Patrick Carpentier News

Carpentier hoping for more races:

Carpentier hoping for more races:

May 9, 2009
Patrick Carpentier was back in a NASCAR stock car this weekend, and he hopes he can return for some more races. Carpentier was a last-minute replacement for David Green in SK Motorsports #07 Nationwide Series Toyota at Darlington Raceway, making his first start of

Carpentier replacing David Green at Darlington?

Carpentier replacing David Green at Darlington?

May 6, 2009
Patrick Carpentier will make a return to driving a car from the NASCAR Nationwide Series Friday [at the] Diamond Plywood 250 at Darlington Raceway. The race takes place Friday evening and Carpentier will drive #07...Carpentiers agent confirmed the news. The last-minute

Talladega Rookie Notes:

Talladega Rookie Notes:

April 21, 2009
Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Gaughan scored a seventh-place finish, his third top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the second time in 2009. Justin Allgaier

Carpentier in the #99 at Montreal and maybe the Glen:

Carpentier in the #99 at Montreal and maybe the Glen:

April 6, 2009
Patrick Carpentier will participate in the NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA 200 that will be presented on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in August, driving Michael Waltrip Racing's #99 Toyota, usually driven by Scott Speed or Waltrip himself. According to two sources close

Bristol Rookie Notes:

Bristol Rookie Notes:

March 19, 2009
Bristol Rookie Notes: #20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 8 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Logano scored a 30th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the third consecutive race. Logano leads #82-Scott Speed by two points

Atlanta Rookie Notes and News:

Atlanta Rookie Notes and News:

March 5, 2009
Atlanta Rookie Notes and News: #20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 1 Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano scored a 13th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the second time this season and for the second consecutive race

California Raybestos Rookie Notes:

California Raybestos Rookie Notes:

February 19, 2009
#82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Daytona 500, scoring a 35th-place finish. Speed took top rookie honors for the first time this season. Speed leads #20-Joey Logano by one point (11-10) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Feb. 22

Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty:

Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty:

January 13, 2009
Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk and Sammy Johns will join existing GEM crew chiefs Kenny Francis and Mike Shiplett

Some Season Record Notes:

Some Season Record Notes:

December 8, 2008
- Five foreign-born drivers participated at Infineon Raceway: Marcos Ambrose (Australia), Patrick Carpentier and Ron Fellows (Canada), Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) and Max Papis (Italy). It was the largest contingent of foreign-born drivers in a race in NASCAR Sprint

Homestead Rookie Notes:

Homestead Rookie Notes:

November 14, 2008
#01-Regan Smith was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 9 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, scoring a 23rd-place finish. Smith grabbed top rookie honors for the 10th time in 2008. Sam Hornish Jr. leads Regan Smith by three points (199-196) in

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

October 31, 2008
where do they start at Texas: Michael McDowell, DNR #01-Regan Smith, 186.207mph, starts 25th Patrick Carpentier, DNR #77-Sam Hornish (X), 186.335mph, starts 21st

Evernham thinking about leaving GEM? UPDATE:

Evernham thinking about leaving GEM? UPDATE:

October 16, 2008
Ray Evernham, who has a minority share in Gillett Evernham Motorsports [#9, #10, and #19], said he was not involved in the decision to release rookie Patrick Carpentier. Evernham stressed he's a minority partner in the team and hinted maybe that role could change to

Evernham thinking about leaving GEM?

Evernham thinking about leaving GEM?

October 13, 2008
Ray Evernham, who has a minority share in Gillett Evernham Motorsports [#9, #10, and #19], said he was not involved in the decision to release rookie Patrick Carpentier. Evernham stressed he's a minority partner in the team and hinted maybe that role could change to

Carpentier blamed by crew chief UPDATE released:

Carpentier blamed by crew chief UPDATE released:

October 7, 2008
After the Gillett Motorsports #10 Dodge failed to qualify on speed at Talladega Superspeedway, crew chief [or as GEM calls them, Team Director] Mike Shiplett decided to put good judgement aside and lash out at team driver Patrick Carpentier in the Tow Truck in a Box

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

October 4, 2008
where do they start at Talladega: #00-Michael McDowell, not running the race #01-Regan Smith, 187.181, starts 4th #10-Patrick Carpentier, 185.215, starts DNQ #77-Sam Hornish, 185.258, starts DNQ