Former Champ Car and IRL driver Patrick Carpentier is another open-wheel driver who is taking his act to the stock car circuits. Sunday at Cayuga International Speedway he got his first taste of the big sedans and came away both impressed with the racing and impressive on the track. Carpentier, driving the #88 Ford of Dave Jacombs Racing, started way back in 21st on the grid for the CASCAR Super Series Hot Head Henry 200 and battled veterans of Canada’s top stock car racing series to finish sixth. The 33-year-old native of Joliette, Que., came away with a new appreciation for the CASCAR drivers. “The drivers in the series knew that I was new at this and they were really great with me,” he said. “They gave me pointers, advice and all kinds of information relating to race lines and how to handle traffic.”(Toronto Sun), Carpentier is actively talking to Busch Series team about a ride in 2007.(9-6-2006)
