Jason has lived in Aspen and worked at Cracks & Racks since 2004.  Besides living and breathing autoglass and racks during the workday, he especially enjoys backcountry skiing, biking, hiking, hunting, fishing, climbing, and drinking Arnold Palmers.  He’s also the proud father of a new baby boy.  In his (not-so) abundant spare time, Jason also volunteers as a member of Mountain Rescue Aspen.  As an amateur meteorologist, he carefully plans his days off to time the next big storm to maximize his powder skiing addiction.
Scott moved to Aspen in ’92 with a degree in hand from The University of Iowa and quickly put it to good use bussing tables and working as a salad bar attendant at a local eatery. While he still enjoys a good salad now and again, he spends much of his time working in front of the computer, scheming ways to leave work to play hockey, ride his bike and ski.  He admits that his fly fishing technique is just average despite nearly 15 years of experience. He brings his wife flowers and is the proud father of a toddler little boy whose favorite word is “hockey” (he claims he didn’t teach that).  Scott is a long-time member of Mountain Rescue Aspen, and has some Zamboni driving experience
Jose is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and has worked at Cracks & Racks since 2005.   He is a hard-working husband and father of 3 young children.  He is single-handedly responsible for the “no cell phones at work” rule we now have at the shop.    In his spare time, aside from spending time with his beautiful family, Jose enjoys drag racing.  He also likes to spend alot of time working on his car fixing things that aren’t broken.

A Brief History of Cracks & Racks:

Cracks & Racks spawned from a tiny windshield repair business that began in Aspen in January, 1996. Scott would dart around town on his bike that he rigged with a milk crate and some signs, and fix minor windshield damage. At the end of the day, he would do the bookkeeping from the end of his kitchen table in a 3-bedroom condo with 4 other roommates. They didn't eat at the table very much that winter.

In the fall of 1997, Scott learned how to replace windshields, and opened a small shop, called Fas-Break, in the Aspen Airport Business Center. With a tiny loan, and a tinier budget, he developed relationships with some local insurance agents, and began advertising windshield replacement services. He could do installs in the shop, or he could do them on-site with a custom glass rack that fit into the receiver hitch of his SUV.

In the fall of 2000 a friend suggested that Scott sell and install roof racks and become a niche retailer. He thought it was a good idea and realized how easily this could fit with auto glass replacement. At this point, he started planning to become a full-blown specialty rack retailer and struck a deal to take over another shop bay and double the shop size, while still remaining in the same building in the Aspen Business Center. Now there was enough space to sell and install windshields and rack systems, and thus, Cracks & Racks was born.

As the new product rolled in disaster struck. Scott blew up his knee skiing Aspen Highlands on St. Patrick's day. The next day he found himself in surgery having his ACL reconstructed, while mentally trying to figure out how to change the business plan to get Cracks & Racks off the ground. Somehow things have a tendency to work themselves out, and we moved forward, albeit a bit slowly.

Our name changed from Fas-Break to Cracks & Racks in April 2001, which led many people to believe we were a new business. People even conjured up their own play on words with our new name. We learned a lot about racks in those first few months. We forced other retailers to re-examine their rack business as we set out to offer complete and professional rack sales and installation. Cracks & Racks offered more than just racks and windshields for sale. We developed relationships with our customers, listened to them, and helped create functional solutions to their individual needs. Doing so, we enhanced the lifestyle of thousands of local enthusiasts.

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