Ed Carpenter

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Career history

Carpenter was born in Paris, Illinois, and grew up in Marshall, Illinois, until the age of 8. He then moved to Indianapolis. He is a graduate of Butler University.

Carpenter has had a fruitful career in midget racing dating back to 1989. In 1996, Carpenter would win national quarter-midget tournaments in Xenia, Ohio, and Hagerstown, Maryland.

In 1998, Carpenter participated in the USAC Regional Series, in the midget division. Carpenter drove the No. 301. At 16th Street Speedway, a 3 TG Racing car takes the field. Carpenter set the fastest time on June 27, 1998, finishing with the 11th fastest time. Carpenter won the third heat race and finished the series in 3rd place.

Carpenter rode in the No. 66 National Midget Series in 1999 for TG Racing. In fifteen races, the Ed Pink Beast takes first place. Carpenter won a race at Louisville Motor Speedway and finished 13th in points. Carpenter started riding the No. 1 in 2000 and was back in 2000 to drive the No. 102. A TG Motorsports car from 3 to 4 years old. Carpenter finished ninth in the final point standings at the Belleville Nationals with a best finish of 2nd at the Belleville High Banks. Carpenter was the No. 1 in 2001, the No. 1 in the United States. At South Boston Speedway, he started 11th and finished 8th, a two Steele car. Carpenter returned to the series in 2002 to lead Klatt Enterprises. Carpenter took part in three races and finished 44th in points.

In 2000, Carpenter competed in the United States Auto Club#USAC Silver Crown Series. Carpenter was an Indy car racer who drove George Snider in car No. 2 when he first started competing. 111 at the Phoenix International Raceway's season-opening Copper World Classic; Carpenter finished in 9th place for Rookie of the Race award. In the No. 61, Carpenter started driving for George Snider's cousin Debbie Snider in the No. George Snider and Jimmy Sills, as mentors and giving him tips on tracks, he's been a 7 Chevy-powered Beast. At the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Carpenter finished 6th in the Southern Illinoisan 100. Carpenter debuted at the top of the A. J. Foyt's True Value Hulman Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway, the series's most prestigious event. Carpenter led the first 80 laps before crashing and finishing in 20th place. Carpenter also earned the Rookie of the Race award at Nazareth Speedway in seventh place, with a 7th-place finish. In the final point standings, Carpenter finished 12th. Carpenter, a 2001 student at the University of On the back of George Snider's ride in the No. 134, he rode for him. Gateway International Raceway has numbered 111 cars, the 11th. Carpenter's highest finish at the Coca-Cola 100 at Indianapolis Raceway Park was sixth, and he finished ninth in the final point standings.

In 2002, Carpenter drove the No. 1 in the United States. Sinden Racing's 44 cars. Carpenter began 2nd and finished 21st after suffering an engine failure after 85 laps at the season-opening Little Trees 100 in Phoenix. In the No. 4, Carpenter drove for Hoffman Auto Racing. At the Golden Hoosier Hundred, a 69 Dynamics car will race in the Golden Hoosier Hundred, beginning 17th and ending 24th due to a collision after 59 laps – and the No. 69. Carpenter started from pole position and finished 25th at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack in 1967, and finished 25th after an accident after 58 laps. Carpenter's best finish of the season came at the Dominic's of New York 100, where he started 7th and finished 2nd, leading for 12 laps. Carpenter finished the season ranked 22nd in final point standings. In the No. 301, the Carpenter drove for Hoffman Auto Racing for the third time. 69 Dynamics vehicles. After starting 10th, Carpenter's best finish of 3rd place at the Dominic's of New York 100 at Richmond came at the Dominic's of New York 100 at Richmond. In the final point standings, Carpenter finished 35th.

Carpenter began competing in the No. 1 in 2001 in the USAC Sprint Car Series. The 1111 TG Racing car was built for speed. Carpenter set the fastest qualifying time, placed 6th in the first heat, and captured the "Semi" race at Salem Speedway, the season-ending USAC Sprint Legends Classic. Carpenter led the charge in the feature race with ten laps to go and won. In the final point standings, Carpenter finished 12th. Carpenter rode for Sinden Racing, where he won one race on the season and ended 19th in the final point standings.

