Marty Roth has confirmed that his team will expand to two cars full time for 2008 with Jay Howard selected as the driver.
This development also increases rumours that one off Roth driver PJ Chesson is heading over to Panther Racing to replace Kosuke Matsuura
Roth is also going to announce 'major sponsorship' according to this article
The expansion of a team is always a boost for a series and this together with the news of Panther all but confirming their 2nd car is great news for the IRL
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