Neal Carter

Neal Carter (born August 30, 1923 in Wapakoneta , Ohio ) is a retired American racing car driver .

Career

Carter began his career in motorcycle and midget car racing. In 1949, 1950 and 1951 he won the Motor City Speedway Midget Championship three times in a row . Between 1949 and 1953 he competed in 24 races in the AAA National Series . His best results were two second places, which he achieved in Langhorne in 1949 and in Springfield in 1950 .

For the 500-mile race in Indianapolis he could not qualify in 1952 and 1953 .

After his career, he took care of improving safety on racetracks.

Indy 500 results

year	Start number	begin	Agony (km / h)	Result	Round	guide	failure
1952	25th	DNQ
1953	23	DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from September 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/CarterNeal.htm
3. ↑ http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Neal_Carter