CHASE CHALLENGERS CRYSTALLIZED; Roush fields a full half of the contenders for the Nextel Cup.(Motorsports)
AutoWeek, September, 2005
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Byline: AL PEARCE Well, you can't say the ol' cat-in-the-hat didn't warn 'em. In fact Jack Roush delights in recounting when he told NASCAR president Mike Helton he might just put five teams in this newfangled Chase for the Cup deal. It was January 2004, soon after the suits in Daytona Beach announced their TV-friendly, 10-driver, 10-race playoff to determine the Nextel Cup champion.
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"I told him, `You guys are concerned that my program is getting stronger, so if I put all five in the Chase you're gonna say I'm predatory,''' Roush said after his Fords finished 1-2-3-13-21 ...
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