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Insider & JoeB- December 19, 2011-

Happy Holidays from California!  

I finally have some time to give all you loyal fans an update.  This year was a good year for Tim Kaeding, winning the newly formed KWS series (Formerly Golden State) championship, running several ASCS including a win right out of the box and competing in several Outlaw shows.  Roth Motorsports always provided top notch equipment as evident by the wins.   Of course, thanks go out the excellent crew, especially crew chief Bonzai for their hard work and dedication.  We all experienced many ups and downs along the way with bumps and bruises, mostly me getting the bumps, bruises and broken body parts by the time it was all over.    Dennis and Teresa Roth never relented and continued to support Tim even when things were tough.  Todd Ventura’s faith in Tim paid off with Roth Motorsports winning their 1^st California Championship.

The year really started to heat up when the team went on the road to Knoxville.  Team Roth took the car they had run all year and headed out for the road in August.   Knoxville was a bittersweet stop as we had to run the alphabet soup in order to try and earn a position in the A-main.  Unfortunately, a broken rear end ended our chances of any finish in the coveted A main.  The Roth team really had to overcome a lot adversity since they had not run with the Outlaws much up to that point.   It took some work to find the speed they needed but Bonzai got that car rolling and Tim was up on the wheel. 

After Knoxville we traveled to North Dakota for the All Stars show the day after Knoxville in Hussets South Dakota.  We unloaded did hot laps and blew the engine.  Despite having virtually no sleep the night before, we replaced the engine within 20 minutes.  Now for many teams that is nothing but for this team it was pretty cool because we are mostly volunteers and a couple were even beginners on this road trip.  I was getting a good dose of what it is like to be a serious racer out on the road with Bonzai as my teacher.  When the night ended we had an 8^th place finish after starting from the back.  We were all happy to then head to Bonzai’s lake home in South Dakota for some much needed rest.  Now living in a big city I had never been exposed to the real farm lands of this country and we were smack dab in the middle of it now, beans and corn they tell me is all they grow in that part of the country.  I had also never been on dirt roads that you can legally do 55mph on in a car or truck.  What a vacation that was that week for all:  pontoon boating, lightning storm on the lake and the works. 

By the end of that week, we went back to racing and were a real team ready to go.  We headed up to Grand Forks, North Dakota, all of us piled into the rig!  When racing got underway, we weren’t that good but with some tweaking of the car by main event time, Tim was on a mission working from the back up to 5^th when with only 5 to go the left rear blew apart and the carcass flew over the grandstands.  Tim was very lucky to not be badly hurt or to have totaled the car as the tire slapped his arm like a whip leaving a giant welt.  The last night of the trip was back to Hussets, South Dakota were we had a respectable night and I left for home to regroup while they went to Skagit.   In Skagit the team ran 2^nd and was looking forward to the Cottage Grove/Gold Cup swing. 

When Gold Cup was over Tim had to complete the KWS Series and he did so with numerous wins and won the KWS by almost an entire race in Hanford.  I really never went back to work much until after Trophy Cup was over.  I continued with the team for an experience of a lifetime I will not soon forget from August thru the end of October.  The life of a racer is a difficult one, not like what most think.  There is no doubt that while there can be many successes there is also a lot of sacrifice to become a racer that lives out their dreams on the road chasing wins and big dreams. 

During the off season Tim will be in California getting ready for another year of racing.  As of this writing Tim is working on his plans for next year.   Tim would like to thank Dennis and Teresa Roth for their continuous support.  Tim Kaeding would also like to take the time to thank each and every one of you for all the good words of encouragement throughout the year. 

As the insider I see so many very caring and loyal fans it warms the heart this time of the year.  Have a very happy holiday season and as Tim likes to always say…..Be Safe!