2008 Dallara Roth Racing Indycar

Marty Roth

2008 Roth Racing is pleased to announce it has formed a two-car IndyCar Series team. Roth Racing is the first to capitalize on the TEAM (Team Enhancement and Allocation Matrix) program instituted for IndyCar Series teams.

2007 Roth competed in selected IndyCar Series races and in the Indianapolis 500.

2006 Migrates from Indy Pro Series to compete only in Indy Car Series.

2005 Raced in the full Indy Pro Series finishing eight. Series-best second-place finish at Chicagoland. Recorded two top five finishes and 13 top 10 finishes. Competed his second Indianapolis 500 finishing 31st. Finished after 47 laps due to handling problems.

2004 Raced in the Indianapolis 500 finishing in the 24th spot up eight positions from his start. Ran selected Indy Pro Series races.

2003 Entered six races in the Indy Pro Series earning three top-10 finishes. At the end of the 2003 season bought the Panther Racing Pro series cars and equipment to form his team which will run under the Roth Racing banner in the 2004 season.

2002 Entered the Indy Pro Series with a best finish of fourth place at Chicagoland and three other top-10 finishes in a total of six races. Passed Indy Car Series rookie test.

1990 Competed in the Indy Lights series. Earned four top-five results, including a third-place finish at the Molson Indy Vancouver.

1989 Competed for Stuart Moore Racing in the Indy Lights series. Earned a best finish of fourth at Nazareth Speedway. Completed four days of Indy car testing in Savannah, Ga. Drove a Ford Mustang Probe in the 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing ninth in the GTP class.

1988 Graduated to Indy Lights competition, finishing 11th in his series debut at the Molson Indy Toronto.



1975-1982 Raced various classes of motorcycles, establishing a new track record at Gimli (Manitoba) Raceway. Finished 10th at Daytona International Speedway on a Kawasaki 1000 Superbike.

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Jay Howard Returns to Roth Racing at Watkins Glen

Roth Racing is pleased to announce that rookie Jay Howard will be back behind the wheel as the driver of the #24 car for the IndyCar Series race this coming weekend at Watkins Glen.
Howard, the 2006 IndyPro Series Champion, ran the first four races of the season for Roth Racing, posting equal best finishes of 13th in Motegi and Kansas. His only road course event for the team was in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he was running a strong 9th in the final laps and battling Dan Wheldon for 8th when they made contact, dropping Jay to a 14th place finish.





JAY HOWARD (#24, Roth Racing)
'I am over the moon to be back in the #24 Roth Racing car for Watkins Glen. It's been agonizing not being behind the wheel these past 5 races but now it's my turn again and I hope to be able to pick up where I left off. I had good runs in my last 3 races and St. Pete was going to be a high water mark for the team until I had late contact with Dan Wheldon. I am as hungry as ever and hope to build on that performance in St. Pete and give the team it's first ever top 10 finish.'

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A Tough Night at Richmond for Roth Racing

For the first time since the season opening race at Homestead, neither Roth Racing driver made it to the checkered flag as both John Andretti and Marty Roth were sidelined before the halfway point of Saturday nights SunTrust Indy Challenge in Richmond, Virginia.

John Andretti's eventful evening began from the 12th starting position and, like a week earlier in Iowa, he found he was able to make passes on the tight oval. Únfortunately, when compared to Iowa, the racing line was a little narrower at Richmond and Andretti was involved in a pair of incidents.



Marty Roth began the race from the 15th position but it was apparent early that his car wasn't handling as well as it did in qualifying. Although he remained on the lead lap for the first 52 laps of the race, an unscheduled pit stop shortly after being lapped cost him an additional 2 laps to the field. Únfortunately the changes made to the car didn't help the handling and, on lap 117, while running in 16th, Marty retired the car.

The series now switches into road and street course mode as 5 of the season's remaining 8 races, beginning this coming weekend at Watkins Glen, take place on road or temporary street circuits.

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Andretti Just Misses The Top 10 in Iowa

John Andretti had a great drive today in Iowa, moving up from his 23rd starting position to challenge in the top 10 for most of the race before slipping to an 11th place finish.
Due to qualifying being rained out the starting grid was set by points so Andretti had to start 23rd in the 24-car field. From the green he quickly moved up and by lap 60 of 250 he was 10th. Running 7th by lap 160 he came in for his 4th pit stop of the day and the team decided to only add fuel, no tires, but a problem with the fueling process led to a lengthy stop and dropped the team to the back of the lead lap. From there Andretti worked his way back up into the top 10 again but fell to 11th at the finish.





LARRY CÚRRY (Team Manager, Roth Racing)
'It was a good run for us today. It was unfortunate that we had the issue in the pit, getting fuel into the car that one time, but all in all we had a good car. We raced as high as 7th, and from 23rd, then went back to 15th and raced it back into the top 10. You don't do that at tracks like this unless you've got a good car and we got a good result.'


Marty Roth and the #25 car did not compete because the car suffered severe damage in a Saturday morning practice crash, caused by a suspension piece breaking, and couldn't be repaired in time. Marty will be back next weekend in Richmond.

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