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IRL: Ed Carpenter back for three more races

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Khatir Soltani
Vision Racing driver Ed Carpenter, who took part in this year Indianapolis 500 along with will be back in action for the three domestic oval races remaining on the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule.

He’ll drive the No. 20 Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka entry at Chicagoland Speedway on Aug. 28, Kentucky Speedway on Sept. 4 and Homestead-Miami Speedway on Oct. 2.

Ed Carpenter started an Indianapolis 500-best eighth, ran as high as fourth and finished 17th in the May 30 event, which was his 100th IZOD IndyCar Series race.

Ed Carpenter fared well in 2009 in a Vision Racing car at the three 1.5-mile ovals. At Chicagoland Speedway, he advanced six positions to finish sixth in a race in which the top 13 cars were separated by 0.8269 seconds. At Kentucky Speedway, he led 34 laps and fell short of his first victory by 0.0162 of a second in the series' closest finish at the track. At Homestead-Miami Speedway, he started a career-high fourth and finished 12th.

The 29-year-old, made his IZOD IndyCar Series debut in 2003 and has been Vision Racing's full-time driver since the team's inception in 2005.



Khatir Soltani
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