Duane carter jr was almost literally born into indycar racing for he arrived as his parents travelled to. Dana raced in midget, sprints and was a regular in the usac silver crown series. He won the pole position for the 1985 indianapolis 500, and won the 1981 michigan. Pancho carter stock car racing wiki fandom powered by. Nov 22, 2012 this pin was discovered by gerry courtney. It consisted of twelve races, beginning in ontario, california on april and concluding in avondale, arizona on november 8. Mar 09, 1993 duane carter, a founder of the united states auto club and a former race car driver whose career included 11 starts in the indianapolis 500, died sunday. Pancho carter race cars, vintage racing, indy cars. More modern chauffeurs with hoffman connections include steve butler, pancho carter, dave darland, jeff gordon, rich vogler, jac haudenschild, kasey kahne, ryan newman, tony stewart, brian tyler. Further information on this record can be found at its source. Pancho is a super race car driver, he said, catching his breath after his epic battle. The 69th indianapolis 500 was held at the indianapolis motor speedway in speedway, indiana on sunday, may 26, 1985. The versatile pancho carter page 2 of 2 speed sport.
He began spotting when john barnes needed someone to bring along a young driver, sam hornish jr. Pancho carter stats, race results, wins, news, record. Pancho carter stock car racing wiki fandom powered by wikia. Tony stewart shows off his absurd car collection to jeff gordon around the track duration. The team won the 1990 cart championship as well as the 1992 indianapolis 500 with driver al unser, jr. Browse through indepth news on pancho carter along with latest information, updates, biography, expert analysis and opinions. Pancho carter, race driver, signed 10 x 8 color photo. Prince, was an american nascar winston cup series racecar driver. Gary bettenhausen and pancho carter, both the eldest sons of former great drivers, and both displaying awesome spirit and determination to overcome the lasting consequences of severe racing injuries, battled each other from start to finish for the 1980 usac dirt car championship, expanded that year to eight races. Usac national midget series 1977 standings driver database. Also commentates on television and has worked as a usac official. On december 2, 1977, pancho carter was at speed on the main straight of phoenix international raceway with bob fletchers lightningcosworth when the machine suddenly swerved right and then left, smashing heavily into the inside guardrail.
Pancho carter, shown here during a pit stop, qualified the aar eagle sixth, but was credited with a ninthplace finish after suffering a suspension failure at the twothirds point in the race. Son of indy veteran duane carter, he drove for several years in the cart series and also raced several different types of cars in the usac ranks. He is most famous for his participation in cart races. The team won a total of 21 indy car races along its history. Pancho carter was educated at long beach state but was already racing midgets while at college. To have postponed the event by one week would have meant that pancho carter would have been unable to participate due to a previous engagement to race in mexico. His son pancho raced in indy cars, along with johnny parsons who he helped raise. Carter is confident its a matter of time bef6re hes a superstar. He made his indianapolis 500 debut in 1974 when seventh and rookie of the year for fletcher racing. Syracuse, new yorkpancho carter won the july 1 salt city 100 in syracuse, new york driving johnny capels golden greek special. This 8 x 10 color photograph was taken at indianapolis in may of 1984. He was born while his parents were on the way to a race at the milwaukee mile. He was born while his parents were on the way to a race. Opperman was lavish of his praise for carter, the driver who gave him the most problems in the feature.
Johnny parsons is the son of 1950 indianapolis 500 winner johnnie parsons and arza parsons nee mitchell. Known for being one of the best on the highbanks, carter turned to indy car later in his career. Mar 18, 2020 pancho carter, driving the dobbins chevy, scored his firstever championship dirt series victory in the salt city 100 at the new york state fairgrounds dirt track and gary bettenhausen recorded his best ever dirt champ finish with a second place in the city of syracuse special. On the final lap of the 1984 michigan 500, pancho carter gets a run, but looses control of his car and hits the wall. Kulwicki won the 1992 winston cup championship by what was then the closest margin in nascar history.
It is in pretty good shape, with minimal wear of note, this issue features a picture of pancho carter jr. Pancho carter huge airborne crash and slide at indy 500. In addition to unsers 1992 victory, the team finished second at indianapolis. Robin millers toughest drivers series gary bettenhausen duration. Galles racing is a former auto racing team owned by rick galles that competed in the cart series, canam and the indy racing league. Pancho carter huge airborne crash and slide at indy 500 may 3. The carters grew up racing quartermidgets in indianapolis. Hed never as much as sat in a rearengine car before he took his rookie test. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of indycar legend mario andrettis final racing win at ism raceway in 1993, we sat down with a variety of. He won the pole position for the 1985 indianapolis 500, and won the 1981 michigan 500. Balls career took its first real major step forward in late 1978, when steve and his sponsor bought a used sprint car from reigning. Just two minutes before the indianapolis motor speedway closed sunday, carter lost control of his marchcosworth entering the third turn. Dick rathmann was an american racing driver who was active between 1949 and 1964 in the champ car series and.
