Roth Racing returns to PMRA for 2012 season with 1941 Willys
Team worked off-season in obtaining more success in getting power to the track
KITCHENER, ONTARIO (March 14, 2012) – No major changes are planned for the Roth Racing Willys Pro Modified as the team enters their sixth season of Pro Modified Racing Association competition.
“We’re not going to be doing a whole lot to the car,” said team owner Jim Roth. “Certainly nothing wild and crazy.”
With son Jeff Roth behind the wheel of the 1941 Willys, the team placed fourth in PMRA Championship Point Award Series in 2011. They qualified for all six PMRA events, and the year was highlighted with a final-round showing during the Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals presented by Ideal Supply & NAPA Auto Parts at Grand Bend. Although losing to Eric Latino in this final, Roth motored by both PMRA champion Vito Montesano and Kenny Lang to meet up with Latino.
The Pro Modified Team of Roth Racing with driver Jeff Roth – Number Four
KITCHENER, ONTARIO (October 28, 2011) – Long-time Pro Modified Racing Association competitor Roth Racing worked with a new combination in 2011, and placed fourth in the Pro Modified Racing Association Marydel Homes Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts, Patio Passport and Global Emissions Systems Inc.
For team head and owner Jim Roth, the year was successful with the 1941 Willys-bodied Pro Mod.
“All in all we had a pretty good year,” he noted. “We were shooting for and worked hard to get into the fives, and we came close. But we’re getting a handle on it now. There is no end to what you can learn with these cars.”
Driven by Jim’s son Jeff Roth, the Alan Johnson 526-cubic inch Atchison Racing Supercharged engine in the Willys received a new PSI Superchargers screw blower for 2011, and the team of crew chief Dave Bankes along with Larry Summerfield, Marc McCrae, and the Roths worked to get the right set-up with the Lowdown Hot Rods-chassied car.
Jeff Roth and Eric Latino to contest delayed round in 2011 PMRA tour at Grand Bend
Pro Modifieds return for track’s “Thunder by the Beach” September 2-4 weekend to finish round four, and then continue with round five in popular drag racing action
GRAND BEND, ONTARIO (August 24, 2011) – Eric Latino will be going for his second win this season in Pro Modified Racing Association competition as a finalist in the postponed fourth round of PMRA racing.
But Latino, of Whitby, Ontario, will be facing Jeff Roth of New Dundee, Ontario in the rescheduled final, which was cancelled due to rain at the recent Stratford Spectacular Hot August Nationals held August 4-7 at the Grand Bend Motorplex.
The final pairing will determine the winner of this fourth race on the six-race PMRA tour for 2011. It will be held during the September 2-4 running of the “Thunder by the Beach” event at Grand Bend. After this race is completed, the PMRA will continue with its next round of drag racing action over the Labor Day weekend.
Roth Racing 1941 Willys prominent exhibit at Canadian Motorsports Expo
PMRA Pro Modified to be part of CME’s “Quarter Mile Corral”
TORONTO, ONTARIO (January 18, 2011) – Drag racing will be a big component of the upcoming Canadian Motorsports Expo, and the Pro Modified Racing Association will be well-represented with the Roth Racing 1941 Willys Pro Mod.
The Willys will be part of the CME’s “Quarter Mile Corral” organized by prominent drag racing photographer and journalist Bruce Biegler and DragRace Canada.com. Other quarter-mile machines to be displayed include Mark Martino’s NHRA Pro Stock car, the KonRodz Funny Car of Spiro Kontos, and Gus Mantas’ NHRA Barracuda Super Stock.
Based in Kitchener, Ontario, the Roth Pro Modified, owned by Jim Roth and driven by son Jeff Roth, placed seventh in the 2010 Pro Modified Racing Association Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport, qualifying in the top five in several PMRA events, along with two semi-finals. In 2009 the team placed third in points, highlighted with an event victory at the Grand Bend Motorplex in September of that year.
