Duane Carter

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Duane Carter
Carter at Chicago'sSoldier Field racetrack,circa 1946
Born	Duane Claude Carter (1913-05-05)May 5, 1913 Fresno,California,U.S.
Died	March 7, 1993(1993-03-07)(aged 79) Indianapolis,Indiana,U.S.
Awards
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame(2005)
Champ Carcareer
45 races run over 15 years
Years active	1947-1955, 1959-1964
Best finish	4th –1952
First race	1948Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis)
Last race	1963Indianapolis 500(Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 4 1
Formula OneWorld Championship career
Active years	1950–1955,1959–1960
Teams	Kurtis Kraft,Kuzma,Lesovsky,Stevens,Diedt
Entries	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	6.5
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1950 Indianapolis 500
Last entry	1960 Indianapolis 500

Duane Claude Carter(May 5, 1913 – March 7, 1993) was an American racecar driver. He racedmidget cars,sprint cars,andIndyCars.Carter was born inFresno, California,and he died inIndianapolis, Indiana.His sonPanchoraced in Indy cars, along withJohnny Parsons(whom he helped raise).

Racing career

Midget cars

Carter started racing midgets at the 1/5 mile dirt track in the west side of Fresno while attendingFresno State University.He was one of six drivers who went toWestern Springs StadiuminAuckland,New Zealandin 1937. He won the first ever midget car race at that track. The car he drove still exists in a museum in Auckland. He was a consistent winner on the Nutleyboard trackin 1939 while future journalistChris Economakiwas his unofficial crew chief. He won the 1940 Detroit VFW Motor Speedway title, the 1942 championship at Sportsman Park inCleveland.He captured a 500 lap victory in his midget car at the 1947 Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome afterDanny Oakeswas initially declared the winner.

Sprint cars

He moved up to the sprint cars, and won the 1950 Midwest division.

Indy Cars

He drove in theAAAandUSACChampionship Carseries, racing in the 1948–1955, 1959–1960, and 1963 seasons with 47 starts, including theIndianapolis 500races in each season. He finished in the top ten 23 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1953 at Phoenix. In his last race, at the Indy 500, he drove the innovativeJohn Crosthwaitedesigned Harvey Aluminium Special ‘roller skate car’ with the then pioneering low profile, wide racing tyres and a stock Chevrolet engine.

USAC director

He retired from competition in 1956 to take the Competition Director position for USAC. He returned to competition in 1959 afterHenry Bankstook over the position.

Career awards

• Carter was inducted into theFresno County Athletic Hall of Famein 1967.
• He was inducted in theNational Sprint Car Hall of Famein 1991.
• He was inducted in theNational Midget Auto Racing Hall of Famein 1989.

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car	Start	Qual	Rank	Finish	Laps	Led	Retired	Chassis	Engine
1948	16	29	126.015	11	22	59	0	Lost wheel	Wetteroth	Offy
1949	17	5	128.233	12	14	182	0	Spun T3	Stevens	Offy
1950	18	13	131.666	12	12	133	0	Flagged	Stevens	Offy
1951	27	4	133.749	15	8	180	0	Flagged	Diedt	Offy
1952	1	6	135.522	16	4	200	0	Running	Lesovsky	Offy
1953	4	27	135.267	31	24	94	0	Ignition	Lesovsky	Offy
	3	-	-	-	3rd*	200	0	Running	Kurtis Kraft	Offy
1954	16	8	138.238	20	15	196	0	Flagged	Kurtis Kraft	Offy
	34	-	-	-	4**	200	0	Running	Kurtis Kraft	Offy
1955	98	18	139.330	19	11	197	0	Flagged	Kuzma	Offy
1959	37	12	142.795	17	7	200	0	Running	Kurtis Kraft	Offy
1960	17	27	142.631	28	12	200	0	Running	Kuzma	Offy
1963	83	15	148.002	30	23	100	0	Rod	Mickey Thompson	Chevrolet
Totals						1741	0

Starts	11
Poles	0
Front Row	0
Wins	0
Top 5	3
Top 10	5
Retired	4

* shared drive withSam Hanks

** shared drive withTroy Ruttman

• Carter drove 1,741 laps or 4,352.5 miles (7,004.7 km) at Indianapolis without leading a lap. This currently ranks 5th on the all-time list.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1950	Murrell Belanger	Stevens	OffenhauserL4	GBR	MON	500 12	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA				NC	0
1951	Mobiloil/ Rotary Engineering	DiedtTuffanelli Derrico	OffenhauserL4	SUI	500 8	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP			NC	0
1952	Belanger Motors	Lesovsky	OffenhauserL4	SUI	500 4	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA			15th	3
1953	Bardahl/ Ed Walsh	Kurtis Kraft4000	OffenhauserL4	ARG	500 3 †	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA		13th=	2
1954	Automobile Shippers / Casaroll	Kurtis Kraft500A	OffenhauserL4	ARG	500 4 *	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP		23rd=	1.5
1955	J.C. Agajanian	KuzmaIndy Roadster	OffenhauserL4	ARG	MON	500 11	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA				NC	0
1959	Smokey Yunick	Kurtis Kraft500H	OffenhauserL4	MON	500 7	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA		NC	0
1960	Thompson / Ensley & Murphy	KuzmaIndy Roadster	OffenhauserL4	ARG	MON	500 12	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA	NC	0

† Indicates shared drive withSam Hanksafter retiring his own car.

* Indicates shared drive withTroy Ruttman.Carter's own car finished 15th after being taken over byMarshall Teague,Jimmy JacksonandTony Bettenhausen.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Driver	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1952	Briggs Cunningham	Phil Walters	Cunningham C-4RK	S 8.0		DNF (engine, 8hr)