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Ed Carpenter Racing

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Ed Carpenter Racing
Owner(s)Ed Carpenter
Ted Gelov
Principal(s)Tim Broyles
BaseIndianapolis, Indiana
SeriesIndyCar Series
Race driversNo. 20 Alexander Rossi
No. 21 Christian Rasmussen
TBA Ed Carpenter (part-time)
SponsorsHeartland Food Products Group (Splenda, Java House), Direct Supply
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2011
Career
Debut2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Drivers' Championships0
Indy 500 victories0
Race victories6
Ed Carpenter Racing headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana

Ed Carpenter Racing is an American racing team based in Speedway, Indiana that currently competes in the IndyCar Series. The team is owned by driver Ed Carpenter. The team is based in Indianapolis, Indiana,[1] and currently fields the No. 20 Dallara-Chevrolet for Ryan Hunter-Reay, the No. 21 Dallara-Chevrolet for Rinus VeeKay and the No.30 Dallara-Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter. In 2015, the team merged with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to form CFH Racing, but became ECR again in 2016.

History

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After spending five seasons with Vision Racing, and the 2011 IndyCar Series season with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing,[2] on November 2, 2011, Ed Carpenter announced the creation of Ed Carpenter Racing, which ran its first season in 2012 with sponsorship by Fuzzy's Premium Vodka[3] for three seasons.[4] Among the reasons for the team's creation was concerns surrounding the departure of Sarah Fisher Racing's sponsor Dollar General.[1] IRL founder and Carpenter's stepfather Tony George also became an owner,[3] along with former golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.[5] American Le Mans Series team owner and former Penske Racing member Derrick Walker was hired as general manager;[6] Tim Broyles and Bret Schmitt were hired as team manager and crew chief, respectively.[7]

On February 13, 2012, it was confirmed that the team will run with engines from Chevrolet.[8] Carpenter stated that he was intending to run a full season, unlike in previous seasons, where he ran the ovals,[5] and had also decided to drive with #20, the number he drove with during his tenure at Vision Racing.[2] The team claimed its first victory with Carpenter winning the season-ending MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway,[7] and ECR became the only one-driver team to win a race in 2012.[9] In 2013, Walker left for a position with IndyCar.[10] Eventually, Carpenter scored the pole position for the Indianapolis 500.[11] He finished the season sixteenth in points, with a best result of second at the final race at Auto Club Speedway.

For the 2014 season, Carpenter competed in the oval races on the calendar, while Mike Conway competed for the team on road and street courses.[12] On March 20, J. R. Hildebrand was hired to run the 2014 Indianapolis 500 with the team in the No. 21.[13] The move to a shared drive paid off well for the team early in the year, with Conway winning the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and Carpenter winning the Indy 500 pole for the second consecutive year. Carpenter's four lap average of 231.067 mph was the first Indy pole-claiming run in excess of 230 mph for 11 years.[14] Unfortunately, he was involved in a crash with James Hinchcliffe on a late restart, finishing 27th. Later in the season, Carpenter won the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway, his first win since the 2012 triumph at Fontana.

On August 16, 2014, Carpenter announced the team would merge with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing for the 2015 season, becoming CFH Racing.[15] After one season, Hartman and Fisher left the sport and CFH was rebranded to Ed Carpenter Racing.[16]

On June 2, 2016, the team announced that 2015 Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot would drive in the No. 20 car in all remaining road and street circuit events.[17] The arrangement was similar to Mike Conway's during the 2014 season. On June 12, 2016, Josef Newgarden sustained a fractured clavicle and wrist in an accident during the Firestone 600. The team announced the following day that J. R. Hildebrand would fill in for Newgarden until he recovered from his injuries.[18] However, Newgarden was able to recover enough from his injuries to not miss any races.

For the 2017 season, Carpenter and Pigot remained with the team with the same agreement as the previous season.[19] However, with the full-time entry vacated by Newgarden's departure to Team Penske, the team hired J. R. Hildebrand as the new full-time driver.[20] During the second race of the season at Long Beach, Hildebrand suffered a broken bone in his left hand.[21] As a result, he was forced to sit out the next race. The team hired Indy Lights driver Zach Veach to fill in for Hildebrand while he recovered from his injuries.[22]

On March 7, 2018, it was announced that Danica Patrick would drive a third car for the team in her final Indianapolis 500 appearance.[23]

Ed Carpenter Racing garage at the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s

Racing results

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Complete IndyCar Series results

