Helio Castroneves, center, of Brazil, is flanked by Ed Carpenter, left, and Dan Wheldon, of England, on the podium after winning the IndyCar Series' Kentucky Indy 300 auto race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., Saturday, Sept.
Ed Carpenter spent most of his summer packing up boxes at Vision Racing's headquarters in Indianapolis, the only home the veteran driver has known during his IndyCar career.