Welcome to our monthlong countdown celebrating notable drivers and cars from the Indianapolis 500!
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Photo credit: Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Penske Entertainment Pancho Carter started 29th and finished 27th in the 1987 Indianapolis 500. |
Pancho Carter, the 1974 Rookie of the Year, was a steady presence in the
500 lineup through 1991, missing only the 1988 race. His big day came in 1985,
when he won the pole with a Buick-powered machine. The “TT” indicates this car
was a backup to a backup, the result of Carter taking a "header" in
practice in 1987 in his primary car, then withdrawing his backup car to qualify
this one.
Carter was the first
to win USAC championships in Midgets, Sprint Cars and Championship Dirt Cars
(as these series were known in the 1970s and 1980s).
During the 1980s,
the Hardee’s restaurants in the Indianapolis area gave out trading cards of
IndyCar drivers if you made a certain purchase.
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