While most of the sports world had its sight set on NFL Football, the Major League Baseball playoffs or the NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway, the most heartwarming story of the day was taking place in the hills of Northern Kentucky.Ed Carpenter captured his first victory of his Izod IndyCar Series career after failing in his first 112 attempts, battling three-time Izod IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti wheel-to-wheel over the final 20 laps, edging Franchitti at the finish line by .0098 of a second. It was a sweet reversal of fortune for Carpenter, who had lost a race at Kentucky two years ago to Ryan Briscoe by .016 of a second.The David vs. Goliath storyline gets rehashed a lot, but it really does apply in this case. Carp...

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While most of the sports world had its sight set on NFL Football, the Major League Baseball playoffs or the NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway, the most heartwarming story of the day was taking place in the hills of Northern Kentucky.Ed Carpenter captured his first victory of his Izod IndyCar Series career after failing in his first 112 attempts, battling three-time Izod IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti wheel-to-wheel over the final 20 laps, edging Franchitti at the finish line by .0098 of a second. It was a sweet reversal of fortune for Carpenter, who had lost a race at Kentucky two years ago to Ryan Briscoe by .016 of a second.The David vs. Goliath storyline gets rehashed a lot, but it really does apply in this case. Carp...

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While most of the sports world had its sight set on NFL Football, the Major League Baseball playoffs or the NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway, the most heartwarming story of the day was taking place in the hills of Northern Kentucky.Ed Carpenter captured his first victory of his Izod IndyCar Series career after failing in his first 112 attempts, battling three-time Izod IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti wheel-to-wheel over the final 20 laps, edging Franchitti at the finish line by .0098 of a second. It was a sweet reversal of fortune for Carpenter, who had lost a race at Kentucky two years ago to Ryan Briscoe by .016 of a second.The David vs. Goliath storyline gets rehashed a lot, but it really does apply in this case. Carp...

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