Duane Claude Carter Jr. (1950-06-11) June 11, 1950 (age 74) Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Championship titles
USAC Midget (1972) USAC Sprint Car (1974, 1976) USAC Silver Crown (1978) Major victories Michigan 500 (1981)
Champ Car career
165 races run over 20 years
Best finish
3rd (1981)
First race
1974 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race
1992 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
First win
1981 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
1
14
1
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 6 years
Best finish
38th (1986)
First race
1985 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Last race
1995 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 (Pocono)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
0
0
Duane Claude Carter Jr.[1] (born June 11, 1950), nicknamed "Pancho," is an American retired open-wheel racing driver. Best known for his participation in Championship car racing, he won the pole position for the 1985 Indianapolis 500, and won the Michigan 500 in 1981.
Duane Claude Carter Jr. (born June 11, 1950), nicknamed "Pancho," is an American retired open-wheel racing driver. Best known for his participation in...
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United Midget Racing Association is a midget car open wheel racing group established in 1961. The racing association schedules TQ Midget races for May...
was expanded to 500 miles, and the Inaugural Michigan 500 was won by PanchoCarter. A total of twenty-two 500-mile Indy car races were held at Michigan...
Goodyear tires. ‡ PanchoCarter was penalized one lap for passing the pace car under yellow on lap 58. At the end of the race, Carter was running approximately...
have achieved the triple crown in a single season. Five other drivers, PanchoCarter (1972–78), Dave Darland (1997–2001), Jerry Coons Jr. (2006–08), Tracy...
and second place PanchoCarter accelerated past him and beat him to the finish line. Officials initially awarded the victory to Carter, and Rutherford...
500 was the breakout race for the "stock block" Buick Indy V6 engine. PanchoCarter and Scott Brayton swept the top two spots on the starting grid with...
while attempting to pass lap traffic. As he was lapping PanchoCarter and Jim McElreath, Carter spun right next to him in turn one. McElreath narrowly...
Champion Nelson Piquet suffered serious leg injuries in a crash on May 7. PanchoCarter and Hiro Matsushita suffered broken bones in separate crashes, and rookie...
11 in the 1981 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The race was won by PanchoCarter - his first Indy Car victory. The race commenced a 20-year history of...
Later in the day, the weather cooled, and wind picked up. At 5:58 p.m., PanchoCarter suffered a spectacular crash. His car spun in turn three, air got underneath...
Rick Mears dropped out due to electrical issues while running second. PanchoCarter moved up to second, but he dropped out with fuel pump problems, followed...
the Buick V-6 engine at the Indy 500, with driver PanchoCarter winning the pole position. Carter, however, dropped out early and finished last. In 1986-1987...
67-Ken Bouchard, 76-Johnny Chapman, 66-Ben Hess, 81-Kenny Wallace, 78-PanchoCarter Before the field even took the green, Mike Wallace got turned into the...
third in the NASCAR Winston 500. During the second week of practice, PanchoCarter and Tom Sneva joined the "200 mph (320 km/h) club." Sneva had a hand-timed...
Buick G 21 Buddy Lazier 1-7, 9-16 Hemelgarn Racing Lola Buick G 81 PanchoCarter 4 91 Stan Fox 4 92 Gordon Johncock 4 P.I.G. Enterprises Lola Chevrolet...
Rutherford was now leading, with Foyt second, and Johncock fading to third. PanchoCarter and Wally Dallenbach were running in the top five, with Tom Sneva close...
Cosworth 44 Phil Krueger Arciero Racing Penske Buick 12 Mark Dismore Lola PanchoCarter John Jones Giochi/Preziosi Lola Cosworth 33 Guido Daccò A. J. Foyt Enterprises...
15/25 Eddie Cheever All Leader Card Racing Lola Cosworth Goodyear 29 PanchoCarter 1, 3-10 Wally Dallenbach Jr. 11, 13, 16 U.S. Engineering Lola Cosworth...
Holmes 1989 Davy Jones PanchoCarter Rich Vogler 1990 Bill Vukovich III John Paul Jr. Rocky Moran 1991 Randy Lewis PanchoCarter Gordon Johncock 19926...
engine failures, and oil was reported on the track. At the same time, PanchoCarter slowed down the backstretch with a broken CV joint. In turn four, he...
Allison Jerry Grant Bill Puterbaugh R 6 John Martin Bentley Warren PanchoCarter 7 Gary Bettenhausen Jerry Karl Wally Dallenbach Sr. 8 Roger McCluskey...