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Patrick Carpentier

Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec

LaSalle (borough)

LaSalle is a Montreal borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of LaSalle located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada....
) is a Canadian

Canada

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race car

Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....
driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the premier level of American Championship Car Racing. The championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART....
. Patrick is currently a free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player is chosen....
.

005 Patrick drove for the Red Bull

Red Bull

Eddie Cheever

Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
in the Indy Racing League

Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
. Prior to this he spent nearly a decade in the rival ChampCar series with Bettenhausen

Bettenhausen

Bettenhausen is the name of a number of communes in Europe....
as a rookie, but subsequently in the team owned by Gerry Forsythe.

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Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec

LaSalle (borough)

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
race car

Auto racing

IndyCar Series

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player is chosen....
.

Open-Wheel Career

In 2005 Patrick drove for the Red Bull

Red Bull

Eddie Cheever

Indy Racing League

Bettenhausen

Bettenhausen is the name of a number of communes in Europe....
as a rookie, but subsequently in the team owned by Gerry Forsythe. In his early years he was prone to missing races through injuries, some of which originated off-track.

His first Champ Car victory came in 2001 at Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and he then took third in the championship in 2002. Patrick was 5th overall in a disappointing 2003 season (compared to title-winning team-mate Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy is a professional auto racing racer who competed in CART and the Champ Car World Series from 1991 to 2007. He is nicknamed "PT" and also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill, Toronto"....
). This weakened his position within the team and he was briefly fired in 2004, later being reinstated in a third team car, allegedly because of his marketing popularity in his homeland. (Team boss Gerry Forsythe was also a part-owner of the series.)

Despite finishing higher than Paul Tracy in the 2005 championship, Patrick left the team and the series to join Eddie Cheever

Eddie Cheever

Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
's Indy Racing League

Indy Racing League

Cheever Racing

Cheever Racing was an auto racing team founded in 1996 in IRL by Eddie Cheever as Team Cheever in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. They fielded a car for Cheever for much of its existence, but occasionally has become a two car team, almost always for the Indianapolis 500....
. Due to his excellent record on oval tracks he was expected to do well (most of the IndyCar Series races are on ovals which had become virtually extinct in Champ Car

Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
), but uncompetitive Toyota engines prevented any major success.

Cheever lost its Red Bull

Red Bull

Red Bull is an energy drink that is sold by Red Bull GmbH. In 2006, more than 3 1000000000 cans were sold in over 130 countries.Red Bull was inspired by Krating Daeng, an energy drink produced in Thailand that had been used for years by long-distance truckers, kick-boxers, students and others who wanted a boost....
sponsorship after the season and Carpentier was left without a ride as the now unsponsored team scaled back its IndyCar involvement dramatically.

In his eight years in Champ Car, Patrick finished in the top 10 74 times, and stood on the podium 22 times. In his one year in the IRL, he finished with 11 top 10's.

Stock Car Career

Carpentier competed in the 2006 CASCAR

CASCAR

The Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was the governing body for amateur and professional stock car racing in Canada....
Super Series event at Cayuga Speedway

Cayuga Speedway

The Cayuga Speedway, also known as the Cayuga 2000 Speedway is a racing track located near Cayuga, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in Haldimand County, Ontario....
. He started 21st in the Dave Jacobs Racing car and finished sixth. He signed on to drive a Daytona Prototype in the 2007 Grand American Road Racing Association

Grand American Road Racing Association

The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America....
for SAMAX Motorsport

SAMAX Motorsport

SAMAX Motorsport was a racing team owned by Peter Baron that competed primarily in the Rolex Sports Car Series but also spent one year in the IndyCar Series....
with teammate Milka Duno

Milka Duno

Milka Duno is a Venezuelan race car driver who currently competes in the IndyCar Series. She is best known for holding the record of highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona....
. He later left Samax to pursue a career in NASCAR.

