Patrick Carpentier
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Patrick Carpentier (born August 13, 1971) is a Canadian professional auto racing driver.
He won five titles and 24 podiums in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004.
In 2005, the long-serving Champ Car racer joined IndyCar Series and then moved to Grand Am Road Racing.
After a few NASCAR races in 2007, he leapt full-time into the sport in 2008.
Since 2009, he had only been driving part-time, so he became a builder and renovator in Montreal, as well as being a colour commentator for various racing series.
He last appeared in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for part, leading the No. 6 National Scramble. Go FAS Racing's 32 Ford Fusion is the ultimate in Go FAS Racing.
IndyCar career
Carpentier, a veteran racer from around the United States and Europe, defeated several veteran racers from both the United States and Europe in a test held in Sebring after winning the 1996 Players' Toyota Atlantic Championship. He made his CART debut in 1997 with the Bettenhausen/Alumax team. He was pole at Nazareth in the first season, finishing second at the inaugural race at Gateway, the Motorola 300. He will also be named "Rookie of the Year" again.
In 1998, he started racing for Player's Forsythe Racing, when the team expanded their operations to run a second alongside fellow Canadian Greg Moore. When rookie Alex Tagliani was introduced to the team at the end of the season, with the sad death of Moore in the season's finale, Carpentier became Forsythe's number one. He was prone to missing races due to injuries in his early years, some of which were off track.
In 2001 at the Michigan International Speedway, his first Champ Car victory came in 2001, and he finished tenth in the overall end of year standings. With a dramatic last-lap pass of Dario Franchitti, he claimed victory in the last CART sanctioned Michigan 500. This first CART victory for Carpentier was his first CART victory, and it was his 79th debut. He would win twice, Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, and Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, and he would finish third in championship standings the following season. Despite winning the Grand Prix of Monterey and comparing to championship-winning teammate Paul Tracy, Carpentier was 5th overall in a disappointing 2003 season.
Tracy's appearance damaged Carpentier's status within the team, as well as rumors that pre-2004 Forsythe Racing would have cut Carpentier in favour of Rodolfo Lavin. Rather, Gerald Forsythe decided to drive a third car for Lavin. Patrick stayed his ride despite his marketing success in his homeland, according to him. By retaining the Grand Prix of Monterey, he would honor Forsythe. Despite finishing higher than Paul Tracy in the 2004 championship, Carpentier stayed with the team and the series until the 2005 season, joining Eddie Cheever's Cheever Racing in the IndyCar Series. He was expected to do well (most of the IndyCar Series races are on ovals, which had long been outlawed in Champ Car), but uncompetitive Toyota engines stopped any major success. He finished 10th in the standings, with two third positions and 11 top tens out of 17 races.
Carpentier's last season in open-wheel competition will be in 2005. In a 2016 interview, the Canadian admitted that after Ryan Briscoe's crash into the catchfence at the Chicagoland race, he had to leave; other major IRL accidents like Kenny Bräck's in the 2003 finale in Texas also played a role in his decision. Carpentier's nine years as a competitor in CART and IRL's IndyCar, ranked in the top ten85 times and appeared on the podium 24 times.
Sports car career
Carpentier rode a Crawford-Lexus DP03 for former IndyCar manager Eddie Cheever in the 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona, just shy of completing his IndyCar career. He then competed in the 2006 CASCAR Super Series event at Cayuga Speedway. Carpentier rode a 21st century in the Dave Jacobs Racing car and finished sixth. He tried his hand at Grand-Am Road Racing, racing in the United States for a season, with SAMAX Motorsport piloting their Riley Mk XI.
He returned to SAMAX for another season to drive a Daytona Prototype in the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, alongside Milka Duno or Ryan Dalziel. The highlight of this collaboration was their second appearance in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Darren Manning, another British driver, also posted their Riley-Pontiac Mk XI. They finished on the same lap as the champion, just 78.545 seconds behind after 24 hours of racing, leading to 121 of the 668 laps. The 400 km Montreal, where he finished 10th, partnered by Kris Szekeres, was Carpentier's last race for SAMAX, which took place on August 3, 2007. With his first race (the NAPA Auto Parts 200) the next day, he left SAMAX to pursue a career in NASCAR.
