Ed Carpenter

Everette Edward Carpenter (born March 3rd, 1981) is an Indycar series driver and stepson of IRL founder Tony George. He will compete for his own team in 2012

Career
Ed Carpenter drove in the Indy Lights Series in 2002 and 2003 and won a race at Indiapolis in 2003.

Ed Carpenter began his IRL career in 2003 driving 3 races for PDM Racing. In 2004 he drove his first full season for Team Cheever and he finished 16th in the points in 2004. In 2005 Carpenters step father Tony George started his own team Vision Racing and signed Carpenter to drive. Carpenter had a terrible season with the new team not even finishing in the top 10 once.

In the 2006 opener at Homestead Miami Speedway Carpenter spun out during the warm up for the race and his car stalled. Several cars drove around him at top speed and missed him but rookie driver Paul Dana hit him head on and Dana's car was sent flying. Carpenter escaped with a bruised lung but Paul Dana was killed. A strategic move to put on rain tires at Watkins Glen helped Carpenter to his best career finish of 6th. 2007 Carpenter had 3 top 10's but finished 15th.

With the arrival of several CART drivers during the merge came much deeper fields and many people pointed there fingers at Ed Carpenter and teammate AJ Foyt IV as drivers who they felt didn't belong in the deep field. Carpenter determained to prove them wrong started the season with a 5th place finish and finished 5th at the Indianapolis 500 in 2008 as well. In 2009 Carpenter had another top 10 run at Indy and found himself racing for the win at Kentucky but Ryan Briscoe edged Carpenter out as they went side by side.

In 2010 Carpenter appeared to be driving just a one off for Panther Racing but after finishing 17th at Indy sponsor Fuzzys Vodka picked him up for 3 of the final 4 races. Once again Carpenter came close to a win at Kentucky but had to settle for 2nd.

In 2011 he agreed to drive 10 races for Sarah Fisher Racing. Once again Carpenter was a force at Kentucky battling Dario Franchitti to the finish. Once again it was a side by side finish but this time Carpenter got the win his first of his career. It was Carpenters 112th start and he got his first career win and Sarah Fisher Racing's first win as a team.

In 2012 he will start his own team and he hope to run full time as the driver with Fuzzys Vodka the sponsor.