Pancho Carter

Infobox racing driver
name = Duane C. "Pancho" Carter, Jr.


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nationality = USA
date of birth = Birth date and age|1950|6|11
place of birth = Racine, Wisconsin
date of death =
retired = 1995
related to = Duane Carter (father)
Dana Carter (brother)
Johnny Parsons (half brother)
last series = American Championship Car
years active = 1974-1994
teams = Morales Racing
American Dream Racing
Patrick Racing
Galles Racing
Leader Cards Racing
Arciero Racing
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
starts = 165
wins = 1
poles = 1
fastest laps =
best finish = 3rd
year = 1981 (CART)
prev series = NASCAR Winston Cup
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
prev series years = 1985-1995
1995
titles = USAC Midget Car Championship
USAC Sprint Car Championship
title years = 1972
1974, 1976
awards = National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame
award years = 1990
1991

Duane "Pancho" Carter, Jr. (born June 11 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a retired American race car driver. He is most famous for his participation in CART races.

Background

He is the son of Indycar racer Duane Carter. He was born while his parents were on the way to a race at the Milwaukee Mile. His father's nickname was "Pappy". Pappy referred to his wife's pregnancy as "little paunch," so they nicknamed the child Pancho. [http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/DuaneCarter.htm His biography] at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame] Carter is the half-brother of Johnny Parsons. [ [http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Johnny_Parsons.htm Biography] of Johnny Parsons at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame]

Racing career

Midget cars

His national career began while racing in a midget car. He won the 1972 USAC midget car championship. He won the 1972 and 1975 Hut Hundred. He had 23 midget car feature wins by the time that he left the series in 1978.

print cars

He won the 1974 and 1976 national USAC sprint car championships. He was the first driver to win the two USAC championships. He has wins in three USAC divisions.

Indycars

He drove his first Indianapolis 500 in 1974. He finished seventh, and was awarded the Rookie of the Year. He finished third in the 1982 Indianapolis 500 behind the now-famous duel between Gordon Johncock and Rick Mears. In 1985, Carter drove the brand new Buick V6 engine to the pole position of the 1985 Indianapolis 500. He retired with mechanical problems after completing just six laps, becoming the first pole-sitter since Cliff Woodbury to finish dead-last. In more recent years, Carter has served as a spotter for Sam Hornish, Jr. and Vitor Miera.

NASCAR

From 1985-1995 Pancho ran 14 NASCAR Winston Cup races for multiple owners including Elmo Langley. Pancho's best finish in NASCAR was a seventeenth place finish at the Michigan International Speedway. In 1995, Pancho also raced two Craftsman Truck Series races. [ [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=cartepa01 NASCAR biography at racing-reference.info] ]

Career awards

*He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1990.
*Carter was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991.

Indy 500 results

References