Patrick Carpentier's stint in limbo -- will he or won't he have a full-time ride in 2009? -- is supposed to end this week, and it could be the beginning of a mutual success story for the Gillett Evernham Motorsports driver and for NASCAR.

"There are three things that I like," Carpentier said three days after running second to Ron Fellows in the Nationwide Series race August 2 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. "Formula Atlantic was fun. Grand Am was great to drive. But NASCAR is the » Full column

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