People have probably already read all the announcements that took place a little bit before Christmas time about all the restructuring that has taken place at Roush Fenway Racing in the off-season. There were a an estimated 25-30 people let go, however, quite a few new employees were brought in to replace them.
Last season Jack Roush began with the first phase of rebuilding his team. He brought in Kevin Kidd from Joe Gibbs Racing as his Sprint Cup Series director and Mark McArdle as head of engineering in 2014. It was early in 2015 that Kidd said that this was going to take more than one season to bring RFR back to its full potential and make it a championship contending race team once again. He made the statement that "Rome wasn't built in a day and we're in the process of building Rome back"
Phase 2 happened a couple of weeks ago. Roush Fenway announced the hiring of Kurt Romberg as the head of Aerodynamics, Dr. Kent Day as the Manager of Simulation, and Vojin Jaksic as the research and development/special projects manager.
With these changes, Roush Fenway will go into 2015 with some newly added confidence and information. As well there is a new alliance formed between Roush and Front Row Motorsports that has added Roush driver Chris Buescher to its lineup. I compare that a lot to the deal that Roush had with the Wood Brothers except this seems like it might be heading to a full-time deal. I've talked to several different guys that work at RFR and they believe the atmosphere at the organization has taken a complete turn for the better.
It was near the end of the 2007 season that Robbie Reiser took on the general manager position at Roush Fenway Racing and in my mind I wonder if it were too much for one man to handle. Now with Kevin Kidd being the Sprint Cup director he has been able to bring in some newer faces with more experience and a know how to fix some of the issues that are part of this teams problems.
An insider told me that there was a lot of people let go because they felt they were there just for a job, not to get RFR back up to standards. Maybe it took Reiser having a second set of eyes with Kidd to see some of the main issues with Roush Fenway Racing's personnel and they let loose some people they felt were just dead weight with the organization. Anytime you are able to hire people away from Hendrick that is a win in my opinion.
It was near the end of the 2007 season that Robbie Reiser took on the general manager position at Roush Fenway Racing and in my mind I wonder if it were too much for one man to handle. Now with Kevin Kidd being the Sprint Cup director he has been able to bring in some newer faces with more experience and a know how to fix some of the issues that are part of this teams problems.
An insider told me that there was a lot of people let go because they felt they were there just for a job, not to get RFR back up to standards. Maybe it took Reiser having a second set of eyes with Kidd to see some of the main issues with Roush Fenway Racing's personnel and they let loose some people they felt were just dead weight with the organization. Anytime you are able to hire people away from Hendrick that is a win in my opinion.
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