I'm very happy because this has been my best season by far, but I think we can do a lot better. The beginning of the season was not very good because we had a lot of problems and struggles at the first couple of races, but I'm really looking to next year because I'm sure we'll have an even better season. But this year was a good learning experience and it was good for me to get two victories on road courses." -
Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentier, driver of the #32 Player's/Forsythe Reynard-Ford, has enjoyed the finest season of his career thus far with two victories, eight top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with two races remaining on the 2002 schedule.
YOU'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF SUCCESS RACING ON SUPERSPEEDWAYS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, INCLUDING YOUR FIRST CAREER CART VICTORY AT MICHIGAN LAST YEAR. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS?
PC
"I think I really like those kind of tracks. For some reason, I really like the high speeds and I like to race on those kinds of circuits. The Ford engine has usually been pretty strong on these types of tracks and the team always seems to give me a good car for the races. We don't always manage to qualify well but it really doesn't matter because the races are so long and we seem to be able to work our way through the field. We also seem to come up with some good pit strategies which helps quite a bit."
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rest of the Q&A with Patrick Carpentier can be found here at crash.net