Carpenter, Wheldon join field for Ironman

Indianapolis, October 17, 2009: Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter and Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon are entered in the Ironman 150 TaG endurance karting event Oct. 18 at New Castle (Ind.) Motorsports Park.

Carpenter last month won the Mazda Robo-Pong 200 endurance event on the serpentine track with co-driven Nathan O'Rouke, an engineer at Vision Racing. He's also entered in the Ironman 150, which starts at 1 p.m. (EDT). The event is free and open to the public.