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News
From Alumni
Bob Osborne Named New Crew Chief of
the No. 99 Roush Racing Team
Concord, NC (March
17, 2004) – Roush
Racing announced that Bob Osborne has been named the crew chief of the No. 99
Roush Racing team, effective immediately.
“I think
Bob will make a great addition to the No. 99 team,” said
Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 99 Roush Racing Ford Taurus. “He's an
engineer by trade but he's a racer at heart. And, he shows a tremendous amount
of enthusiasm and excitement about the opportunity presented to him. He's
been with Roush Racing for several years and has exhibited all the skills
necessary to be a leader and I believe he can help the No. 99 team get back
to the top."
Osborne had been
serving as director of engineering for the Roush Racing NEXTEL Cup teams.
Osborne is a graduate of Penn State University and a native of Chester, Pennsylvania.
He graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Osborne joined Roush
Racing in 1999 as the head engineer on the No. 6 team then quickly moved
his way up the ranks within the company.
"I'm excited about
this opportunity," said Osborne. "Jeff Burton is one of the
best drivers in the business, the No. 99 team is made up of some of the
best people in the business and I'm looking forward to working with all of
them."
Roush Racing
is a subsidiary of Livonia, Mich., based Roush Industries that operates nine
motorsports teams; five in NASCAR Nextel Cup with drivers Mark Martin, Jeff
Burton, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle, two in the Busch Series
with Martin, Burton, Kenseth and Biffle, and two in the Craftsman Truck Series
with drivers Jon Wood and Carl Edwards.
For more information
on Roush Racing: http://www.roushracing.com/jeff_burton/default.asp?page=articles/bb031704_188.htm
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