CARPENTIER WILL NOT RACE THIS WEEKEND (W)

Round 10 of the CASCAR Super Series at St. Eustache

CARPENTIER WILL NOT RACE THIS WEEKEND IN SAINT-EUSTACHE


Montréal, QC, September 7, 2006 - Due to 
uncontrollable circumstances, Patrick Carpentier 
will not take part in round 10 of the CASCAR 
Super Series that will be held this weekend at 
Autodrome Saint-Eustache, located northwest of 
Montreal. The event, originally scheduled last 
June, was rained out and postponed until this 
weekend. This gave the former open-wheel star an 
opportunity to race in front of a home crowd.

"Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work for us 
this week," said Carpentier, who finished sixth 
last weekend at Cayuga Speedway (Ontario) after 
starting 19th in his first-ever stock car race. 
"I am disappointed for everyone who worked real 
hard on this project, and I want to sincerely 
thank Claude Aubin, from Saint-Eustache, Richard 
Coughlin of CASCAR and team owner Dave Jacombs 
for their efforts. I'm also disappointed for the 
fans. We worked relentlessly to fix every problem 
that arose, but at the end, we finally concluded 
that it would simply not work out. I really 
enjoyed my outing in this series, and I must 
admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the 
camaraderie at Jacombs Racing and in the series 
in general. If another opportunity presents 
itself, I would like to get another chance to 
race in Saint-Eustache."

Carpentier, currently associated with Mecachrome 
International, placed on hold an invitation to 
race with a top notch Indy Racing League (IRL) 
team this weekend in Chicago in order to pursue 
his dream of racing stock cars.

"Lately, I have been telling everyone that my 
future in racing lies in stock car," continued 
Carpentier, who will fly to Las Vegas this 
Saturday in order to enlist his daughter in 
primary school. "I would have probably accepted 
the IRL team invitation, but I also had the 
opportunity to race again with Jacombs Racing. 
Between the two, I opted for the stock car event, 
but in the end, it simply did not work out. We 
tried every which way. I even delayed for a 
couple of days the enlistment of my daughter in 
school in order to try and race at 
Saint-Eustache."

Carpentier will join CITGO/SAMAX Racing team on 
September 19 for a two-day test at Daytona, 
Florida. This test is a prelude to next January's 
Daytona 24-Hour race. Carpentier drove the 
CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac-powered Riley with Milka Duno 
of Caracas, Venezuela in the August 26 R0LEX 
Sports Car Series race at Infineon Raceway in 
Sonoma, California. The pair, who ran as high as 
third, finished in seventh place. It was the 
Canadian driver second outing in this series. 
Last January, he co-drove with Christian 
Fittipaldi and team owner Eddie Cheever Jr. in 
the 24-Hour of Daytona. The team was running in 
fourth place with two hours to go, when they 
retired with a mechanical problem.

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