Geoff Smith Quotes (15 Quotes)

We didn't put that pressure on Carl because we didn't want him overdriving, ... We didn't want him to think his employer thought he should be able to do it. But he thought he should be able to do it, his team thought he should do it, we believed he could do it, and he did it.

People are reluctant to change because they see it as a challenge to their authority.

We would have had a very good chance of having the sponsor pulling the contract at that moment after the entire history of positive racing followed by negative personal qualities.

And six Busch programs, three full-time, three part-time. And the part-time are all over 20 races.

It's the last straw for Roush Racing, ... We're officially retiring as Kurt Busch's apologists, effective today.

There can't be any activity engaged in by a driver that the general community would believe negatively impacts on the brand or on the team or on the company.

The key is really getting those units to work together. Like the 2 and the 12 (teams) oil and water, right But if the 2 and the 12 were compatible in crew chief and driver and all that, then that's all it would take.

There were a lot of photographs that depicted Kurt in a different light than we had ever seen him before. Within Roush Racing, the questions were rampant - did he or didn't he Was it photographer's editing

He would have to get permission and we would be very reluctant to give it. It's very offensive to us that he chose to take on the arresting officer the way he did verbally. And then the fact there was alcohol, even in the smallest way, involved.

Jack is known for deciding the time has come for a change. His general philosophy is, if we don't get a couple things better, we're going to have a couple drivers miss out on the Chase.

We were taken by complete surprise by their remarks last weekend. We felt like we wanted to make it an intellectual issue if we were allowed to.

We just had to hire 100 more people this year and integrate them in. We're probably pushing 600 people now.

The people that were watching us for 10 years telling us why it wouldn't work and they wouldn't invest in it and thought that that was the wrong way to compete were a little foolhardy.

We think Kenny deserves a chance with a car that is set up for him and with an entire weekend of work with the team.

I think in the world of The Chase, Jack recognizes that you have to make changes earlier in the year than you would in years past. We are dealing with a 26-race regular season instead of 36 races. Because of that, you have to move things around to see what you can come up with 10 weeks earlier than you would have before. But I think anyone who has really watched our race teams closely this year knows that we have run better than the final numbers might look.