Carpentier made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series

Busch Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit , and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Sprint Cup....
at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit which was the venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, and is the venue of NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, and, as of 2007, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Rolex Sports Car Series Car Series races....
on August 4, 2007, taking the pole in qualifying and finished the race in 2nd place. Patrick made his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut on August 12, 2007, at Watkins Glen, in the Gillett Evernham Motorsports #10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge

Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
, replacing Scott Riggs

Scott Riggs

Russell Scott Riggs is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series...
and started 40th. Carpentier led for 7 laps in the race near the midway portion of the race and wound up finishing in the 20th position. In October 2007, it was announced he would drive the #10 car full-time in 2008.

On February 14, 2008, Carpentier attempted to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500

2008 Daytona 500

The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
in the second of two Gatorade Duels. Carpentier ran in the top 10 for most of the day. Late in the race, his right front tire blew, sending him into the backstretch wall. Carpentier was running in third place of the drivers not locked in to the Daytona 500 based on owner points.

On June 27, 2008, Carpentier won his first pole for the Sprint Cup Series for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The pole was the first by a foreign born in NASCAR's top division since Lloyd Shaw (from Toronto, Canada) won the pole at Langhorne Speedway

Langhorne Speedway

Langhorne Speedway was an automobile racetrack located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, a northern suburb of Philadelphia.The speedway was built by a group of Philadelphia racing enthusiasts known as the National Motor Racing Association , and held its first race on June 12, 1926 ....
in June 1953.

On July 5, 2008 Patrick earned his best career Sprint Cup finish by finishing 14th in the Coke Zero 400

Coke Zero 400

The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held on the first Saturday night of July, usually around Independence Day weekend, at Daytona International Speedway....
.

On August 30, 2008, Patrick announced that he would be a free agent for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series

2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be the sixty-first season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on February 7th, with the first p...
, leaving Gillett Evernham Motorsports. Four days prior to Carpentier's announcement Gillett Evernham Motorsports had announced that they would hire driver Reed Sorenson

Reed Sorenson

Bradley Reed Sorenson is a NASCAR driver who currently drives the #43 United States Air Force/McDonald's Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series for Richard Petty Motorsports....
for 2009 making Carpentier's future uncertain. On October 7th, Carpentier was released by GEM. Former Team Red Bull driver A.J. Allmendinger finished out the year.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Champ Car