Carpenter was involved in the No. 2000 National Auto Racing Series-sanctioned NAMARS National Midget Championship series, which featured the No. 102 races. The 3C TG Racing car was a prototype. At Tulsa Expo Center, Carpenter attempted to qualify for the Chili Bowl, which is widely regarded as the year's "biggest Midget race of the year." Carpenter did not qualify for the qualifier and missed out on the feature race as a result.

Carpenter rode the No. 2 in the then-independence Pro Series, securing the Infiniti Pro Series in 2002. Two Sinden Racing cars. Carpenter started and finished fifth at the season-opening Kansas 100 at Kansas Speedway. Carpenter's highest finish in the Kentucky 100 at Kentucky Speedway was second, followed by two other 3rd-place finishes in the Michigan 100 and the Gateway 100 at Gateway International Speedway, with two others finishing in the Michigan 100. Carpenter ranked 3rd on the season, with 226 points. Carpenter drove the No. 301 in 2003 when he was sent by A. J. Foyt Enterprises to A. J. Foyt Enterprises. 14 cars are in the series. At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Carpenter claimed his first Indy Lights race at the series's most prestigious event, the Futaba Freedom 100. Carpenter qualified for pole position at the Aventis Racing for Kids 100 and the Chicagoland 100, finishing 2nd in each class. Carpenter finished the season as the third best in the country, with 377 points. Carpenter returned to Vision Racing in 2005 to drive the No. 10 in No. 2. He competed at the Liberty Challenge on Indianapolis' road course on a one-off basis. Carpenter finished 11th out of 14 cars and finished 11th, the last car on the lead lap; the result saw him finish 26th in the drivers' championship, with 19 points.

Carpenter's first IndyCar Series was at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2001, when he tried a car for Panther Racing.

Carpenter began competing in the No. 2 in 2003, and was among PDM Racing's IndyCar Series. Dallara-Chevrolet was the 18th Dallara-Chevrolet. Carpenter made his debut at the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in 16th place and finished in 13th place. Carpenter also competed at the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway, beginning in 17th place and finishing in 13th place, two laps down. Carpenter debuted in 22nd place and finished in 21st place after finishing 69 laps at the Texas Motor Speedway, ending the season. Carpenter finished the season in 26th place, with 43 points. Carpenter made his Red Bull Cheever Racing debut in 2004 in the No. 144. Dallara-Chevrolet 52. Carpenter started in 9th place and finished in 12th place at the season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Carpenter struggled to match the results of colleague Alex Barron's during the season. At the Belterra Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway, Carpenter's highest finish was 8th. Carpenter qualified for the Indianapolis 500, starting in 16th place and ending in 31st place due to a crash after 62 laps. Carpenter finished the season in 16th place with 245 points. After purchasing the Kelley Racing parts, Carpenter's stepfather Tony George formed a new team called Vision Racing in 2005. In the No. 1, Carpenter drove for the team. Dallara-Toyota is the 20th of Toyota. Carpenter and the crew struggled through the year; his best start at the Suntrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway was 16th. Carpenter's best finish at the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway was in a 10th-place finish, one lap down. Carpenter qualified for the Indianapolis 500, starting in 26th place and ending in 11th place, one lap down. Carpenter finished the season in 18th place, receiving 244 points.

In 2006, Carpenter returned to Vision Racing in the No. 4 Series. 20 Dallara-Honda. Carpenter was involved in a fatal accident shortly after suffering from his injuries in March 26, 2006 at Homestead's warmup practice session for the season-opening Toyota Indy 300. Carpenter was described as "awake and alert" airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital and then released the next day with bruised lungs. Carpenter returned to action in Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, starting in 19th place and ending in 20th place due to a collision after 25 laps. Carpenter and his coworkers received sponsorship from Rock and Republic for the Indianapolis 500. Carpenter started in 12th place and finished in the top ten in the competition, finishing 11th, a lap down, after a late-race pit stop. The Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International, Carpenter, began in 18th place and finished in 6th place after his team decided to use rain tires for the wet weather. Carpenter debuted in 4th place and finished in 7th place at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Carpenter began in 12th place and finished in 5th place at the season-end Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in Chicagoland. Carpenter finished in 14th place on the season, with 252 points.