Stock car career
Carpentier made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 4, 2007, finishing second in qualifying and finishing the controversial race in second, behind Kevin Harvick, while NASCAR barred Robby Gordon from his first position position for intentionally wrecking Marcos Ambrose and rejecting a subsequent penalty. In 2008, Carpentier will return to Montreal for his second second place. Carpentier made his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut on August 12, 2007, at Watkins Glen, in the Gillett Evernham Motorsports #10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools-sponsored Dodge, replacing Scott Riggs and starting 40th. Carpentier led for seven laps in the race near the midway section of the event and finished in 20th place. In October 2007, it was announced that he would drive the #10 car full-time in 2008.
Carpentier registered for the 2008 Daytona 500 in the second of two Gatorade Duels on February 14, 2008. For the most part of the day, Carpentier ranked in the top ten for the most part. His right front tire blew, throwing him into the backstretch wall late in the race. Based on owner information, Carpentier was running in third place of the drivers not locked into the Daytona 500.
Until going to track for the 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301, the Joliette driver had not seen New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He became only the second non-American racer to qualify on pole in his 17th NASCAR race on June 27, 2008. He was the first person to win the pole at Langhorne Speedway in NASCAR's top division since Lloyd Shaw (from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) took the pole at Langhorne Speedway in June 1953. He didn't give up the lead when he led the first four laps on race day, and didn't give up the lead quickly. After the race, Carpentier said, "it was a hell of a thrill." "Winning the pole on Friday was certainly a highlight of my career." But it was amazing to be leading those laps. It's impossible to put into words." He will be hit by brakes issues later this year and finish in 31st place.
Carpentier finished 14th in the Coke Zero 400 on July 5, 2008, his highest Sprint Cup finish.
Carpentier revealed on August 30, 2008, that he will be a free agent for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series, leaving Gillett Evernham Motorsports. Gillett Evernham Motorsports had announced that they would recruit Reed Sorenson for 2009, putting Carpentier's future in jeopardy four days before Carpentier's announcement. GEM issued Carpentier on October 7th. A. J. Allmendinger, a former Red Bull driver, has been driving for Team Red Bull until the end of the year.
Michael Waltrip Racing reported on June 9, 2009, that Carpentier would replace teammate Michael Waltrip in the No. 9 slot. On the 2009 Sprint Cup tour, Infineon and Watkins Glen were the two road course races on the 2009 Sprint Cup schedule; 55 NAPA-sponsored Toyota for the two road courses: Infineon on June 21 and Watkins Glen on August 9. Carpentier was a participant in a number of races for Tommy Baldwin Racing, including ones that conflict with Mike Skinner's truck series schedule.
Carpentier won a few races for Latitude 43 Motorsports in 2010. After former Red Bull driver Scott Speed was unable to get the car up to speed on bump day, Carpentier returned to his open-wheel roots in 2011. Carpentier was unable to get the car into the race. Carpentier also ran a few Sprint Cup races for Frank Stoddard's crew on the stock car track. Carpentier revealed to the Toronto Sun on June 7 that he will officially retire from racing after the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he rode for Pastrana-Waltrip Racing.
Carpentier revealed on April 22, 2016 that he would return to the Cup Series with the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, followed by his participation in the Brickyard 400 at Indy for Go FAS Racing. Piloting the No. 32 Can-Am Kappa, Cyclops Ford Fusion Carpentier was the only road course ringer in the Sonoma competition. Carpentier blew a tire while running 11th with less than 15 laps to go, ending in a 37th-place finish. When Carpentier collided with Kyle Busch during training for the 2016 Brickyard 400, he would steal the headlines. Carpentier's best finish in the class, 34th in the race, despite his best finish of the season.