Kurt Roehrig, 67, of Greensboro, died Monday, July 22, 2024 at Heritage Greens following an extended illness. A gathering of friends and family will be held Monday, July 29, 2024, 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., at Hanes-Lineberry North Elm Chapel.
Kurt was born October 28, 1956 in San Francisco, CA, the son of the late William and Martha Crocker Roehrig.
He spent most of his life in Saint Petersburg, FL, before landing in Michigan where he met his wife, Carmella, and they had their two children. Eventually, they settled their family in Greensboro, NC.
Kurt was a father, a husband, a racer, an intellect, a fighter, an adrenaline junkie and everybody’s favorite person to be around. Kurt said hi to every dog on the street and once saved a man from drowning in the ocean. Kurt would literally give you the shirt off his back. Yes, he was that guy.
Kurt was one of the blessed few who knew his passion at a very early age, and was a graduate of the Kettering Institute graduating with a degree in engineering. Being extremely hardworking and driven, he was able to leverage that passion into a career and founded his own company, Roehrig Engineering Inc., specializing in first in class automotive and motorsports testing equipment.
Reehrig also owned a Truck Series team that competed in 93 races during the 1990s and three Cup races with Tom Hubert in 1998 & 1999.