32 Facts About Patrick Carpentier

Patrick Carpentier was born on August 13,1971 and is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver.

Patrick Carpentier last competed part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing.

Patrick Carpentier started into Formula Ford 2000 Canada, before moving up to Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship in 1992.

Patrick Carpentier joined Lynx Racing in 1995, whereby he won his first-ever race for the team around the streets of Bicentennial Park.

Patrick Carpentier won again on the Nazareth Speedway oval, however the remainder of the season was marked by a variety of mechanical problems.

Patrick Carpentier rewrote the record book for this series, setting a new record for the most consecutive wins, most wins in a season, most consecutive wins from pole, most laps led in a season and most accumulated points in a season.

Patrick Carpentier was 5th overall in a disappointing 2003 season, despite winning the Grand Prix of Monterey, at the Laguna Seca.

Allegedly, Patrick Carpentier kept his ride because of his marketing popularity in his homeland.

Patrick Carpentier would repay Forsythe by retaining the Grand Prix of Monterey.

Patrick Carpentier ended 10th in the standings with two third places and 11 top 10s out of 17 races.

Shortly after the end of his IndyCar career, Patrick Carpentier drove a Crawford-Lexus DP03 for former boss Eddie Cheever in the 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Patrick Carpentier then competed in the 2006 CASCAR Super Series event at Cayuga Speedway.

Patrick Carpentier started 21st in the Dave Jacobs Racing car and finished sixth.

Patrick Carpentier re-signed for another season with SAMAX, to drive a Daytona Prototype in the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, alongside either Milka Duno or Ryan Dalziel.

Patrick Carpentier later left SAMAX to pursue a career in NASCAR, with his first race the next day.

Patrick Carpentier made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 4,2007, taking pole in qualifying and finished the controversial race in 2nd place, behind Kevin Harvick, while Robby Gordon was disqualified by NASCAR from his first place spot for intentionally wrecking Marcos Ambrose and ignoring a resulting penalty.

Patrick Carpentier led for seven laps in the race near the midway portion of the race and wound up finishing in the 20th position.

On February 14,2008, Patrick Carpentier attempted to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 in the second of two Gatorade Duels.

Patrick Carpentier was running in third place of the drivers not locked into the Daytona 500 based on owner points.

Patrick Carpentier was the first by a foreign born in NASCAR's top division since Lloyd Shaw won the pole at Langhorne Speedway in June 1953.

On July 5,2008, Patrick Carpentier earned his best career Sprint Cup finish by finishing 14th in the Coke Zero 400.

On June 9,2009, Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Patrick Carpentier would replace team owner, Michael Waltrip in the No 55 NAPA-sponsored Toyota for the two road course races on the 2009 Sprint Cup schedule: Infineon on June 21 and Watkins Glen on August 9.

Patrick Carpentier competed in a number of races for Tommy Baldwin Racing in events that conflict with Mike Skinner's truck series schedule.

In 2010, Patrick Carpentier ran a number of races for Latitude 43 Motorsports.

In 2011, Patrick Carpentier returned to his open-wheel roots, attempting to qualify for the 95th Indianapolis 500 for Dragon Racing after former Red Bull driver Scott Speed was unable to get the car up to speed on bump day.

Patrick Carpentier would steal the headlines during practice for the 2016 Brickyard 400 when he got into an accident with Kyle Busch.

In 2013, after spending time trying to avoid racing, Patrick Carpentier joined the French-language sports channel RDS, as a colour commentator for their NASCAR broadcasts.

Patrick Carpentier was the chance to make his rallycross debut with the Volkswagen Marklund Motorsport outfit.

At the start of the final, Patrick Carpentier slotted his Volkswagen Polo in fourth place behind Timur Timerzyanov.

Patrick Carpentier was the first driver to take his joker lap, but spun at the end of the second lap, putting him out of contention for a podium finish.

Patrick Carpentier raced a JRM Racing Mini Countryman in the 2015 World RX of Canada, this time finishing 14th overall and failing to reach the semi-finals.

Patrick Carpentier was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2021.