Ed Carpenter (67) beats Dario Franchitti (10) by a nose to score the win in the Kentucky Indy 300. Photo by Bret Kelley
Ed Carpenter was thankful he had one Honda push to pass available on the final lap of the Kentucky Indy 300.
The extra horsepower boost was crucial in the Sarah Fisher Racing driver’s 22-lap duel with Dario Franchitti, and most important as he exiting turn 4 of the 1.5-mile oval side-by-side with the IZOD IndyCar Series championship front-runner.
He pushed the button and pushed the No. 67 Dollar General car to the start/finish line to edge Franchitti by 0.0098 of a second — the sixth-closest race in IZOD IndyCar Series and the closest ever at Kentucky Speedway.
“It felt way better than I ever thought it was going to feel,” Carpenter said. “Dario raced me hard and clean. I knew we had the better car but in the second or third step. It was weird race because my visor was falling off in one of the steps and we had all sorts of stuff going on, the team made changes all day to the car.”
“Just to see Ed drive his tail off is just so amazing,” said car owner Sarah Fisher. “We figured out that next year, Dollar General is not coming back, so maybe they’ll change their mind now. But, you k now certainly it was just a great weekend.”
Scott Dixon finish third to wrap up the A.J. Foyt Oval Trophy and rookie James Hinchcliffe was fourth. Ryan Hunter-Reay, the winner at the last oval race (New Hampshire Motor Speedway in mid-August) finished fifth.
Will Power, who entered the penultimate race of the season with an 11-point lead over Franchitti, started from the pole. But contact with the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing car driven by Ana Beatriz on pit lane on Lap 49 put a gash in the left sidepod of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car.
Power had to pit twice more and fell back to 23rd — the last car on the lead lap. He soldiered on and finished 19th, but is 18 points behind Franchitti entering the IZOD INDYCAR World Championships Presented by Honda.
Izod IndyCar Series
Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, KY
Kentucky Indy 300 – Oct. 2, 2011
| Fin | Start | No. | Driver | Points | Car | Laps Completed | Status | |
| 1 | 4 | 67 | Ed Carpenter | 50 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 2 | 11 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 42 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 35 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 06 | James Hinchcliffe | 32 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 5 | 8 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 30 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 6 | 9 | 2 | Oriol Servia | 28 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 7 | 15 | 17 | Wade Cunningham | 26 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 8 | 18 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | 24 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 9 | 17 | 44 | Buddy Rice | 22 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 10 | 14 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 20 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 11 | 26 | 22 | Townsend Bell | 19 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 12 | 2 | 38 | Graham Rahal | 18 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 13 | 10 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 17 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 14 | 28 | 77 | Dan Wheldon | 16 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 5 | Takuma Sato | 15 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 14 | Vitor Meira | 14 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 17 | 19 | 82 | Tony Kanaan | 13 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 18 | 12 | 27 | Mike Conway | 12 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 19 | 1 | 12 | Will Power | 13 | Dallara Honda | 200 | Running | |
| 20 | 5 | 4 | J.R. Hildebrand | 12 | Dallara Honda | 199 | Running | |
| 21 | 27 | 18 | James Jakes | 12 | Dallara Honda | 198 | Running | |
| 22 | 29 | 30 | Pippa Mann | 12 | Dallara Honda | 197 | Running | |
| 23 | 23 | 59 | E.J. Viso | 12 | Dallara Honda | 192 | Running | |
| 24 | 20 | 24 | Ana Beatriz | 12 | Dallara Honda | 165 | Contact | |
| 25 | 13 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 10 | Dallara Honda | 141 | Mechanical | |
| 26 | 24 | 19 | Alex Lloyd | 10 | Dallara Honda | 140 | Contact | |
| 27 | 6 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 10 | Dallara Honda | 140 | Contact | |
| 28 | 25 | 34 | Dillon Battistini | 10 | Dallara Honda | 124 | Driver Fatigue | |
| 29 | 16 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 10 | Dallara Honda | 34 | Mechanical |
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