Statesville, NC -- (Sports Network) - Canadian Patrick Carpentier has been released from his driving duties of the No.10 Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series, Gillett Evernham Motorsports officials announced Tuesday. Mike Wallace will drive the No.10 car this weekend at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, and AJ Allmendinger will take over for the remainder of the season.

"I'm excited about this news," Allmendinger said. "GEM has great equipment and I'm confident we can take these final five races and get the No.10 up in points. I know we have a lot of work to do, but we are going to give it our best shot. I'm looking forward to spending some time with crew chief Mike Shiplett and the guys starting at Martinsville."

Last week, Allmendinger was released from his ride at Red Bull Racing, but picked up by Michael Waltrip Racing to drive the No.00 Toyota this weekend at Charlotte in a one-race deal.

Carpentier drove the car in 24 races during his Sprint Cup rookie season with his best finish of 14th coming in July at Daytona. He won the pole for the June race at New Hampshire. Carpentier's team is currently 39th in owner points.

"We certainly appreciate all the effort that Patrick Carpentier made for us this year, Mark McArdle, the team's vice president and managing director of competition, said. "But our job is to put ourselves in a position to win races, plus we're striving to get the No.10 into the top-35 in points. We feel AJ gives us the best chance to do both."

Reed Sorenson will assume the driving duties of the No.10 at the beginning of the 2009 season. Sorenson is currently behind the wheel of the No.41 Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.