Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentieris a Canadian professional auto racing driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, where he got five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, but moved on Grand Am in 2007 and spent a bit more time running his ranch. After a few NASCAR races in 2007,...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth13 August 1971
accomplish beginning definitely expecting finish happy strong year
I'm really happy with what we've been able to accomplish this year, ... I definitely wasn't expecting a strong finish at the beginning of the year when things weren't going so well for us.
next
I have no idea what I'll be doing next year,
close coming conditions help quite race testing
Coming here and testing is going to help us quite a bit, especially so close to the race where the conditions are probably going to be very similar.
best bit calmed car couple crazy definitely ended far fast fun great guys happened hate race racing sorry stick time wrong
It was a great day for me, but I'm definitely sorry about what happened to Alex. You always hate it when these things happen, and he's just ended up in the wrong place a couple of times this year. For me, it was very fun racing today. Things were a bit crazy at the beginning, but the guys calmed down and made the car a lot of fun to drive. This was by far my best race on one of these fast ovals. It was the first time that we were able to stick with the leaders, but it's not going to be the last.
fun looks project
It looks like a fun project for the whole of Canada.
great guys racing season stuff taught understood
They taught me a lot of stuff and I had a great season with those guys. And they understood racing a lot, actually a lot more than a lot of guys I know.
accomplish advantage banking carousel chance definitely fun happy helps last lead learning nicest passing race sustain tracks turns uphill week
This is one of the nicest tracks I've ever been on, but I'm definitely still learning it. The chicane and carousel turns are tricky. It's a high-speed track with banking that helps sustain momentum. The race should be a fun one, with passing on the uphill backstretch. It's long and with drafting, it'll lead to some passing or a chance to take advantage of those making mistakes. We were pretty happy with what we were able to accomplish last week at the test, but I think we can definitely still improve.
canada racing
Racing in Canada would be so much fun.