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No. 10 LifeLock Dodge Chicagoland Preview

Tuesday July 8, 2008

 

Patrick Carpentier is riding high after his career best finish of 14th last week.

“I can’t even begin to explain what last week’s finish means for the LifeLock team,” said Carpentier. “We just kept working like we did through the race. I can’t say enough about these guys and Gillett Evernham Motorsports. We are getting better each week and their support is paying off.”

This weekend the Canadian sets his sights on the second LifeLock sponsored race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway. Carpentier will be piloting the LifeLock Dodge and has never seen the 1.5-mile tri-oval in a stock car before.

TV and Radio Times: Qualifying is set for Thursday at 8:40 p.m. (ET) on SPEED TV and MRN Radio. Race time on Saturday is 8p.m. (ET) on TNT and MRN Radio.

DRIVER PATRICK CARPENTIER QUOTES:

“The LifeLock team seems to keep building each week. That was our goal. To just steadily improve our finishes and we’ve been doing that. We had a good run at Michigan then a better one at Infineon and now we’ve got a career best at Daytona.

“Looking ahead to Chicago, it’s a track I don’t have any experience on. But one good thing I have going is that I really enjoy racing on the 1.5-mile tracks, especially those with a little bit of banking like Chicago.

“The LifeLock team had a couple decent runs at the 1.5-mile track this year. And we’re realistic we can continue those this weekend. Our goal is to continue finishing in the top 25. With all our friends from LifeLock coming to the race we’re hoping to give them a good show.”

For a behind the scenes look at Patrick Carpentier visit http://www.patcarpentier.ca/

NOTES
Chassis
Carpentier will be driving chassis No. 256. Brand new chassis out of the GEM stable. Backup is No. 218.

Chicagoland Speedway
This will be another new track for Carpentier.

2008 Season
· The NASCAR rookie’s career best finish of 14th came at Daytona.
· Carpentier earned his first career Cup pole at Loudon.
· It was the first time a rookie has ever earned a pole in the Cup Series at Loudon.
· He is ranked third in rookie standings, 33 points out of the lead
· Carpentier gained 19 places at Michigan. After starting 43rd and finishing 24th he was awarded the “Improving the Finish” award. It’s given to the driver who best improves their finish from the green flag to the checkered flag. Darrell Waltrip, Larry Mac and Mike Joy gave Carpentier an “A” in his 2008 Fox Sports report card for his superb qualifying efforts. Carpentier started 4th at Richmond – his best start of the season. The Quebec-native led four laps at Darlington. His first laps led of 2008. It was the first time a rookie has led at Darlington since 2004. Carpentier has started every race that he has had a chance to qualify for, excluding only the Daytona 500.

History
Carpentier began his career with Gillett Evernham Motorsports at Watkins Glen last season.
Carpentier’s accomplishments outside of NASCAR include two Champ Car World Series wins, three CART victories and a Toyota Atlantic Championship.

Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Ray Evernham served as Jeff Gordon’s crew chief from 1992-’99 winning 47 races and three Cup championships.
Evernham founded Evernham Motorsports in 2000 and began first full season of competition in 2001 serving as the cornerstone of Dodge’s return to NASCAR.
George Gillett Jr. became co-owner with Evernham in October 2007. Gillett also owns the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL and the Liverpool soccer team in the English Premier League.
Gillett Evernham Motorsports campaigns Kasey Kahne in the No. 9, Patrick Carpentier in the No. 10, and Elliott Sadler in the No. 19 in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.
The organization also fields the No. 9 in NASCAR Nationwide Series races with its Sprint Cup drivers plus rookie Chase Miller.
Gillett Evernham Motorsports owns 15 victories and 26 poles.

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