Roush Racing: Driver X

Roush Racing: Driver X is a television show on the Discovery Channel that documented the selection of NASCAR drivers for Roush Racing. During occasional years, Jack Roush, the owner of NASCAR's Roush Fenway Racing, auditions drivers from around the world to hire a driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. This audition is informally known as The Gong Show. In 2005, the Discovery Channel decided to film and air these tests as Roush Racing: Driver X. The show aired every Monday at 7:00 p.m. EST and at 11:00 p.m. EST on the Discovery Channel.

Roush Racing: Driver X was produced for Discovery Channel by Brainbox Entertainment.

2005 drivers

Justin Allgaier Tim Andrews Chuck Barnes Sam Beam Jason Boyd Jeffrey Choquette Johnny Clark Erik Darnell Sondi Eden

Nevin George James Gue' Jason Hogan Matthew Jaskol Bud Kaeding Travis Kittleson Michael Lewis Scott Lynch Matt McCall

Danny O'Quinn Christi Passmore Michael Pickens Bubba Pollard David Ragan Peter Shepherd Auggie Vidovich II Nathan Werner

Previous Gong Show winners

• 2004: Todd Kluever
• 2002: Carl Edwards
• 2000: Chuck Hossfeld and Nathan Haseleu
• 1999: Kurt Busch

Results and other development deals

The 2005 winner was Erik Darnell, who won a full-time ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Jack Roush Racing in the #99 Ford F-150. David Ragan drove a limited number of races in the #6 Ford F-150. He now races for Roush in the Sprint Cup series. Danny O'Quinn won a ride in the #50 World Financial Group Ford Fusion for Roush in the next level up in NASCAR, the Busch Series.

Other competitors in the Driver X series that came out on top were Pete Shepherd, who signed a driver development deal with Roush Racing (he will polish his skills in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2006). Also, Matt McCall signed with Robert Yates Racing after the show concluded to co-pilot the #90 Ford in the NASCAR Busch Series for 2006. In 2008, Justin Allgaier won the ARCA Series Championship, and signed a deal to race for Penske Racing in the Nationwide Series. He went on to get his first win in 2010.

External links

• Roush Racing website

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