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First_Cup_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Nextel Cup]] [[Centurion Boats at the Glen]] ([[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]) | |
First_Cup_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Nextel Cup]] [[Centurion Boats at the Glen]] ([[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]) | |
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First_Busch_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Busch Series|2007]] [[NAPA Auto Parts 200]] ([[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve|Montreal]]) | |
First_Busch_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Busch Series|2007]] [[NAPA Auto Parts 200]] ([[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve|Montreal]]) | |
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Last_Busch_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Busch Series|2007]] [[Zippo 200 |
Last_Busch_Race = [[2007 in NASCAR Busch Series|2007]] [[Zippo 200]] ([[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]) | |
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Revision as of 06:30, 11 October 2007
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| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
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| First race | 2007 in NASCAR Nextel Cup Centurion Boats at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| First race | 2007 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
| Last race | 2007 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle, Quebec) is a Canadian racing driver from Quebec. In 2005 Patrick drove for the Red Bull-sponsored team run by Eddie Cheever in the Indy Racing League. Prior to this he spent nearly a decade in the rival ChampCar series with Bettenhausen 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 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). 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's Indy Racing League team. Due to his excellent record on oval tracks he was expected to do well (most of the IRL races are on ovals and are virtually extinct in Champ Car), but uncompetitive Toyota engines prevented any major success.
Carpentier competed in the 2006 CASCAR Super Series event at Cayuga Speedway. He started 21st in the Dave Jacobs Racing car and finished sixth. He has signed on to drive a Daytona Prototype in the 2007 Grand American Road Racing Association for SAMAX Motorsport with teammate Milka Duno. He later left Samax to pursue a career in NASCAR
Carpentier made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 4, 2007, taking the pole in qualifying and finished the race in 2nd place. Results : NAPA Auto Parts 200 Patrick made his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut on August 12, 2007, at Watkins Glen, in the Gillett Evernham Motorsports #10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge replacing Scott Riggs 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 positon. In October 2007, it was announced he would drive the 10 car full-time in 2008.
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 |
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| 2005-06 | Canada | GBR | GER | POR | AUS | MAL | UAE | ZAF | IND | MEX sr: 9 fr: 15 |
USA sr: 6 fr: 5 |
CHI sr: dnf fr: 7 |
See also
List of Canadians in Champ Car