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appeals to the family along with varied
local activities.
“We're usually pretty busy,” he said.
Both daughters are dancers, and one is
also in acting. Both sons enjoy Go-
Karts, although their parents agree it's
up to the children if they enter the fam-
ily business. “We just want to help
them as much as we can in what they
want to do,” he said.
Roush's sister, Susan McClenaghan,
has participated in road rallies with
her husband, Dale, her brother and
their dad. The family has also entered
several Grand Prix races while travel-
ing to sites for those.
“She does drag racing and I do road
racing,” Roush said of his sister.
There's a couple of my road racing cars
here,” he added while gesturing
around the Roush business' extensive
automuseummanaged by Susan. More
information on the Livonia museum is
available
online
at
.
The Roush museum on Market
Street is open to the public.
A 1930 Model A vehicle is the origin
of the later “station wagon” term, and
was in the Northville parade last year.
Roush likes that car, which isn't ready
to run this year. He agrees overheating
happens with older cars due to slow
parade speeds.
For the family and street, Roush
drives a Ford Focus RS. Roush likes
Mustangs, too, naming the Ford GT as
his favorite.
“I think I've found my niche in what
I do,” he said of his racing, growing up
in the business, and technology back-
ground. “I've been more involved with
being a driver so that's been a little dif-
ferent.”
Street driving “is so different. It's
more about the discipline of not being
distracted,” he said of having no issues
slowing down for daily drives.
He pushed his Focus at a recent
AutoCross: “I get kind of all the
demons out on the track. I'm not trying
to impress anyone,” Roush added with
a smile. “We have funwith the cars.”
A 2005-body style Mustang he raced
is at the museum, the car which he
drove inhis 400thwin.
The 2005 is a bit of a misnomer as
the car's not street-legal and has no
VIN.
A 1934 Ford Indy two-man car near-
by shows a wooden frame it's based on,
with
more
detail
at
“I don't really get tired of driving,”
he said.
When the couple's daughter was
about 9, she “upstaged” her prominent
grandpa in the Northville parade,
which her smiling dad agrees was not
at all a family issue. Parade goers were
enthused over the children in the car.
“Everyone screamed,” he recalled.
