In many respects, the domestic automotive scene in the early- to mid-1970s was a growingly dismal situation. The end of the muscle-car era arrived, compression ratios plummeted, 5-mph bumpers ...

It's no secret that Jack Roush got his start on the mean streets of Detroit, running hard with a Ford Falcon and then with some pretty serious drag-race machines such as his Gapp & Roush four-door ...

The two campaigned a bunch of Gapp & Roush (G&R) Pro Stockers back in the day, including a four-door Maverick (the Tijuana Taxi) to take advantage of the rulebook. However, Roush had his hands in ...

In 1971, he started a racing partnership with drag racer Wayne Gapp. By the time they won the NHRA pro-stock championship in 1973, Roush had earned a master’s degree in math at Eastern Michigan.

In 1971, Jack Roush partnered with Wayne Gapp to compete in major-league drag racing, even winning a Pro Stock title in the National Hot Rod Association. In 1984, Roush jumped into road racing.