Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Carter ya fara hawa Indianapolis 500 a shekarar 1974. Ya gama na bakwai, kuma an ba shi kyautar Rookie na Shekara. A 1981 ya gama na uku a gasar zakarun CART kuma ya kama nasararsa ta Indy Car kawai a Michigan International Speedway. Ya gama na uku a cikin 1982 Indianapolis 500 a bayan shahararren duel tsakanin Gordon Johncock da Rick Mears. A shekarar 1985, Carter ya kori sabon injin Buick V6 zuwa matsayi na farko na 1985 Indianapolis 500. Ya yi ritaya tare da matsalolin inji bayan ya kammala zagaye shida kawai, ya zama na farko mai tsayi tun lokacin da Cliff Woodbury ya gama ƙarshe. Shekararsa ta ƙarshe a matsayin direba na Indy Car na cikakken lokaci ita ce 1990 kuma bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe a cikin Indy Car ta kasa cancanta don 1994 Indianapolis 500
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Carter ya yi aiki a matsayin mai lura da Sam Hornish, Jr., Vítor Meira, Dillon Battistini, Dan Wheldon, Martin Plowman da Adrián Campos Jr..A cikin 2019 ya kasance mai lura da Rookie Santino Ferrucci wanda shi ma ya gama na 7 kuma ya kasance Rookie na Shekara kamar yadda Carter ya kasance a farkon Indy 500