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{{Infobox racing driver
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Duane Carter
| name = Duane Carter
| image =
| image = Duane Carter at Soldier Field circa 1946.jpg
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| caption = Carter at Chicago's [[Motorsport at Soldier Field|Soldier Field racetrack]], circa 1946
| nationality =
| birth_name = Duane Claude Carter
| birth_name = Duane Claude Carter
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|05|05}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|05|05}}
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| module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver|child=yes
| module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver|child=yes
| Years = {{F1|1950}} – {{F1|1955}}, {{F1|1959}} – {{F1|1960}}
| Years = {{F1|1950}} – {{F1|1955}}, {{F1|1959}} – {{F1|1960}}
| Team(s) = [[Kurtis Kraft]], [[Kuzma (constructor)|Kuzma]], [[Lesovsky]], [[Stevens (constructor)|Stevens]], [[Deidt]]
| Team(s) = [[Kurtis Kraft]], [[Kuzma (constructor)|Kuzma]], [[Lesovsky]], [[Stevens (constructor)|Stevens]], [[Emil Diedt|Diedt]]
| Races = 8
| Races = 8
| Championships = 0
| Championships = 0
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'''Duane Carter''' (May 5, 1913 – March 7, 1993) was an American racecar driver. He raced [[Midget car racing|midget cars]], [[Sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]]s.<ref name=NMARHOF>[http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Duane_Carter.htm Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033213/http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Duane_Carter.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> Carter was born in [[Fresno, California]], and he died in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. His son [[Pancho Carter|Pancho]] raced in Indy cars, along with [[Johnny Parsons]] (whom he helped raise<ref>[http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Johnny_Parsons.htm Biography] for [[Johnny Parsons]] at the [[National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame]] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090952/http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Johnny_Parsons.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>).
'''Duane Claude Carter''' (May 5, 1913 – March 7, 1993) was an American racecar driver. He raced [[Midget car racing|midget cars]], [[Sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]]s.<ref name=NMARHOF>[http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Duane_Carter.htm Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033213/http://www.worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Duane_Carter.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> Carter was born in [[Fresno, California]], and he died in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. His son [[Pancho Carter|Pancho]] raced in Indy cars, along with [[Johnny Parsons]] (whom he helped raise<ref>[http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Johnny_Parsons.htm Biography] for [[Johnny Parsons]] at the [[National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame]] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090952/http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Johnny_Parsons.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>).


==Racing career==
==Racing career==
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! [[Deidt]] Tuffanelli Derrico
! [[Emil Diedt|Diedt]] Tuffanelli Derrico
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: ''<nowiki>†</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Sam Hanks]] after retiring his own car.''
: ''<nowiki>†</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Sam Hanks]] after retiring his own car.''
: ''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Troy Ruttman]]. Carter's own car finished 15th after being taken over by [[Marshall Teague (racing driver)|Marshall Teague]], [[Jimmy Jackson (driver)|Jimmy Jackson]] and [[Tony Bettenhausen]].''
: ''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Troy Ruttman]]. Carter's own car finished 15th after being taken over by [[Marshall Teague (racing driver)|Marshall Teague]], [[Jimmy Jackson (driver)|Jimmy Jackson]] and [[Tony Bettenhausen]].''

==24 Hours of Le Mans results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Driver
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! [[1952 24 Hours of Le Mans|1952]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Briggs Cunningham]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Phil Walters]]
|align="left"| [[B._S._Cunningham_Company#C-4R_and_C-4RK|Cunningham C-4RK]]
| S 8.0
|
| colspan="2"| DNF (engine, 8hr)
|-
|}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:18, 17 June 2024

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Duane Carter
Carter at Chicago's Soldier Field racetrack, circa 1946
BornDuane Claude Carter
(1913-05-05)May 5, 1913
Fresno, California, U.S.
DiedMarch 7, 1993(1993-03-07) (aged 79)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Awards
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame (2005)
Champ Car career
45 races run over 15 years
Years active1947-1955, 1959-1964
Best finish4th – 1952
First race1948 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race1963 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 4 1
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1950 – 1955, 1959 – 1960
TeamsKurtis Kraft, Kuzma, Lesovsky, Stevens, Diedt
Entries8
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points6.5
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1950 Indianapolis 500
Last entry1960 Indianapolis 500

Duane Claude Carter (May 5, 1913 – March 7, 1993) was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars.[1] Carter was born in Fresno, California, and he died in Indianapolis, Indiana. His son Pancho raced in Indy cars, along with Johnny Parsons (whom he helped raise[2]).

Racing career

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Midget cars

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Carter started racing midgets at the 1/5 mile dirt track in the west side of Fresno while attending Fresno State University. He was one of six drivers who went to Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand in 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 Nutley board track in 1939 while future journalist Chris Economaki was his unofficial crew chief. He won the 1940 Detroit VFW Motor Speedway title, the 1942 championship at Sportsman Park in Cleveland. He captured a 500 lap victory in his midget car at the 1947 Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome after Danny Oakes was initially declared the winner.[1]

Sprint cars

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He moved up to the sprint cars, and won the 1950 Midwest division.[1]

Indy Cars

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He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1948–1955, 1959–1960, and 1963 seasons with 47 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races 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 innovative John Crosthwaite designed Harvey Aluminium Special ‘roller skate car’ with the then pioneering low profile, wide racing tyres and a stock Chevrolet engine. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

USAC director

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He retired from competition in 1956 to take the Competition Director position for USAC. He returned to competition in 1959 after Henry Banks took over the position.[1]

Career awards

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Indianapolis 500 results

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* shared drive with Sam Hanks

** shared drive with Troy 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

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1950 Murrell Belanger Stevens Offenhauser L4 GBR MON 500
12 		SUI BEL FRA ITA NC 0
1951 Mobiloil / Rotary Engineering Diedt Tuffanelli Derrico Offenhauser L4 SUI 500
8 		BEL FRA GBR GER ITA ESP NC 0
1952 Belanger Motors Lesovsky Offenhauser L4 SUI 500
4 		BEL FRA GBR GER NED ITA 15th 3
1953 Bardahl / Ed Walsh Kurtis Kraft 4000 Offenhauser L4 ARG 500
3 † 		NED BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA 13th= 2
1954 Automobile Shippers / Casaroll Kurtis Kraft 500A Offenhauser L4 ARG 500
4 * 		BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA ESP 23rd= 1.5
1955 J.C. Agajanian Kuzma Indy Roadster Offenhauser L4 ARG MON 500
11 		BEL NED GBR ITA NC 0
1959 Smokey Yunick Kurtis Kraft 500H Offenhauser L4 MON 500
7 		NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA NC 0
1960 Thompson / Ensley & Murphy Kuzma Indy Roadster Offenhauser L4 ARG MON 500
12 		NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA NC 0
† Indicates shared drive with Sam Hanks after retiring his own car.
* Indicates shared drive with Troy Ruttman. Carter's own car finished 15th after being taken over by Marshall Teague, Jimmy Jackson and Tony Bettenhausen.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Biography for Johnny Parsons at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Road & Track magazine June 1963
  4. ^ Motor Trend magazine June 1963
  5. ^ Car & Driver magazine June 1963
  6. ^ Car and Driver magazine August 1963
  7. ^ Indianapolis 500 Mile Race USAC Yearbook 1963. Floyd Clymer
  8. ^ "Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame | Home". Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame | Home. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
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