LARRY CARTER - ?/?/?
got his start in NASCAR as a crew chief in 2000 working for his owner (and uncle) Travis Carter and driver Darrell Waltrip. This would be the final season for Waltrip, as he was in the twilight of his career and struggling just to make the races; let alone be competitive. Waltrip failed to qualify for six races that season and was only able to post a season best finish of 11th. He had only two finishes in the Top 20. At the end of 2000, Waltrip retired and Todd Bodine was brought in to take the wheel of the #66 car. Bodine won three poles and finished in the Top 5 three times. In 2002 Carter was only the crew chief for Bodine for the season's first three races before Donnie Wingo would take his place. In 2003 he would go to work for Bill Baumgardner and driver Tony Raines as they were only able to get one Top 10 result. Roger Penske hired Carter to
work with Rusty Wallace for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Carter would get his first win in 2004 with Wallace at the wheel. 2005 saw the team go win-less; but they would have eight Top 5 finishes and finish in eighth place in the points. Carter called the shots for Bill Elliott in five events in 2006; but the following year he was hired full time by Jack Roush to sit on top of the pit box and call the shots for Jamie McMurray. He would win at Daytona that season in the 400 mile race. 2008 saw the team go win-less; but he did have four Top 5 and 11 Top 10 finishes. In 2009 Carter was on the move again landing at Yates Racing paired with driver Paul Menard. It was a disappointment as Menard would only post a best finish of 13th. This would be Carter's last season as a full time crew chief. His career was winding down as in 2010 he led Brendan Gaughan in one Xfinity Series race, and in 2011 he led Steven Wallace in one Cup race and various drivers in a total of eight Xfinity series events. For his career he claimed two Cup wins and 19 Top 5's.
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