Jack Roush had been around long enough to know that something had to change for his Roush Fenway Racing program to be successful. Roush explained how the team had doubled its engineering efforts.
After the race, Roush elaborated more on what had transpired to make the Ford Fusion Gen 6 car more competitive.
“We had a summit meeting with the Penske guys last week, and talked about some of the strategies,” Roush said of the launch of two Ford Racing teams working together.
“We have had one cooperative wind tunnel test. We just scratched the surface. It will be great to have someone to share information with.”
Penske Racing, with drivers #2-Brad Keselowski and #22-Joey Logano, switched over to Fords this season. Roush identified aerodynamics and front suspensions as the areas the Ford Fusion needs to make up ground.
“We have to find that last tweak in the front suspension or aerodynamics,” Roush said. “When we started on Gen 6 (car development), it was a jump ball, and the car changed during its development to have more downforce than was anticipated to start with. We are on the path, and we have nice, light cars that I’m not the least bit unhappy about.” (Michigan Live)
