Complex sentence: Following eight races Carpenter was ranked 8th in points, then Carpenter only achieved top tens in the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway and the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Split into simpler sentences: Following eight races Carpenter was ranked 8th in points. Following that Carpenter only got top tens at the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway and the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway.