Marty Roth

Marty Roth
Roth at the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1958-12-15) December 15, 1958 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

Marty Roth (born December 15, 1958 in Toronto) is a former Canadian race car driver who last competed in 2008 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]

Career history

2008

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

Roth'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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

2002

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

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.

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.

1988

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

1987

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

1975–82

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

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1988	TEAMKAR International	PHX	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR 11	MWL	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA			28th	2
1989	TEAMKAR International	PHX	LBH	MIL	DET DNS	POR	MWL 16	TOR 17	POC	MDO	ROA					20th	12
	Stuart Moore Racing											NAZ 4	LAG
1990	Stuart Moore Racing	PHX 5	LBH 24	MIL 16	DET 6	POR 14	CLE 14	MWL 7	TOR 7	DEN 4	VAN 3	MDO 10	ROA	NAZ	LAG	11th	59
1991	Roquin Motorsports	LBH 11	PHX	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MWL	TOR	DEN	MDO	NAZ	LAG			22nd	2

Indy Pro Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2002	Brian Stewart Racing	KAN 6	NSH 9	MIS 11	KTY 13	STL	CHI 4	TXS 10								10th	138
2003	Brian Stewart Racing	HMS 9	PHX 11	INDY	PPIR	KAN	NSH	MIS 6	STL	KTY	CHI 10	FON 13	TXS 12			15th	124
2004	Roth Racing	HMS 7	PHX 10	INDY 16	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	CHI					17th	79
	Brian Stewart Racing											FON 11	TXS
2005	Roth Racing	HMS 7	PHX 10	STP 9	INDY 5	TXS 6	IMS 8	NSH 11	MIL 9	KTY 7	PPIR 7	SNM 7	CHI 2	WGL 10	FON 7	8th	355
2006	Roth Racing	HMS 9	STP1 14	STP2 12	INDY	WGL	IMS	NSH	MIL	KTY	SNM1	SNM2	CHI			24th	56

Indy Pro Series career summary

Starts: 33

Wins: 0

Top 5: 3

Top 10: 23

Poles: 0

Laps Led: 5

Running at Finish: 28

IndyCar Series

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 24	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				34th	12
2005	Roth/PDM Racing	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	IND 31	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON			37th	10
2006	Roth Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	IND DNQ	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS 18	KTY 18	SNM	CHI 19						23rd	36
2007	Roth Racing	HMS 15	STP	MOT	KAN 21	IND 28	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI 14			21st	53
2008	Roth Racing	HMS 21	STP DNS	MOT1 17	LBH1 DNP	KAN 26	IND 32	MIL DNS	TXS 22	IOW DNS	RIR 19	WGL Wth	NSH 13	MDO 21	EDM 21	KTY 23	SNM 26	DET DNS	CHI 16	SRF2	24th	166

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points paying, exhibition race.

Indianapolis 500

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marty Roth.

• Official website
• Marty Roth driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Pit stop at Michigan International Speedway - 2006 season on YouTube