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The hat on the cat.(Jack Roush)
TV commentator Benny Parsons calls Jack Roush ``the cat in the hat.'' Except for King Richard Petty's cowboy hat crown, Roush's fedora has become the most recognizable headgear in NASCAR history, surpassing any driver's helmet or even the winner's circle's baseball cap fashion show.
Like seemingly everyone else in racing, Roush used to wear ball-style caps that proclaimed this sponsor's logo or that sponsor's message, and with multiple sponsors for his multiple cars, Roush often had to change hats several times a day to keep everyone happy.
Roush remembers that it was at a Detroit Trans-Am race, he thinks it was in 1988, when he'd finally had enough of this game of musical head covers. ``We had three or four sponsors,'' Roush recalls, ``and they had the dumbest-looking baseball caps.''
The Detroit race used to be staged on the streets of downtown Motown. The Trans-Am paddock was located under a portico behind the Renaissance Center, the tall, cylindrical shopping mall/hotel/office complex that defines Detroit's riverfront skyline. So Roush asked Brenda Stricklin, his administrative assistant from Roush Industries, to go into the RenCen, find a men's store and ``buy me a nice, gentleman's sea-grass fedora.''
That Saturday Roush wore the hat for ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 2004 700+ words
...the 2004 campaign. Off the track, Jack Roush Jr. and his partners Jude Mansilla...We learned from dealing with Jack Roush Sr. and Roush Racing that they expect...of their many talented drivers," Jack Roush Jr. said. "Roush Racing has Driver...
- NASCAR Legend Jack Roush Visits Grand Prairie Ford in Dallas April 3.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 27, 2008 700+ words
...in 2008 DALLAS -- NASCAR legend Jack Roush will be on location at Grand Prairie...people to Grand Prairie Ford. WHO: Jack Roush, founder, CEO, and co-owner...promotion and meet-and-greet with Jack Roush WHEN: 6 p.m. CT, Thursday...
- Still Accelerating; Jack Roush has been building up speed all his life.
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek December 9, 2002 700+ words
...EDSALL You can trace the rise of Jack Roush, as both racer and entrepreneur...digits, and the recently launched Roush Performance, selling customized...headlines around the world. Yet Jack Roush remains one of the industry's best...
- TERRY'S GARAGE: Engine builder, NASCAR team owner Jack Roush isn't slowing down...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) April 29, 2007 700+ words
...thunder of 800-horsepower motors, Jack Roush contemplated slowing down. For about...when he worked for Ford, Mr. Roush has been immersed in racing, initially...success, I still mostly associate Jack Roush with the great Ford Lightning pickup...
- The Shop Rat Foundation Awards Jack Roush with the 2007 Master Shop Rat of the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 8, 2007 700+ words
...sets that the program teaches them. Jack Roush has been a Shop Rat all of his life...Chrysler, Monroe Community College, Jack Roush Performance Engineering, and Roush...the Foundation will be presenting Jack Roush with the 2007 Master Shop Rat of...
- Jack Roush knows he cheated death.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Poole, David April 27, 2002 700+ words
...man talking. Let's be honest. Jack Roush has no business being on this side...friend's airplane into a lake. Roush's doctor said Saturday that fewer...and there's no other word for it _ Roush is still with us. The story of his...
- Jack Roush knows he cheated death.
- News wire article from: Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) April 27, 2002 700+ words
...man talking. Let's be honest. Jack Roush has no business being on this side...friend's airplane into a lake. Roush's doctor said Saturday that fewer...and there's no other word for it _ Roush is still with us. The story of his...
- Jack Roush hopes to return next week.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dottore, Damian April 27, 2002 700+ words
FONTANA, Calif. _ Jack Roush can't wait until he gets out his hospital...hug. "If it weren't for him," Roush said Saturday via telephone from his...found Jack. He saved my life." As Roush was flying above Troy, Ala. on his...
- Jack Roush hopes to return next week.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 27, 2002 700+ words
...Damian Dottore FONTANA, Calif. _ Jack Roush can't wait until he gets out his...hug. "If it weren't for him," Roush said Saturday via telephone from his...found Jack. He saved my life." As Roush was flying above Troy, Ala. on his...
- No shortage of Jack Roush supporters on the scene.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Daily News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 25, 2002 700+ words
...well. During Mark Martin's lengthy tenure with Jack Roush, he never has won a Winston Cup championship...time runner-up. The fact Martin is still with Roush Racing indicates the respect Roush has for his veteran driver. The respect is mutual...
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