Patrick Carpentier

Patrick Carpentier is a retired Canadian professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, and moved on to Grand Am Road Racing in 2007. After a few NASCAR races in 2007, he moved full-time into the series in 2008. Since 2009, he has only had part-time drives, so became a contractor and renovator in Montreal, trading in real estate in Las Vegas, as well as being a color commentator for television coverage of various racing series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing. Carpentier is now the president of a home construction firm in Quebec.

13 August 1971

Born on the same birth date (13 August 1971): Adam Housley • Moritz Bleibtreu

Born on the same birth day (13 August): Adam Housley • Bernard Manning • Charles Wells (brewer) • Dave "Baby" Cortez • Gary Gibbs • Gleb W. Derujinsky • James Morrison (singer) • Kevin Tighe • Koji Kondo • Margaret Tafoya • Margareta Winberg • Na Jae-min • Paul Greengrass • Sid Gordon • Tom Prince (baseball)

Born in the same month (August 1971): David Walliams • Ernest Faber • Forbes Johnston • Jason Bell (rugby league) • Johnny Balentina • Justin Theroux • Melinda Page Hamilton • Nathan Page • Patrik Andersson • Raoul Bova • Rick Yune • Shane Andrews