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(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Ed Carpenter 20 18 22 14 21 21 12 12 8 8 18 22 22 20 25 1* 18th 261
2013 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Ed Carpenter 20 14 22 18 23 10* 18 15 4 14 4 9 13 22 20 19 14 23 22 2 16th 333
2014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW TOR MDO MIL SNM FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United Kingdom Mike Conway 20 16 1 14 19 21 11 17 13 15 1 13 14 23rd 252
United States Ed Carpenter 27 1 13 5 9 3 22nd 262
United States J. R. Hildebrand 21 10 26th 66
2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TXS WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States J. R. Hildebrand 6 22 6 23rd 84
United States Ed Carpenter 20 21 31 18 21 18 25th 67
United States Spencer Pigot (R) 17 18 9 19 7 15 22 21st 165
United States Josef Newgarden 21 22 6 10 3 21 3 14 4 8 1* 22 10 4 22 2 6 4th 502
2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Spencer Pigot 20 20 8 20 9 10 21 12 18 19 12 13 20th 218
United States Ed Carpenter 7 11 11 12 12 21 22nd 169
United States J. R. Hildebrand 21 13 11 3 14 16 17 18 12 16 2 13 17 19 18 15 14 15th 347
United States Zach Veach (R) 19 33rd 23
2018 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT POR SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Danica Patrick 13 30 38th 13
United Kingdom Jordan King (R) 20 21 18 14 24 16 18 12 11 12 15 13 22nd 175
United States Ed Carpenter 7 2* 20 10 10 12 21st 187
United States Spencer Pigot 21 15 14 15 15 15 20 10 23 11 8 2 20 13 16 6 4 24 14th 325
2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United Arab Emirates Ed Jones1 63 13 20th 217
20 21 14 19 16 6 20 14 22 12 13 14 23
United States Ed Carpenter 6 13 19 6 2 23rd 161
United States Spencer Pigot 21 11 11 17 18 5 14 10 21 14 14 15 5 7 17 21 6 20 14th 335
2020 TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY GAT MDO IMS STP
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Ed Carpenter 20 5 15 23 26 20 21 25th 81
United States Conor Daly 12 21 18 13 16 12 20 17 17th 237
47 29
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  21 22 5 13 14 20 17 20 6 4 8 11 3 17 15 14th 289
2021 ALA STP TXS IMS INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IMS GAT POR LAG LBH
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Conor Daly 47 13 18th 235
20 16 16 25 13 15 20 15 12 11 16 16 21
United States Ed Carpenter 17 11 5 22 27th 107
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 21 6 9 20 9 1 8 2 18 16 24 24 21 17 18 25 12th 308
United States Oliver Askew 12 29th 61
2022 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IMS NSH GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Conor Daly 20 21 18 12 19 5 6 12 14 13 20 19 16 17 17 23 25 24 17th 267
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 21 6 10 13 3 23 33 16 17 4 13 4 19 6 12 26 20 14 12th 331
United States Ed Carpenter 33 13 19 25 17 22 27th 75
2023 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW NSH IMS GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Conor Daly 20 14 20 23 25 19 8 15 25th 134
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 17 19 26 23 24 16 20 14 21 10 26th 131
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 21 21 11 26 16 13 10 18 12 15 13 17 18 14 11 11 6 18 14th 277
United States Ed Carpenter 33 13 20 24 23 24 30th 46
2024 STP THE2 LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW TOR GAT POR MIL NSH
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Denmark Christian Rasmussen  R  33 12 22nd 163
20 21 DNQ 27 24 20 27 20 13 9 27 26 11 16 14
United States Ed Carpenter 17 20 22 17 32nd 45
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 21 10 DNQ 14 17 26 9 14 24 26 19 5 9 8 10 11 14 7 12 13th 300

* Season still in progress

  1. ^ In conjunction with Scuderia Corsa
  2. ^ Non-points paying exhibition event

IndyCar wins

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# Season Date Sanction Track / Race No. Winning Driver Chassis Engine Tire Grid Laps Led
1 2012 September 15 IndyCar Auto Club Speedway (O) 20 United States Ed Carpenter Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 5 62
2 2014 April 13 IndyCar Streets of Long Beach (S) 20 United Kingdom Mike Conway Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 17 3
3 June 7 IndyCar Texas Motor Speedway (O) 20 United States Ed Carpenter (2) Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 5 90
4 July 20 IndyCar Exhibition Place (S) 20 United Kingdom Mike Conway (2) Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 11 7
5 2016 July 10 IndyCar Iowa Speedway (O) 21 United States Josef Newgarden Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 2 282
6 2021 May 15 IndyCar Indianapolis Motor Speedway (R) 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone 7 33

References

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  6. ^ Proffit, Anne (November 5, 2011). "Derrick Walker To Manage Ed Carpenter Racing". Motor Authority. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Blattler, Tom (March 20, 2013). "ECR Set For 2013 Debut, Fuzzy's Vodka Team Ready For St. Pete Streets". Ed Carpenter Racing. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  8. ^ Associated Press (February 13, 2012). "Ed Carpenter signs with Chevrolet for 2012 season". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  9. ^ Tuttle, Tim. "Ed Carpenter's tenacity pays off with season-ending win at Fontana". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  10. ^ Weaver, Matt (September 17, 2013). "Ed Carpenter: Villains and rivalries go against the IndyCar culture". SB Nation. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  11. ^ "Carpenter slays IndyCar giants to win 500 pole". Reuters. May 18, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  12. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (November 15, 2013). "Conway joins Carpenter team for roads/streets". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  13. ^ IndyCar (March 20, 2014). "Hildebrand To Compete In '500'". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  14. ^ Oreovicz, John (May 21, 2014). "Speeds up, anxiety high at Indy". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  15. ^ DiZinno, Tony (August 16, 2014). "UPDATED: Carpenter, SFHR IndyCar squads to merge, become CFH Racing". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  16. ^ Malsher, David (January 28, 2016). "Ed Carpenter resumes sole control of team". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  17. ^ Rentz, Brie (June 2, 2016). "Spencer Pigot Joins Ed Carpenter Racing Driver Line-Up". Ed Carpenter Racing. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  18. ^ Malsher, David (June 13, 2016). "Hildebrand to sub for injured Newgarden". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network, LLC. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  19. ^ Malsher, David (December 15, 2016). "Pigot to return to Ed Carpenter Racing". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  20. ^ Malsher, David (November 4, 2016). "Hildebrand confirmed as full-time Ed Carpenter driver". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  21. ^ Ayello, Jim (April 9, 2017). "Long Beach notebook: JR Hildebrand breaks hand". The Indianapolis Star. Long Beach, California: Gannett Company. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  22. ^ Pruett, Marshall (April 18, 2017). "Veach to replace injured Hildebrand at Barber". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  23. ^ "It's Official! Danica To Drive For Carpenter". Turn 3 Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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