Dana, 19531983 carter, duane, 191993 automobile racing drivers automobiles, racing indianapolis motor speedway speedway, ind. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for pancho carter. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The race was sanctioned by usac, and was included as part of the 1985 cart ppg indy car world series. Mar 08, 2015 a few months after nearly losing his life in an indy car, duane pancho carter hobbled out to his sprint car and drove right back into the winners circle to begin one of the great comeback. Also known as duane carter jr, but pancho became easier for all due to his dads success. He finished seventh, and was awarded the rookie of the year. From 19851995 pancho ran 14 nascar winston cup series races for multiple owners. That promise was confirmed at michigan in the autumn when he finished second behind al unser sr. The race is remembered historically as a moment of firsts for the event. Find everything in one place on pancho carter including.
His first name is spelled differently than his fathers. Pancho carter stats at active nascar tracks since september 1, 1985 track avg finish races wins top 5s top. Carter was born in fresno, california, and he died in indianapolis, indiana. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Pancho carter racing career profile driver database. I dont think theres any special way for a driver to become a superstar except with. It has been autographed by pancho carter, indycar driver, 1972 usac midget car champion and 2 time usac sprint car national champion. And if youre wondering, he got the nickname, pancho, because his dad jokingly referred to his mothers extended stomach as his little paunch.
Alex morales gets around almost as fast as the engines he builds for his race cars. The name pancho evolved even earlier, although it isnt the kind of a name. In april, 1977 i photographed for national speed sport news the usac 200mile race at trenton speedway. His parents divorced, and johnny was raised with halfbrothers dana and pancho carter, the product of arzas marriage with duane carter. After working with hornish, carter guided the racing efforts of tomas scheckter, dan wheldon and martin plowman. In either case, bettenhausen would have won it by default. Johnny anderson, ron vines, rick ferkel, sprint cars, pancho carter, sprint car racing dirt track racing old race cars vintage race car car and driver repeat cool cars antique cars rocks kim riehl sprints. Pappy referred to his wifes pregnancy as little paunch, so they nicknamed the child pancho. His first time in an indy car came at indianapolis motor speedway. The carter family at the track, 1974 duane and pancho carter, 1976 pancho carter posing. Jerry stone, roy cook jr, pancho carter, bubby jones, larry patton, tom steiner, kenneth nichols, ron shuman, buddy irwin, johnny parsons jr. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for pancho carter on. Pancho carter, race driver, signed 10 x 8 color photo, coa.
Vintage race car indy cars car and driver race cars over the years indie photo galleries auto racing. Usac racing which driver will add their name to the. Trenton speedway mercerville, new jersey race track. Duane carter jr was almost literally born into indycar racing for he arrived as his parents travelled to milwaukee for the 1950 rex mays 100. Buford beat me to the parsons carter deal which means duane pancho carter jr. Morales and capels have never won the indianapolis 500, but they won the michigan 500 twice, in 1981 with pancho carter and 1986 with johnny rutherford. Pancho carter profile with all the results,graphs,team mates and stats. In 1987 he experienced a big airborne and flipped upside down during practice for the indy 500 on may 3rd 1987. Click on the site to see pancho carters career results at that track. Pancho carter huge airborne crash and slide at indy 500 may. Pancho won the pole position for the 100mile race at the new york state fairgrounds, then led all but 25 laps to win the series opening race of the season.
Doctors said he probably wouldnt walk again, let alone drive a race car, but the second. Duane carter, a founder of the united states auto club and a former race car driver whose career included 11 starts in the indianapolis 500, died sunday. The 1980 cart ppg indy car world series season was the second in the cart era of u. Profile for racing driver pancho carter from united states. Early sunday morning, indianapolis 500 polesitter pancho carter will. Janet guthrie was the first woman to qualify and compete in the indianapolis 500. Pancho carter sprint cars, race cars, spoiled kids, the right stuff, awesome. Carter grew up primarily in california, where he started racing quarter midgets. Individual driver statistics for the 1977 usac national midget series. Find everything in one place on pancho carter including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Carter was born while his parents were on their way to a race in milwaukee. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above.
Pancho carter nascar results, statistics and car numbers. Worked as a spotter and driver coach and helped hornish and tomas scheckter and his two sons, dane and cole. Since 1992, carter has consistently exhibited the racing talent of the carter bloodline and proven his place amongst his fellow competitors. His full brother, dana carter, also raced in usac midgets, sprints and silver crown. Ball starting racing midgets at the age of 21 in 1971 and enjoyed some success in the discipline before moving to sprint cars in the midlate 1970s. One racing widow, was married to three different drivers. The national association for stock car auto racing. Pancho carter alongside steve stapp at salem speedway in 1974. His father, duane sr, was a leading driver at the time and when he nicknamed his new son pancho it stuck.
Dec 11, 2017 tv commercial aired april 21, 1989 in indianapolis. Pancho carter, usa, racing driver career page, statistics, teams and series, championships photos and videos. Pancho carter stats, race results, wins, news, record, videos. Drivers wives who later married other drivers tnfs. This is sprint car pictorial, a previouslyowned program manufactured by cruceanmahoney adventures in 1977. Carter raced in usac and cart events from 1979 until 1982, specialising in ovals, either dirt or paved. Nascar gander outdoors truck series results races click on the race to see the complete results for that race. Bettenhausen announced that he would not return if he could not race carter for the title.
Pancho carter, steve butler, rich vogler, jack hewitt, j. Click on the race name to see the results of that race. Involved in motorsport until his early death from a heartattack. Pancho carter flipped violently on the final lap of the.