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Carpentier just latest open-wheel casualty in NASCAR

By Ryan McGee
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The Great Open Wheel Experiment of 2008 went out with a whimper on Tuesday when the last man standing from the most-hyped rookie class in NASCAR Cup Series history was unceremoniously booted from his ride to make room for a 49-year-old stock car journeyman. When Patrick Carpentier was cut loose from Gillett Evernham Motorsports and replaced with Mike Wallace, it signaled the last gasp for the United Nations of open-wheel stars who rolled into Daytona back in February. True, the 37-year-ol ...

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