This is an update to:
Blog: Patrick Carpentier To Step Into NASCAR
I am hearing that a deal between Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Patrick Carpentier has been reached, and the former open-wheel driver will pilot the No. 10 Valvoline Dodge in 2008.
Carpentier would replace Scott Riggs, who is leaving the team at the end of the year to join Haas CNC Racing. Lee Spencer, FOXSports.com
Word on the street is that Patrick Carpentier might join Gillett Evernham Motorsports next season to drive the No. 10.
Will he join Gillett Evernham Motorsports next year to drive the car being vacated by Scott Riggs?
Well, Alex Gillett isn’t really saying. In a story I read on Monday he was quoted as saying, of Carpentier, “He is one guy we like, absolutely. He tested pretty well at Kentucky and drove the car pretty well on the track, so we’ll see.” Jaynelle Ramon, AzStarNet
UPDATE: October 11, 2007 08:12 am
That Carpentier has signed with Gillett Evernham Motorsports to drive the No. 10 Dodge next season comes as no surprise. George Gillett, owner of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens and majority owner of the NASCAR team, likes Carpentier and likes what he did in his only NASCAR start this season—second in the Busch race at Montreal.
Carpentier joins Jacques Villeneuve as the only Canadians in stock-car racing’s upper echelon. Angelique S. Chengelis, detnews.com
Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced today that they have added Patrick Carpentier to their driver lineup for 2008. The Quebec native and former open wheel stand out will drive fulltime in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next year as well as select races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The car number and sponsorship have not yet been announced. Auto Racing Daily
Carpentier’s sponsorship deal and car number have not yet been determined. Carpentier made his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut earlier this season driving the No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Avenger at Watkins Glen, leading seven laps in the event.
Just one week earlier, he had made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
The road course veteran proved to be a quick study as he won the pole for the event and led 14 laps en route to a second-place finish. Canada.com
It had already been announced that current driver Scott Riggs would be leaving the No. 10 Dodge team at season’s end, so Carpentier, who filled in for Riggs once this season, will assume the seat fulltime in 2008 while competing in a handful of NASCAR Nationwide Series events.
“We are excited to add Patrick Carpentier to our organization for 2008, ” said George Gillett co-owner of Gillett Evernham Motorsports. “Patrick (Carpentier) has shown tremendous talent in every series he has driven throughout his career and has a bright future in NASCAR. We are committed to giving Patrick (Carpentier) the best resources and opportunities available to make this transition and we look forward to a great deal of success together both on and off the track. ” AHN
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