Carpenter won the No. 57 in 2007 after battling Vision Racing to propel the No.. Dallara-Honda is 20 years old. Carpenter earned his 6th place finish at the season-opening XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 at Homestead, his 6th appearance on the season. Hitachi Power Tools sponsored the Indianapolis 500 onwards. Carpenter began in 14th place and finished in 17th place after being involved in a fire with Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon, and others that culminated in Andretti's flipping down the back straightaway. Due to rain, the race was postponed right after the accident. Carpenter's best finish in the remaining races was at Iowa Speedway's Iowa Corn Indy 250, which finished 6th. Carpenter finished the season in 15th place with 309 points.

Carpenter bought the No. 5000 for 2008, with Vision Racing. Dallara-Honda is a magazine published in Spain. Carpenter finished in second place at the season-opening Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead, but his time was forfeited due to his vehicle, as well as his teammate A. J. Foyt IV's failed scientific inspection. Despite beginning at the back, Carpenter made his way into the order to finish in sixth place. At the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, Carpenter finished in a sixth-place finish. Carpenter finished in 5th place and 10th in 5th place at the Indianapolis 500, leading 3 laps. Carpenter finished eighth in points, but Carpenter only finished in top-ten finishes in the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville and the Meijer Indy 300 in Kentucky. Carpenter finished the year with a fiery crash in the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland, while running in the top five. Carpenter finished in 15th place for the season, 328 points.

Carpenter returned to Vision Racing in 2009 in the No. 59. At the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, 20 Dallara-Honda got off to a disappointing start in the first two races – both street circuits – in the first two races. Carpenter finished ninth in eighth place at the Indianapolis 500, earning back-to-back top ten finishes on the ovals at Kansas Speedway, and finishing in 9th place. The day after Carpenter finished in 16th place, 6 laps down, Carpenter's wife Heather gave birth to their second child, Ryder. At the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky, Carpenter led 34 laps before finishing 0.0162 seconds behind Ryan Briscoe in a pitched side-by-side contest. Carpenter earned his best finish of the season on Saturday, finishing 0.0162 seconds behind Ryan Briscoe. Carpenter finished in 12th place on the season, receiving 321 points.

Vision Racing lost funds in 2010 and, as a result, we didn't work as a full-time staff. Carpenter also worked with Vision Racing in the No. 64. The Indianapolis 500 is a contest between Dallara-Honda and the city of Indianapolis. Carpenter took 8th place and finished in 17th place after a warning during a round of pit stops, which put Carpenter a lap down. The car was later fielded at the Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 in Chicagoland, Kentucky, and the season-ending Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead. Carpenter began in 11th place and blasted for the lead after three laps. Carpenter had handling issues and was drafted with about 20 laps to go; he was ranked in 20th place in 20th place. Carpenter qualified on pole and led a front-row sweep with teammate Dan Wheldon at Kentucky. Carpenter led for 11 laps and nearly won his first victory when he was forced to make pit stops late in the race, putting him in second place; Hélio Castroneves, who did not make another pit stop, remained in second place. Carpenter started in 7th place and finished in 13th place, one lap down, in the season-end race at Homestead. Carpenter finished in 28th place in the drivers' championship with 90 points.

Carpenter remigrated to Sarah Fisher Racing in 2011, taking the No. 1 in 2011. 67 Dallara-Honda. The team participated in a partial season that included all of the oval races and select road course and street circuit races. Carpenter made his season debut at the Indianapolis 500, where he earned 8th place and finished in 11th place after leading for 3 laps. Carpenter began the first race at Texas Motor Speedway in 5th place and finished in 18th place. Carpenter drew a tenth place starting position in the second race, winning a random draw and ending in 16th place. Carpenter and the crew began to fail in qualifying, and Carpenter had a career off to a good start at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa. Carpenter continued to fail in the non-oval races, resulting in his best finish being a trio of 11th-place finishes at Indianapolis, Iowa, and the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky, Carpenter, started in 4th place and led for 8 laps in the season's penultimate race. Carpenter clashed with Chip Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti, who was in a championship tie with Will Power in the late stages of the season. Carpenter won by 0.0098 seconds in the series's closest finish at the start, with his first series victory.

