Neal Carter got hooked on midgets when he attended his first race at the Fort Miami, Ohio track in Toledo, Ohio where he saw such drivers as Perry Grimm and Ronney Householder. The 125 pound Carter had been racing motorcycles and felt four wheels looked much easier. He purchased a Ford V8-60 powered midget that day and started his career.

 

     In 1946 he convinced a car owner that he could cure his cycle powered midget’s problem and proceeded to drive the car to a 3rd in the feature that night. In attendance, and highly impressed, was car owner Jim White, who hired the Toledo driver for his Offy.
     In 1948 White added Hall of Fame member Ralph Pratt to his stable and together the teammates dominated the Midwest tracks in their cream and red Offys.
     Carter was the Fort Miami track Champion in 1948 and capped off the year with a win in the 100 mile race at Langhorne, Pa. at the record speed of over 96 m.p.h.
     He won the Detroit Motor City Speedway title in 1949, ’50 and ’51. He was also the AAA Ohio/Michigan Midget Champion in 1950.
     Neal Carter placed 3rd in the National Midget Championship point battle in 1948 and was 9th in ’49 and 3rd again in ’51.
     Neal passed his drivers test at Indianapolis in 1951 and raced in 20 National Championship big car races during his career.