source:
redbullcheeverracing.com
While the St. Petersburg event will be a first for most of the IndyCar Series
teams and drivers, Red Bull Cheever Racing has an advantage. In his Champ Car
World Series days, Patrick Carpentier raced at the St. Petersburg street circuit
in 2003, starting fourth and finishing eighth.
"It is one of the most beautiful street circuits I have raced on," said Patrick
Carpentier, driver of the No. 83 Red Bull Cheever Racing Dallara/Toyota/Firestone.
"I am very happy to be going back. The track is exactly the same as when I was
there in 2003. In that race I was running second and battling for first with two
other drivers until I lost it on cold tires. We will see how it goes this
weekend. I hope that we will be running in the top six and see if we can get to
the front."
National Geographic Channel's IndyCar Racer Airs Next Week
National Geographic Channel will air the special IndyCar Racer, an insider's
view of Red Bull Cheever Racing and the IndyCar Series, on Thursday, April 7
from 8 to 11 p.m. ET/PT. The three-hour special follows the team and 2004
drivers Alex Barron and Ed Carpenter at the final three races of last season
including The Delphi 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, the Toyota 400 at California
Speedway, and the Chevy 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Eddie Cheever Jr. says about IndyCar Racer:
"IndyCar Racer shows a lot of aspects of a racing team that no one ever gets to
see. We had to think long and hard if we wanted people to see how crazy the
inner workings of a team can be."