Ed Carpenter (racecar driver)

Ed Carpenter (born March 3 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an IRL IndyCar Series driver. He is the stepson of Indy Racing League founder Tony George.

Career history

Early career

Following a successful career in midget racing that dated as far back as 1989, he moved up to single-seater formula cars in 2002 with the creation of the IRL Infiniti Pro Series. Driving for Sinden Racing Services, he finished third in points with a best finish of second. He drove for legendary owner A.J. Foyt the following season and won the Futaba Freedom 100, the series' most prestigious race, in his backyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He made his Indy Racing League debut later that season contesting a few races for PDM Racing and longtime owner Paul Diatlovich.

IndyCar Series

In 2004 he ran his first fulltime season for Red Bull Cheever Racing. He struggled to match the pace of experienced teammate Alex Barron and scored only a best result of eighth. Out of a ride for 2005, George started the new Vision Racing team and not surprisingly Carpenter was his driver. He failed to light up the scoreboard again with a solitary top ten finish from 17 starts.

On March 26th, 2006, during the warmup for the Toyota 300 IndyCar Series opener, Carpenter was involved in a brutal crash with driver Paul Dana. Dana died soon after from his injuries; Carpenter was reported to be "awake and alert," and was released the next day suffering only bruised lungs. He returned to the series on April 22 at Twin Ring Motegi. In a rain-affected race in June at Watkins Glen International Carpenter switched to rain tires late in the race while most others stayed on slicks and captured his best IRL finish at the time, a sixth place.

2007 was much like 2006 despite the addition of a third car to the Vision stable. Carpenter crashed out of five of the seventeen races and finished 15th in points, last among the Vision teammates.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel

(American Open Wheel driver results legend) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2003	PDM	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR	CHI 13	FON 13	TX2 Ret				27th	43
2004	Cheever	HMS 12	PHX Ret	MOT Ret	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	RIR 16	KAN 14	NSH Ret	MIL 11	MIS 14	KTY 8	PPIR 11	NZR Ret	CHI 11	FON 12	TX2 Ret				16th	245
2005	Vision	HMS Ret	PHX 16	STP Ret	MOT Ret	INDY 11	TXS Ret	RIR 12	KAN 17	NSH 10	MIL 12	MIS Ret	KTY Ret	PPIR 19	SNM 15	CHI 17	WGL 14	FON Ret			18th	244
2006	Vision	HMS DNS	STP INJ	MOT Ret	INDY 11	WGL 6	TXS 9	RIR 8	KAN 16	NSH 10	MIL Ret	MIS 7	KTY 11	SNM 12	CHI 5						14th	252
2007	Vision	HMS 6	STP Ret	MOT 15	KAN Ret	INDY Ret	MIL 7	TXS Ret	IOW 6	RIR 10	WGL 12	NSH 13	MDO 16	MIS Ret	KTY 7	SNM 13	DET 10	CHI 16			15th	309
2008	Vision	HMS 5	STP Ret	MOT1 6	LBH1 DNP	KAN 10	INDY 5	MIL Ret	TXS 9	IOW Ret	RIR 11	WGL 17	NSH 8	MDO 15	EDM 13	KTY 6	SNM 23	DET 14	CHI Ret	SRF2	15th	320

* 2008 season in progress

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
6	3	82	0	0	0	21	0	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
2004	Dallara	Chevrolet	16	31
2005	Dallara	Toyota	26	11
2006	Dallara	Honda	12	11
2007	Dallara	Honda	14	17
2008	Dallara	Honda	10	5

External links

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