely assembled pre-titled vehicles and aftermarket performance products for the global performance enthusiast market.

History
He began his sedan racing in 2006 with a single race (to gain experience), then in 2007 he got a fourth place finish; in 2008 did as good as a second at Virginia International Raceway (VIR); in 2009 he had two wins, five podiums and six top five finishes; in 2010 the team finished in the top five in every race except for Daytona; in 2011 Jack took second overall in points with wins at FIR, Watkins Glen, and New Jersey with podium appearances at every race but Laguna Seca.

Career Highlights

 * 2011– The No. 61 car made the podium in every race but one, with 3 wins and a points finish of 2nd place.
 * 2010– In the No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang it was an exciting year for Jack Roush Jr and Co-Diver Billy Johnson. They have finished in the top 5 in every race but the first one at Daytona International Speedway where they had some challenges with the car.
 * 2009– Racing in the Koni Challenge GS Roush was able to obtain the 9th place in Driver Championship with 2 Wins, 5 podiums, 6 top 5’s (of 9 races driven in) with Roush Performance in the No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang.
 * 2008– Jack made his first podium with a third place finish at Barber Motorsports Park.  He followed this up later in the year with another podium (for second) at V.I.R.
 * 2007– In the No. 59 ROUSH Performance Ford Mustang, competed in all but one (Daytona International Speedway) events on the KONI Challenge schedule with a best finish of fourth in the six-hour season-finale at Virginia International Raceway. Completed his rookie season by finishing eleventh in team points and 24th in the driver point standings. 2006 – Ran one race, the season-finale at Virginia International Raceway to gain experience. Started the race in 35th, finished in 16th. Early Career – Raced go-karts, starting at six years of age in 1979 when he and his father Jack Roush raced together in the Ford Thunderbird Kart Club at Flat Rock (Mich.) Speedway. During the five seasons they raced, the pair captured 4.5 championships and tied for the championship in the final half-season. Also has some NMRA Drag Racing experience.