Ed Carpenter Racing
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Team principal(s) | Ed Carpenter |
| Current series | IndyCar Series |
| Current drivers |
 Ed Carpenter J.R. Hildebrand Spencer Pigot
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| Teams' Championships |
0 |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
Ed Carpenter Racing is an American racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series. The team was owned by driver Ed Carpenter, who also drives for the team. ECR is the only team in IndyCar to be run by an owner/driver. The team is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and currently fields the No. 20 for Carpenter on oval races and Spencer Pigot for road and street course races and the No. 21 for J.R. Hildebrand. In 2015, the team merged with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to form CFH Racing, but became ECR again in 2016.
After spending five seasons with Vision Racing, and the 2011 IndyCar Series season with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, on November 2, 2011, Ed Carpenter announced the creation of Ed Carpenter Racing, which ran its first season in 2012 with sponsorship by Fuzzy's Premium Vodka for three seasons. Among the reasons for the team's creation was concerns surrounding the departure of Sarah Fisher Racing's sponsor Dollar General. IRL founder and Carpenter's stepfather Tony George also became an owner, along with former golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.American Le Mans Series team owner and former Penske Racing member Derrick Walker was hired as general manager;Tim Broyles and Bret Schmitt were hired as team manager and crew chief, respectively.
On February 13, 2012, it was confirmed that the team will run with engines from Chevrolet. Carpenter stated that he was intending to run a full season, unlike in previous seasons, where he ran the ovals, and had also decided to drive with #20, the number he drove with during his tenure at Vision Racing. The team claimed its first victory with Carpenter winning the season-ending MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway, and ECR became the only one-driver team to win a race in 2012. In 2013, Walker left for a position with IndyCar. Eventually, Carpenter scored the pole position for the Indianapolis 500. He finished the season sixteenth in points, with a best result of second at the final race at Auto Club Speedway.
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