Roush comments on Braun and Stenhouse Jr

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Jack Roush comments on Braun and Stenhouse Jr. from Freep.com. http://freep.com/article/20090618/SPORTS16/906180359/1064/NASCAR+s+Jack+Roush+speaks+on+foreign+affairs
Q:Young Colin Braun won the truck race for you at MIS on Saturday. What do you think of him? A:He's got great potential, and he's a great person. There are some drivers who can't ever come through your organization again, and he's not one of them. We'll run Colin and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the Nationwide Series in 2010. (06-18-09)

~Hotlap.com

Hope he runs them full time.
I'm not a Stenhouse fan but I'd rather see him have a full time ride in N'wide then Jacks N'wide crashers.

Darnell, Stenhouse, & Braun competing for a ride:

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SONOMA, Calif. – Roush Fenway Racing would like to put all three of its development drivers in the Nationwide Series next year, team President Geoff Smith says.

Smith said Sunday that the perfect plan would involve moving Roush Fenway’s lone Camping World Truck Series team with Colin Braun to Nationwide to form one team and use two of its current teams to run Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Erik Darnell full time in the series.

“We are sure we want them in Nationwide,” Smith said. “We’re working really hard in keeping a full employment scenario at Roush Fenway Racing going into next year, which requires the Colin program to convert from a Truck program to a Nationwide program.”

Darnell is racing in 15 Nationwide races this year, while Stenhouse is doing seven.

“We’ve got an option even if we had a Nationwide program for one, we’d like to offer having the other two split the car and have a mini-gong show, where the winner gets the deal the following year and we lose somebody if it doesn’t work out,” Smith said. “In a worst-case scenario [it] would be having one program for all three and have a gong-show scenario.

“That was real good publicity when we did the ‘Driver X’ program, so we’re trying to figure out a little extra edge for the sponsorship.”

~Scene Daily~

Braun should definitely be full-time next year in Nationwide. He has done a great job. Darnell's won before too, and I don't know a lot a bout Stenhouse, but be able to develop drivers is good.

Ricky Stenhouse seems to be very good; Tony Stewart has a lot of confidence in him. If Roush lets him go, I think Stewart-Haas/ Hendrick will sweep him up.

Perhaps he could go into Jr's Nationwide car? I bet Rick is trying to persuade Tony to start up the 3rd for Brad next year.

I hope he stays with Roush!

That would be first choice, yes.

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UPDATE: Roush Fenway Racing would like to put all three of its development drivers in the Nationwide Series next year, team President Geoff Smith says. Smith said Sunday that the perfect plan would involve moving Roush Fenway’s lone Camping World Truck Series team with Colin Braun to Nationwide to form one team and use two of its current teams to run Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Erik Darnell full time in the series. “We are sure we want them in Nationwide,” Smith said. “We’re working really hard in keeping a full employment scenario at Roush Fenway Racing going into next year, which requires the Colin program to convert from a Truck program to a Nationwide program.”(Scene Daily)