 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Carter akatyaira Indianapolis 500 yake yokutanga muna 1974. Akapedza ari wechinomwe, uye akapiwa Rookie of the Year. Muna 1981 akapedza wechitatu muCART Championship uye akabata kukunda kwake chete Indy Car kuMichigan International Speedway. Akapedza ari wechitatu muna 1982 muIndianapolis 500 shure kwedutu rakakurumbira zvino pakati paGordon Johncock naRick Mears. Muna 1985, Carter akatyaira injini itsva yeBuick V6 kunzvimbo yepamusoro ye1985 Indianapolis 500. Akasiya basa nokuda kwezvinetso zvokugadzira pashure pokupedza mavhiri matanhatu bedzi, achiva wokutanga-kugara pachigadziko kubvira paCliff Woodbury kuti apedzisire ari wokupedzisira. Gore rake rokupedzisira semutyairi wenguva yakazara weIndy Car raiva 1990 uye kuonekwa kwake kwekupedzisira muIndy Car kwakanga kuri kukundikana kukwanisa ku1994 Indianapolis 500. Mumakore achangopfuura, Carter akashanda semucherechedzi waSam Hornish, Jr., Vítor Meira, Dillon Battistini, Dan Wheldon, Martin Plowman naAdrián Campos Jr..Muna 2019 aive mucherechedzi weRookie Santino Ferrucci uyo akapedzawo 7th uye aive Rookie wegore sezvakaita Carter muIndy 500 yake yekutanga 