{"id":15739,"date":"2014-12-05T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=15739"},"modified":"2014-12-05T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T03:00:14","slug":"doug-yates-denies-rumors-of-roush-fenway-racing-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/12\/05\/doug-yates-denies-rumors-of-roush-fenway-racing-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Yates denies rumors of Roush Fenway Racing buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRoush Yates Engines CEO Doug Yates is denying rumors that he will buy out Jack Roush and become the head of Roush Fenway Racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cJack is committed to NASCAR racing,\u201d said Yates, via Godfather Motorsports<\/a>. \u201cHe loves two things besides his family; racing and flying airplanes. He is not planning to stop the racing part, anyway. I know that for a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Yates is denying that he would take over RFR, he would one day like to follow in the ownership role of a team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s flattering to hear my name out there (in the rumor mill) and if the right situation came along, I\u2019d love to carry on what my dad started and what he accomplished. But right now, my focus is on building great engines for Ford Motor Company and making Ford and Roush proud. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to try to stick with and be focused on in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n

RFR currently employs Cup Series teams for Trevor Bayne, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Greg Biffle.<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Roush is not going anywhere,\u201d he said, \u201c\u2026and one thing he\u2019s not going to do is quit before he gets (Roush Fenway Racing) back where he wants it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yates also said Roush has been instrumental in his success as an engine builder, adding, \u201cHe\u2019s been really good to me\u2026 a lot like my dad. I\u2019ve been so fortunate to learn and watch and be around him. He\u2019s taught me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roush Yates Engines CEO Doug Yates is denying rumors that he will buy out Jack Roush and become the head of Roush Fenway Racing. \u201cJack is committed to NASCAR racing,\u201d said Yates, via Godfather Motorsports. \u201cHe loves two things besides his family; racing and flying airplanes. He is not planning to stop the racing part, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,788],"tags":[931,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-15739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series","8":"category-news","9":"tag-doug-yates","10":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15739"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}