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April 06, 2009
Patrick Carpentier to Race the #99 Nationwide Car for Michael Waltrip Racing?
Jayski has an interesting item that comes from RueFrontenac.com, that apparently (the original item is in French so what Jayski has is a translation) that Patrick Carpentier will race the #99 Nationwide car for Michael Waltrip Racing in the road course race in Montreal and possibly also in the race at Watkins Glen with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts. I had saw somewhere that MWR might possibly field the #99 for the race at Montreal which didn't surprise me since that race's title sponsor is NAPA, who of course sponsors Michael Waltrip's #55 Cup car at MWR but there was no indication as to who the driver might be.
I was thinking that driver would likely end up being one of the drivers that MWR is currently working with, maybe Marcos Ambrose or Max Papis since are known for their road course expertise. But I'm excited that Patrick might get a couple of races in the #99. Although he didn't have much success in the brief time he was in Cup he seemed like a good guy so I'm glad that he may get another opportunity in NASCAR with MWR even if it's just on a very limited basis.
I wish I remembered some of the French I learned in High School so that I could read the original article as it's possible that something is being lost in the translation between the article and what ended up on Jayski. I really hope it happens though - I think it would be really cool for Patrick to race for MWR!
Posted by silverdsl at April 6, 2009 10:34 PM