Fired for cheating, Curry hired by Roth Racing

Roth Racing has hired IndyCar Series veteran Larry Curry as chief engineer. Curry comes to Roth Racing from Vision Racing, where he was the team manager.

As chief engineer, Curry will not only oversee the setups for the Nos. 24 and 25 race cars driven by Jay Howard and Marty Roth, respectively, but also will set about restructuring the engineering department.

MARTY ROTH (Roth Racing, Owner/Driver): “Having a person of Larry’s experience join our organization, especially as the month of May and the most important race of the season is upon is, should be a huge boost to us all. Although we realize that changing team personnel at the season’s fifth race may put us slightly behind the 8-ball as we head into the first weekend of qualifying at Indy, we feel that the knowledge and leadership that Larry brings to the team will only make us better as we continue to develop our program and strive to become more competitive at each race. Our team has made huge strides this year. We’ve added a second car with Jay Howard, who passed his rookie orientation on Sunday, and at the last race in Kansas we posted the best-ever qualifying effort in team history. We fully expect that as the season progresses we will continue to develop and run further toward the front."

LARRY CURRY: “I had a great three-and-a-half years at Vision Racing, and I want to thank Tony George for his support over the years. I now look forward to a long tenure with Roth Racing and to the challenges of helping to build the team into a competitive, first-class organization."