Things couldn't have gone much worse for Dragon Racing in May. After Chinese rookie Ho-Pin Tung crashed team owner Jay Penske's No. 8 entry last week and Scott Speed struggled, the team flew in veteran Patrick Carpentier to try and get Speed's No. 20 car into the Indianapolis 500 on the last day of qualifying Sunday. Carpentier spun coming out of the first turn and slammed into the outside wall, causing serious damage to the left side of the car. He was cleared to drive after crashing, but the team didn't have a backup car. The team tried to come up with a plan to get a car ready, but with 3½ hours of qualifying left, the team was packing up. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/indy500/2011/news/story?id=6575444