Carpenter took third place in third place at the onset of the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship in Las Vegas Motor Speedway and was soon running in 2nd place to pole sitter Tony Kanaan after 11 laps. During the accident, Dan Wheldon was fatally wounded. Carpenter finished in 26th place with 175 points, but afterward, the race was cancelled, and with the results expunged, the campaign was pushed. Carpenter came in 6th place in the oval championships' distinct sub-classification system, gaining 141 points.

Carpenter's team, Ed Carpenter Racing, formed in 2012, winning the No. 1 spot. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet. Carpenter struggled in qualifying, and he finished 18th in the first 14 races of the season, placing him in 19th position in the Firestone 550 at Texas. Carpenter also struggled in non-oval events, resulting in a top finish of 12th place at the Chevrolet Belle Isle Grand Prix in Belle Isle. Carpenter was more competitive on the ovals; at the Indianapolis 500 Carpenter crashed during Pole Day qualifying and re-qualified on Bump Day. Carpenter began in 28th place and climbed to the top five in the late stages of the competition, only to spin on lap 180, which knocked Carpenter out of contention; he finished in 21st place, one lap down. Carpenter began in 19th place and quickly climbed through the field, only to finish in 12th place after falling back late in the race. Carpenter debuted in 22nd place and finished eighth in eighth place at the Milwaukee IndyFest, his first top ten of the season, as he entered his first top ten positions. After starting in 21st place, Carpenter finished eighth-place at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa. Carpenter earned his 8th position at the Grand Prix of Baltimore, but he crashed on lap 7 of the season and was ranked in 25th place. Carpenter took fifth place in the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway and immediately challenged for the lead, which he held for 62 laps. Carpenter attempted to pass Dario Franchitti in turn 4 as Takuma Sato lost control in turn 4. Carpenter finished the sentence before the caution came out, and as a result, he won his second IndyCar victory. Carpenter finished the season in 18th place, earning 261 points. Carpenter took 7th place in the oval race sub-classification system, earning 133 points.

Carpenter was back with ECR in 2013 to drive the No. 10 in the No. 78. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet. Carpenter improved his qualifying results on the ovals, beginning with a 14th start at Pocono Raceway. Despite this, Carpenter continued to farewell from the ovals, starting 14th at the Itaipava So Paulo Indy 300 and a 13th place finish in the double-header in Toronto's first round. Carpenter's results on the ovals were much improved, including pole position at the Indianapolis 500, where Carpenter's single-car team defeated all three cars fielded by Team Penske and all five cars fielded by Andretti Autosport, two of the country's most prestigious teams in the series. Carpenter led the way with a record-breaking 37 laps, but he would have problems with handling in the second half of the season and fell to a 10th-place finish. Carpenter finished 9th and finished 4th in the Firestone 550 at Texas. Carpenter's only disappointing oval race was the Milwaukee IndyFest, where Carpenter qualified 20th and finished 14th, two laps down. Carpenter started and finished fourth after leading for 18 laps as one of the few runners to put a halt to race winner James Hinchcliffe. Carpenter then finished ninth at Pocono, where the Chevrolet engines failed to have the fuel efficiency of the rival Honda engines. Carpenter's next competitive run was at Auto Club Speedway, where Carpenter placed seventh and finished second after leading for a single lap. Carpenter finished 16th in the season with 333 points.

