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| Owner(s) | Ed Carpenter Ted Gelov Tony George Stuart Reed |
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| Principal(s) | Ted Gelov (chairman) Tim Broyles |
| Base | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Series | IndyCar Series |
| Race drivers | 20. Alexander Rossi21.  Christian Rasmussen33. Ed Carpenter (part-time) |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Indy 500 victories | 0 |
| Race victories | 7 |
Ed Carpenter Racing, competing as "ECR", is an American racing team based inSpeedway, Indiana that currently competes in theIndyCar Series. The team is owned by driverEd Carpenter. The team is based inIndianapolis,Indiana,[1] and currently fields the No. 20Dallara-Chevrolet forAlexander Rossi, the No. 21 Dallara-Chevrolet forChristian Rasmussen and the No. 33 Dallara-Chevrolet forEd Carpenter. In 2015, the team merged withSarah Fisher Hartman Racing to formCFH Racing, but became ECR again in 2016.
After spending five seasons withVision Racing, and the2011 IndyCar Series season withSarah Fisher Hartman Racing,[2] on November 2, 2011,Ed Carpenter announced the creation of Ed Carpenter Racing, which ran its first season in2012 with sponsorship byFuzzy's Premium Vodka[3] for three seasons.[4] Among the reasons for the team's creation was concerns surrounding the departure of Sarah Fisher Racing's sponsorDollar General.[1] IRL founder and Carpenter's stepfatherTony George also became an owner,[3] along with former golferFuzzy Zoeller.[5]American Le Mans Series team owner and formerPenske Racing memberDerrick Walker was hired as general manager;[6]Tim Broyles andBret Schmitt were hired as team manager and crew chief, respectively.[7]
On February 13, 2012, it was confirmed that the team will run with engines fromChevrolet.[8] Carpenter stated that he was intending to run a full season, unlike in previous seasons, where he ran the ovals,[5] and had also decided to drive with #20, the number he drove with during his tenure at Vision Racing.[2] The team claimed its first victory with Carpenter winning the season-endingMAVTV 500 atAuto Club Speedway,[7] and ECR became the only one-driver team to win a race in 2012.[9] In2013, Walker left for a position with IndyCar.[10] Eventually, Carpenter scored thepole position for theIndianapolis 500.[11] He finished the season sixteenth in points, with a best result of second at the final race atAuto Club Speedway.
For the2014 season, Carpenter competed in the oval races on the calendar, whileMike Conway competed for the team on road and street courses.[12] On March 20,J. R. Hildebrand was hired to run the2014 Indianapolis 500 with the team in the No. 21.[13] The move to a shared drive paid off well for the team early in the year, with Conway winning the 40thToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and Carpenter winning the Indy 500 pole for the second consecutive year. Carpenter's four lap average of 231.067 mph was the first Indy pole-claiming run in excess of 230 mph for 11 years.[14] Unfortunately, he was involved in a crash withJames Hinchcliffe on a late restart, finishing 27th. Later in the season, Carpenter won theFirestone 600 atTexas Motor Speedway, his first win since the 2012 triumph at Fontana.
On August 16, 2014, Carpenter announced the team would merge with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing for the2015 season, becomingCFH Racing.[15] After one season, Hartman and Fisher left the sport and CFH was rebranded to Ed Carpenter Racing.[16]
On June 2, 2016, the team announced that2015 Indy Lights championSpencer Pigot would drive in the No. 20 car in all remaining road and street circuit events.[17] The arrangement was similar toMike Conway's during the 2014 season. On June 12, 2016,Josef Newgarden sustained a fractured clavicle and wrist in an accident during the Firestone 600. The team announced the following day thatJ. R. Hildebrand would fill in for Newgarden until he recovered from his injuries.[18] However, Newgarden was able to recover enough from his injuries to not miss any races.
For the 2017 season, Carpenter and Pigot remained with the team with the same agreement as the previous season.[19] However, with the full-time entry vacated by Newgarden's departure toTeam Penske, the team hiredJ. R. Hildebrand as the new full-time driver.[20] During the second race of the season atLong Beach, Hildebrand suffered a broken bone in his left hand.[21] As a result, he was forced to sit out the next race. The team hiredIndy Lights driverZach Veach to fill in for Hildebrand while he recovered from his injuries.[22]
On March 7, 2018, it was announced thatDanica Patrick would drive a third car for the team in her finalIndianapolis 500 appearance.[23]
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| # | Season | Date | Sanction | Track / Race | No. | Winning driver | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Grid | Laps Led |
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| 1 | 2012 | September 15 | IndyCar | Auto Club Speedway(O) | 20 | Ed Carpenter | DallaraDW12 | Chevrolet IndyCarV6t | Firestone | 5 | 62 |
| 2 | 2014 | April 13 | IndyCar | Streets of Long Beach(S) | 20 |  Mike Conway | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | June 7 | IndyCar | Texas Motor Speedway(O) | 20 | Ed Carpenter (2) | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 5 | 90 | |
| 4 | July 20 | IndyCar | Exhibition Place(S) | 20 | Mike Conway (2) | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 11 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2016 | July 10 | IndyCar | Iowa Speedway(O) | 21 | Josef Newgarden | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 2 | 282 |
| 6 | 2021 | May 15 | IndyCar | Indianapolis Motor Speedway(R) | 21 |  Rinus VeeKay | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | 2025 | August 24 | IndyCar | Milwaukee Mile(O) | 21 | Christian Rasmussen | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet IndyCar V6t | Firestone | 9 | 16[24] |
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