Patrick Carpentier may have lost his ride with Forsythe Racing Crash.net has
learned.
source:
crash.net
Rodolfo Lavin is rumored to be the replacement and could be named as
the teams second driver this coming week in Long Beach.
The speculation, which comes from an anonymous source who spent several years as
a Forsythe Racing employee, also claims that Forsythe will not field three cars
but stay with only two. Carpentier, who earned the Jim Trueman Rookie of the
Year award in 1997, has spent all but one year of his Champ Car career with
Forsythe's Players team.
Lavin will no doubt bring backing from his long standing sponsor Corona Extra
which is part of the Grupo Modelo Brewing company in Mexico. The Mexican driver
came up through the CART ladder series and raced in Champ Cars in 2003 with
Corona Extra sponsorship for the Walker Racing team.
Carpentier set track records at Nazareth and Milwaukee in 1998 during qualifying
that still stand and his first career victory came in 2001 after winning at
Michigan. Carpentier has had 126 Champ Car starts, 4 victories, 4 poles and 17
podiums.