Years 1997-2002 to be completed

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2003 2003 CART World Series season The 2003 CART World Series Season was the twenty-fifth and final season for the CART. It began on February 23, 2003 and was due to end November 9 after 19 races, but ended after 18....	Player's Forsythe Championship Racing Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing....	STP 2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on February 23, 2003 at Albert Whitted Airport and the surrounding streets of St.... 8	MTY 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix The Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey was the second round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on March 23, 2003 on the streets of Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Nuevo Le?n, Mexico.... 8	LBH 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Long Beach Grand Prix was the third round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on April 13, 2003 on the streets of Long Beach, California.... 6	BRH 2003 London Champ Car Trophy The 2003 London Champ Car Trophy was the fourth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 5, 2003 on the Indy Circuit at Brands Hatch in Longfield.... 5	LAU 2003 German 500 The 2003 German 500 was the fifth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 11, 2003 on the oval track at EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Oberspreewald-Lausitz.... 7	MIL 2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 The ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 was the sixth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 31, 2003 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin.... 3	LS 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey The Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca#Champ Car/CART was the seventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.... 1	POR 2003 G.I. Joe's 200 The Grand Prix of Portland was the eighth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 22, 2003 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.... Ret	CLE 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix The Grand Prix of Cleveland was the ninth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 5, 2003 at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.... 4	TOR 2003 Molson Indy Toronto The Grand Prix of Toronto was the tenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 13, 2003 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto.... 7	VAN 2003 Molson Indy Vancouver The Molson Indy Vancouver was the eleventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 27, 2003 on the streets of False Creek in Vancouver.... Ret	ROA 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America The Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America was the twelfth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 3, 2003 at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.... 5	MDO 2003 Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio The Honda 200 was the thirteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 10, 2003 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.... 2	MTL 2003 Molson Indy Montreal The Grand Prix of Montreal was the fourteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 24, 2003 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.... 3	DEN 2003 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver The Grand Prix of Denver was the fifteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on August 31, 2003 on the streets of Denver.... Ret	MIA 2003 Grand Prix Americas (Champ Car race) The Streets of Miami was the sixteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on September 28, 2003 on the streets of downtown Miami.... 6	MXC 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante The Gran Premio de M?xico was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez in Mexico City.... Ret	SRF 2003 Lexmark Indy 300 The Nikon Indy 300 was the eighteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 26, 2003 on the streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia.... 5	FON 2003 King Taco 500 The 2003 Toyota Indy 400 was to have been the nineteenth and final round of the 2003 CART World Series season on November 9, 2003 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.... Canc	5th	146
2004 2004 Champ Car World Series season The 2004 Champ Car World Series season was the inaugural season for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 18, 2004 and ended on November 7 after 14 races....	Forsythe Forsythe Championship Racing Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing....	LBH 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Long Beach Grand Prix was the first round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on April 18, 2004 on the streets of Long Beach, California.... 4	MTY 2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey The Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey was the second round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on May 23, 2004 on the streets of Fundidora Park in Monterrey.... 4	MIL 2004 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 250 The Milwaukee Mile#Open Wheel was the third round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on June 5, 2004 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin.... 2	POR 2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland The Grand Prix of Portland was the fourth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on June 20, 2004 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.... 4	CLE 2004 U.S. Bank Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland The Grand Prix of Cleveland was the fifth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on July 3, 2004 at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio.... Ret	TOR 2004 Molson Indy Toronto The Grand Prix of Toronto was the sixth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on July 11, 2004 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto.... 3	VAN 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver The Molson Indy Vancouver was the seventh round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on July 25, 2004 on the streets of False Creek in Vancouver.... Ret	ROA 2004 Grand Prix of Road America The Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America was the eighth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on August 8, 2004 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.... 14	DEN 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver The Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on August 15, 2004 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center.... 9	MTL 2004 Molson Indy Montreal The Grand Prix of Montreal was the tenth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on August 29, 2004 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.... 2	LS 2004 Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey The Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca#Champ Car/CART was the eleventh round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on September 12, 2004 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.... 1	LVS 2004 Bridgestone 400 The Hurricane Relief 400 was the twelfth round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on September 25, 2004 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.... 3	SRF 2004 Lexmark Indy 300 The Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on October 24, 2004 on the Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Queensland, Australia.... Ret	MXC 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate The Gran Premio de M?xico was the fourteenth and final round of the2004 Champ Car World Series season, held on November 7, 2004 at the Aut?dromo Hermanos Rodr?guez in Mexico City.... 6						3rd	266*

* New points system introduced in 2004
2004 Champ Car World Series season

The 2004 Champ Car World Series season was the inaugural season for the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 18, 2004 and ended on November 7 after 14 races....
.

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
2005 2005 Indianapolis 500 The 2005 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Dan Wheldon won the race under a Racing flags#The yellow flag....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Toyota	25th	21st

International Open Wheel

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (sr = sprint race, fr = feature race)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2005-06 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season was the inaugural season for the A1 Grand Prix series.It began on 25 September, 2005, and finished on 2 April, 2006 after eleven races....	Canada A1 Team Canada A1 Team Canada is the Canadian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series....	GBR 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on September 25, 2005 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England....	GER 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Germany was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of October 9, 2005 at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz circuit....	POR 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of October 23, 2005 at the Aut?dromo do Estoril circuit....	AUS 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Australia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 6, 2005 at the Eastern Creek Raceway circuit....	MAL 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Malaysia was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of November 20, 2005 at the Sepang International Circuit....	UAE 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates was held on the weekend of December 11, 2005 at the Dubai Autodrome.__FORCETOC__...	ZAF 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of January 29, 2006 at a street course in Durban, South Africa....	IND 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Indonesia is a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of February 12, 2006 at the Sentul International Circuit....	MEX 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Mexico was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of February 26, 2006 at the Fundidora Park.__FORCETOC__... sr: 9 fr: 15	USA 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States of America The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United States of America was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of March 12, 2006 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.... sr: 6 fr: 5	CHI 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China was a A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of April 2, 2006 at Shanghai International Circuit.__FORCETOC__... sr: dnf fr: 7

Patrick Carpentier

Open-Wheel Career

Stock Car Career

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel

Champ Car

Indy 500 results

International Open Wheel

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

See also