Carpenter decided to stop driving the No. in 2014. Conway and Conway ruled the road courses and street circuits, while Carpenter drove the ovals. The Indianapolis 500, Carpenter's first season on record, placed the Indianapolis 500, Carpenter's second year on pole position for the second year in a row. Carpenter, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Hélio Castroneves, and Marco Andretti all dominated the competition, with Carpenter leading for 26 laps. Carpenter was running 2nd to Hunter-Reay when Townsend Bell went three-wide in an attempt to bypass Carpenter on the outside, while James Hinchcliffe was inside. Both of them were in contact with Carpenter, who smashed them into the wall. Carpenter's race came to an end with a 27th-place finish. He qualified 5th in Carpenter's upcoming run, the Firestone 600 at Texas, and soon met Will Power for the lead. Power came into the pit lane too late as Carpenter and Power were doing pit stops, and they were forced to serve a penalty. On lap 142, a caution was issued for Takuma Sato, who had an engine fire. Juan Pablo Montoya, the Carpenter and 2nd place drivers, stayed out while the remaining lead lap cars – Power, Simon Pagenaud, Dixon, and Tony Kanaan – pitted to get new tires. Carpenter saved Power for his third round IndyCar Series victory, with three laps remaining.

Carpenter debuted in 13th place and finished in the same position after having to make an extra pit stop to change a tire. Carpenter took 10th place in the Iowa Corn Indy 300 at Iowa. Carpenter was fighting a fast car during the race in the late stages of the season when running in the top 5 times. Carpenter made contact with Juan Pablo Montoya in turn 3 on lap 282, causing Montoya to crash out of the race. Montoya called Carpenter a "douchebag" in an interview with NBC Sports Network. During the warning period, Carpenter, Hunter-Reay, Newgarden, and Graham Rahal were among the many pit stops for new tires. Hunter-Reay and Newgarden advanced to Kanaan, who had dominated the field up to that point, but Carpenter was able to finish in fifth place on the restart, with Carpenter advancing to fifth place. Ed Carpenter Racing would join Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing for the 2015 season, forming CFH Racing, during the weekend of the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 in Milwaukee. Carpenter started in 7th place and finished in ninth place in the 2018 series. Carpenter nearly crashed on both of his laps in qualifying and finished in 14th place in the season-ending MAVTV World Championships at Auto Club Speedway. Carpenter's pit speed limiter didn't work properly during the race, resulting in a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Carpenter came in third place behind Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Kanaan and Dixon in third place. Carpenter finished 22nd in the final drivers' championship standings, earning 262 points.

Carpenter also proclaimed the No. 1 for 2015. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet entered; he competed in the oval races; and Luca Filippi ran in the non-oval championships. Carpenter was the first to compete at the Indianapolis 500 for the first time. Carpenter half-spun in turn 2 on the morning of Pole Day qualifying, and the left side of the car collided with the outside wall. The vehicle flipped over and slid down the back straightaway, and slid into the pavement. Carpenter was unhurt in the crash, but the series decided to curb the boost on automobiles as a result of the incident and similar accidents earlier in the month. Carpenter's crew assembled his backup vehicle during this time. Carpenter finished 12th in the series, despite the fact that he failed and was running in the top 15 when he attempted to overtake Oriol Servià for the position on lap 113. The two drivers made contact and crashed into the turn 1 wall, and Carpenter was rated in 30th place. Carpenter also competed at the Firestone 600 at Texas, starting in 15th place and finishing in 22nd place after finishing 147 laps. Josef Newgarden, Carpenter's colleague, also retired due to an engine failure two laps later. Carpenter earned the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in 4th place and was involved in a crash on the main straightaway with Newgarden on lap 158 and was ranked in 22nd place. He came in tenth at Milwaukee, sixth in Iowa, and seventeenth at Pocono. As a result, he came in 27th in points. Carpenter is still racing the four ovals on the Indycar track as of 2022.

In 2007, Carpenter took home the Rolex 24 at Daytona for Vision Racing's No. 1 championship. In the Daytona Prototype category, 00 Porsche-Crawford's Tomas Scheckter, Tony George, A. J. Foyt IV, and Stéphan Grégoire are among others. After 587 laps, the car started 18th and finished 29th overall (17th in class) due to engine issues. Carpenter finished the season ranked 103rd in the final points standings. Carpenter returned to the series in 2008, this time in Daytona, where the Rolex 24 was on display. He sped the No. 9 in a no. 66. 00 In the Daytona Prototype class, Vision Racing Porsche-Crawford includes George, Foyt, Vincitor Meira, and John Andretti. With 615 laps completed, the car debuted 20th and placed 25th overall (12th in class) and ranked 25th overall (25th in class). In the final points standings, Carpenter ranked 68th.

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