To promote Roehrig Engineering Inc. Kurt entered a number of single seater races. The Michigan-based racing driver entered the inaugural Barber Saab Pro Series season in 1986. This resulted in a twelfth place in the season standings. Roehrig also attempted to enter the Atlantic Championship East division race at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. As his Ralt RT1 encountered engine trouble he was unable to start the race. His most recent single seater starts were in 2004. Roehrig made six race starts in the Star Mazda series. His best results was a sixteenth place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
NASCAR team owner
Roehrig started a team to enter the inaugural season of the NASCAR SuperTruck Series in 1995. Johnny Benson, Jr. was the first driver for the number 18Chevrolet C/K finishing tenth at the season opener. The team scored some impressive results but the major sponsor, Pennzoil, pulled back. Therefore the team was on the brink of bankruptcy by December 1996. The team received an impulse when Dana Corp. inked a sponsorship deal with the team. Also the team switched to Dodge engines. After a late Pennzoil sponsorship deal the team ended up entering two Dodge trucks. One truck was driven by Michael Dokken, the other by rookie Tony Raines. The team scored its first win at the Western Auto/Parts America 200 at I-70 Speedway. The following season Raines won three races for the Roehrig team. After the 1998 season Dana Corp. switched teams sponsoring Bobby Hamilton Racing. In 1998 the team made its NASCAR Cup Series start. Raines raced for the Ford team as well as Tom Hubert and Robby Gordon. The team made their debut at the 1998 Las Vegas 400 with Raines finishing nineteenth. The following season the team only entered Hubert for one race. Hubert finished 28th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Roehrig joined forces with former Olympic athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The team launched Joyner-Kersee Roehrig Motorsports. The team had a troubled start. David Green was signed to race in the Daytona 500 and preliminary Bud Shootout. Green finished the Bud Shootout in twelfth place. The team did not attempt at qualifying for the Daytona 500 race. The team folded afterwards.
Personal
Kurt is the son of Second World War veteran W. Dana Roehrig and his wife Martha C. Roehrig . Kurt's father died in 2000. Kurt's mother died in 2012. Besides J. Dana Roehrig, Kurt has another brother, Mark. Kurt graduated the General Motors Institute of Technology in 1980 in the field of Mechanical Engineering. In 1983 Roehrig joined McLaren Engines Inc.. Roehring formed his own company, Roehrig Engineering Inc., in 1987.
