Ed Carpenter

Ed Carpenter enters his third season as the only owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series, driving the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing. He christened the ownership of his own team in 2011 by capturing the first win of his IZOD IndyCar Series career at Kentucky. Carpenter, an Indianapolis native, enters his ninth full season in the series with a top finish of 12th in the 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series championship standings.

Ganassi foursome endures trying day

INDIANAPOLIS – Once again, Chip Ganassi Racing will start the Indianapolis 500 packed close together. Unfortunately, for the foursome, that proximity is in the middle of the pack. Hopes of cracking the top nine and claiming a front-row view were quashed

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Hunter-Reay in fast company

If there’s a favorite for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, odds are it’s a member of Andretti Autosport. Andretti drivers have won three of the first four races in the Izod IndyCar Series this year, and all five drivers qualified in the top nine for Sunday’s r

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Why Carpenter's great start makes a good finish

Few things resound with the average fan more than a story of redemption, of triumph over adversity or conquest of the behemoth by the underdog. You can make a good case for David vs. Goliath as the world's first well-promoted heavyweight title fight, tho

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 18: Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar CEO Jeff Belskus presents pole-winner Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, with the trophy after qualifying for the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 18, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - APRIL 7: Ed Carpenter, drives the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet during warm up for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park on April 7, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama.

FONTANA, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara Chevrolet celebrates after winning the IZOD IndyCarSeries MATV 500 World Championship at the Auto Club Speedway on September 15, 2012 in Fontana, California.

TORONTO, ON - JULY 07: Ed Carpenter, drives the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet during practice for the IZOD INDYCAR Series Honda Indy Toronto on July 7, 2012 in Toronto, Canada.

US driver Ed Carpenter of Team Ed Carpenter Racing is helped by race staff after crashing during the Sao Paulo Indy 300 race, at the Sambodromo racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 29, 2012. Australia's Will Power, of Team Penske, won the race ahead of US Ryan Hunter-Reay, of Andretti Autosport, and Takuma Sato, of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, who got the third place.

LONG BEACH, CA - APRIL 13: Ed Carpenter drives the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet during practice for the IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach on April 13, 2012 in Long Beach, California.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 30: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, waits in the pits during practice for the IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy at Barber Motorsports Park on March 30, 2012 in Birmingham, Alabama.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 2: Dario Franchitti of Scotland, driver of the #10 Downy Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, Ed Carpenter, driver of the #67 Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda, and Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, celebrate on the podium after Carpenter captured the win at the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 2: Ed Carpenter, driver of the #67 Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda, celebrates winning the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 2: Dario Franchitti of Scotland, driver of the #10 Downy Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, and Ed Carpenter, driver of the #67 Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda, battle during the final 10 laps of the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 2, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 02: Race winner, Ed Carpenter, driver of #67 Dollar General Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda (c) poses with second place finisher, Dario Franchitti of Scotland, driver of the #10 Downey Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda (L) and third place finisher, Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda after the IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 on October 2, 2011 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 02: Ed Carpenter in his #67 Dollar General Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda beats Dario Franchitti, driver of the #10 Downey Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Hinda to the finish line to win the IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 on October 2, 2011 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.

SPARTA, KY - OCTOBER 1: Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda, drives ahead of Ed Carpenter, driver of the #67 Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara Honda, during practice for the IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on October 1, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky.

BALTIMORE - SEPTEMBER 3: Ed Carpenter driver of the #67 Dollar General Dallara Honda during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Baltimore Grand Prix on September 3, 2011 on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland.

LEXINGTON, OH - AUGUST 06: Ed Carpenter leads Sebastian Saavedra of Colombia driver of the #34 Conquest Racing Dallara Honda during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on August 6, 2011 in Lexington, Ohio.

NEWTON, IA - JUNE 24: Ed Carpenter drives the #67 Dollar General Honda races during practice for the running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway on June 24, 2011 in Newton, Iowa.

INDYCAR: Kentucky - 2011

INDYCAR: After runner-up finishes the last two years, Ed Carpenter finally wins at Kentucky, narrowly beating Dario Franchitti to the line.

Recent Quotes

05/20/2013

This is awesome, and it’s bigger than our wins, and it’s huge for the team

Ed Carpenter (racing) at the The New York Times

05/20/2013

Those track conditions today were not good

Ed Carpenter (racing) at the Trackside Online

05/19/2013

This is a good start ... I want to make sure we keep the team focused. I hope this is part one of a really magical month, and we’re here for race day. This is awesome and it’s bigger than our wins and it’s huge for the team. It’s definitely a landmark day, but I don’t want to get overly focused on this because we have a lot of work to do yet.

Ed Carpenter (racing) at the Catchfence