Charles Richard Selix, 81, of Farmington Hills, MI, Owner and Co-Owner of Roush Protofab Racing with Jack Roush, Gary Pratt (Pratt & Miller Racing) and Bob Riley (Riley Technologies) and owner of Protofab Racing in the Trans-Am. IMSA and Indy Cars, passed away Tuesday evening, September 28, 2010, following complications from heart surgery. Past drivers for Selix’s teams included Wally Dallenbach, Jr., who won two SCCA Trans-Am Championship titles, Willy T. Ribbs, Greg Pickett, Johnny Jones of Canada who won the IMSA GTO Championship, and Joe Ruttman in Late models in the early 70’s and many more drivers. Mr. Selix is survived by eight children, 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Two of his children worked in NASCAR: Gary Selix worked for DEI and the Woods Brothers, while Greg Selix work for JTG Racing. Both were factors in building the JTG Nationwide car driven by Marcos Ambrose to all wins in the Nationwide Series road courses races. Service info at phillipsfuneral.com.(9-30-2010)
