Ed Carpenter

Everette Edward Carpenter Jr. (born March 3, 1981) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series for his team, Ed Carpenter Racing. He is the stepson of Indy Racing League founder Tony George. He holds the joint-record for most Indy 500 starts without a win along with George Snider.

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

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

United States Automobile Club

USAC Regional Series Carpenter drove in the USAC Regional Series in 1998 in the midget division. Carpenter drove the No. 3 TG Racing car at 16th Street Speedway. At the track event on June 27, 1998, Carpenter qualified with the eleventh fastest time. Carpenter won the third heat race and finished the feature in third place.

USAC National Midget Car Series Carpenter drove in the USAC National Midget Series in 1999 for TG Racing in the No. 3 Ed Pink Beast Carpenter returned in 2000 to drive the No. 3 TG Motorsports car. Carpenter achieved four top-five finishes with a best finish of second at the Belleville Nationals at the Belleville High Banks and finished ninth in the final point standings. In 2001, Carpenter drove the No. 2 Steele car at South Boston Speedway, where he started 11th and finished eighth. In 2002, Carpenter returned to the series to drive for Klatt Enterprises. Carpenter competed in three races and finished 44th in points.

USAC Silver Crown Series Carpenter competed in the USAC Silver Crown Series in 2000. Carpenter originally competed for former Indy car driver George Snider in car No. 111 at the season-opening Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway; Carpenter finished in ninth place to claim the Rookie of the Race award. Carpenter started driving for George Snider's relative Debbie Snider in the No. 7 Chevrolet-powered Beast, with George Snider and Jimmy Sills acting as mentors to him and giving him advice about tracks. Carpenter also won the Rookie of the Race award at Nazareth Speedway with a seventh-place finish. Carpenter also drove for Hoffman Auto Racing in the No. 69 Dynamics car at the Golden Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway – starting seventeenth and finishing 24th due to a crash after 59 laps – and the No. 67 Zarounian car at the Ted Horn 100 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack; Carpenter started from pole position and finished 25th due to an accident after 58 laps. Carpenter's best finish of the season was at the Dominic's of New York 100 at Richmond International Raceway where he started seventh and finished second, leading for twelve laps. Carpenter finished the season ranked 22nd in the final point standings. Carpenter's best finish of 3rd place came at the Dominic's of New York 100 at Richmond after starting tenth. Carpenter finished 35th in the final point standings. In the feature race, Carpenter took the lead with ten laps to go and won. and finished nineteenth in the final point standings. In the separate sub-classification for the oval races, Carpenter ranked sixth with 141 points.

2012 Carpenter after winning the 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway. In 2012, Carpenter started his team, Ed Carpenter Racing, driving the No. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet. During the season, Carpenter struggled in qualifying and, in the first fourteen races of the season, had a best start of nineteenth in the Firestone 550 at Texas. Carpenter further struggled on non-oval races, resulting in a best finish of twelfth place at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix at Belle Isle. On the ovals, Carpenter was more competitive; at the Indianapolis 500 Carpenter crashed during Pole Day qualifying and re-qualified on Bump Day. Carpenter started in 28th place and moved into the top five in the late stages of the race only to spin on lap 180, which took Carpenter out of contention; he finished in 21st place, one lap down. At Texas, Carpenter started in nineteenth place and quickly moved up through the field, only to finish in twelfth place after dropping back late in the race. At the Milwaukee IndyFest at the Milwaukee Mile, Carpenter started in 22nd place and finished in eighth place, his first top ten of the season. Carpenter had another eighth-place finish at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa after starting in 21st place. Carpenter then started in eighth place at the Grand Prix of Baltimore but he crashed on lap seven of the race and was scored in 25th place. For the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway, Carpenter started in fifth place and quickly challenged for the lead, which he held for 62 laps. Going into the last lap, Carpenter attempted to pass leader Dario Franchitti just as Takuma Sato lost control in turn four. Carpenter completed the pass before the caution came out, and as a result, achieved his second IndyCar win. Carpenter finished the season ranked in eighteenth place, with 261 points.

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Carpenter competed in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2007 for Vision Racing in the No. 00 Porsche-Crawford with Tomas Scheckter, Tony George, A. J. Foyt IV and Stéphan Grégoire in the Daytona Prototype class. The car started eighteenth and finished 29th overall (seventeenth in class) due to engine problems after 587 laps. Carpenter finished the season ranked 103rd in the final points standings. Carpenter returned to the series in 2008, again for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He drove the No. 03 Vision Racing Porsche-Crawford with George, Foyt, Vítor Meira and John Andretti in the Daytona Prototype class. The car started twentieth and finished 25th overall (12th in class) with 615 laps completed. Carpenter ranked 68th in the final points standings.

Media appearances

Film and television Carpenter was the subject of an episode of the television series IndyCar 36. The episode highlights Carpenter's weekend at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway. The episode was broadcast before the Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place on July 8, 2012.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results (key)

Indy Lights Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2002 Sinden Racing Dallara IPS Infiniti Q45KANNSHMISKTYSTLCHITXS 3rd 226 2003 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesHMSPHXINDYPPIRKANNSHMISSTLKTYCHIFONTXS 3rd 377 2005 Vision RacingHMSPHXSTPINDYTXSIMSNSHMILKTYPPIRSNMCHIWGLFON 26th 19

IndyCar Series Season still in progress 1 Run on same day. 2 Race cancelled due to death of Dan Wheldon

Indianapolis 500