Marty Roth

Marty Roth
Marty Roth
	; Roth after practicing for the 2007 Indy 500.
Nationality	Canadian
Date of birth	December 15, 1958 (age 51)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario
IRL IndyCar Series
Years active	2004-2008
Teams	Roth Racing
Starts	21
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	21st in 2007
Previous series
2002-2006; 1988-1991	Indy Pro Series; Indy Lights

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Marty Roth (born December 15, 1958 in Toronto) is a former Canadian race car driver who most recently competed in the IndyCar Series where he owned his own team, Roth Racing.

Roth was a successful land developer in the Toronto area before becoming involved in professional motorsports. He made starts in both the 2004 and 2005 Indy 500 races, as well as competing full-time in both of those seasons in the Indy Pro Series after acquiring the IPS assets of Panther Racing in 2003.

In April 2006, Roth sold his Pro Series equipment and announced that he would move up to the IndyCar Series full-time, starting with the 2006 Indianapolis 500, however Roth failed to qualify for the 500 after crashing his car in practice late on Bump Day before achieving a qualifying run. He returned to the series at Michigan International Speedway in July and ran two more races at the end of the year. In 2007, he ran the Indy 500 and two previous races. Roth made 12 starts in the 2008 IndyCar Series season. In five other races he crashed (sometimes several times) and failed to start the race. At season's end, he was reportedly told by league management that his license would not be renewed for 2009 leaving his career in the series in doubt. Roth reportedly placed his team up for sale^[1] and later sold it to the new FAZZT Race Team.^[2]

[edit] Career History

[edit] 2008

Qualified for the 92nd Indy 500, finished 32nd after a single-car crash.

Marty's car after practicing for the 2007 Indy 500.

New best IndyCar finish of 13th at Nashville Superspeedway
Made 12 starts and finished 24th in points.

[edit] 2007

Qualified for the 91st Indy 500, finished 28th after a crash.
Competed in 4 IndyCar races with career-best 21st place points finish
Recorded best career IndyCar finish of 14th at Chicagoland Speedway

Marty's 2006 car

[edit] 2006

Failed to qualify for Indy 500 due to practice crash.
Ran 3 Indycar Series races with best finish of 18th (Michigan & Kentucky).
Finished 23rd in Indycar Series points.

Roth driving in the Infiniti Pro Series in 2005 on the Streets of St. Petersburg

[edit] 2005

Finished eighth in the IRL Indy Pro Series, driving for his own team, Roth Racing.
Recorded career-best second-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway, leading five laps.
Recorded two top-five finishes and 13 top-10 finishes.
Competed in his second Indianapolis 500, finishing 31st. Retired after 47 laps due to handling problems.

[edit] 2004

Competed in four Indy Pro Series events. Drove in first three events for his own team, before selling his equipment to focus on the IRL IndyCar Series. Drove at California for Brian Stewart Racing.
Purchased IndyCar Series equipment becoming the first Indy Pro Series team owner to move up to the IndyCar Series.
Competed in the 88th Indianapolis 500. Qualified 32nd and finished 24th, completing 128 laps. First IRL driver to compete in both the Futaba Freedom 100 and the Indianapolis 500 in the same year.

[edit] 2003

Started six of 12 Indy Pro Series races. Recorded season-best sixth-place finish at Michigan International Speedway. Purchased the equipment of series champion Panther Racing in November and formed Roth Racing.

[edit] 2002

Finished 10th in Indy Pro Series points, earning four top-10 finishes, including a fourth at Chicagoland.

[edit] 1990

Competed in the Indy Lights series. Earned top-five finishes at Phoenix and Denver and a third-place finish at the Molson Indy Vancouver.

[edit] 1989

Competed for Stuart Moore Racing in the Indy Lights series. Earned a best finish of fourth at Nazareth Speedway.
Drove a Ford Probe in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, finishing sixth in the GTP class.

[edit] 1988

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

[edit] 1987

Made Canadian Formula Ford 2000 series debut with Brian Stewart Racing.

[edit] 1975-82

Raced various classes of motorcycles, establishing track record at Gimli Raceway. Finished 10th at Daytona International Speedway on a Kawasaki 1000 Superbike.

[edit] Career Summary

[edit] American open wheel racing

[edit] IndyCar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2004	Roth Racing	HMS	PHX	MOT	IND Ret	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				30th	12
2005	Roth/PDM Racing	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	IND Ret	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			37th	10
2006	Roth Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	IND DNQ	WGL DNP	TXS DNP	RIR DNP	KAN DNP	NSH DNP	MIL DNP	MIS 18	KTY 18	SNM DNP	CHI 19						23rd	36
2007	Roth Racing	HMS Ret	STP DNP	MOT DNP	KAN Ret	IND Ret	MIL DNP	TXS DNP	IOW DNP	RIR DNP	WGL DNP	NSH DNP	MDO DNP	MIS DNP	KTY DNP	SNM DNP	DET DNP	CHI 14			21st	53
2008	Roth Racing	HMS Ret	STP DNS	MOT¹ Ret	LBH¹ DNP	KAN Ret	IND Ret	MIL DNS	TXS 22	IOW DNS	RIR Ret	WGL DNP	NSH 13	MDO 21	EDM 21	KTY Ret	SNM 26	DET DNS	CHI 16	SRF²	24th	166

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
5	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Indy Pro Series

Starts: 33

Wins: 0

Top 5: 3

Top 10: 23

Poles: 0

Laps Led: 5

Running at Finish: 28

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2004	Dallara	Toyota	32nd	24th	Roth
2005	Dallara	Chevrolet	29th	31st	Roth/PDM
2006	Dallara	Honda	Failed to Qualify		Roth
2007	Dallara	Honda	30th	28th	Roth
2008	Dallara	Honda	33rd	32nd	Roth

[edit] References

^ Cavin, Curt. On Roth, Rubicon, and Montreal, Indianapolis Star Blogs, October 10, 2008
^ FAZZT Race Team to enter IndyCar Series in 2010 with Alex Tagliani Partnership acquires assets of Roth Racing., FAZZT PR, August 28, 2009, Retrieved 2009-10-20

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[0] Cavin, Curt. On Roth, Rubicon, and Montreal, Indianapolis Star Blogs, October 10, 2008

[1] FAZZT Race Team to enter IndyCar Series in 2010 with Alex Tagliani Partnership acquires assets of Roth Racing., FAZZT PR, August 28, 2009, Retrieved 2009-10-20

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