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CUP: Carter Among Director Candidates
Larry Carter has worked as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief for over a decade...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted January 23, 2010   Concord, NC
Larry Carter spent just over a year as general manager of Rusty Wallace Inc. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Former NASCAR crew chief Larry Carter has emerged as one of the top candidates for the position of Sprint Cup director, a spot left vacant by the recent promotion of John Darby.

Darby, Sprint Cup director since 2002, is being elevated to a management position at NASCAR’s Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C.

Carter, 47, most recently served as crew chief for driver Paul Menard at Yates Racing. He was not retained when the team merged with Richard Petty Motorsports.

Considered one of pit row’s more thorough and studious team leaders, Carter is the nephew of former NASCAR team owner and crew chief Travis Carter.

A native of Raleigh, N.C. and a graduate of North Carolina State University, Carter became a Sprint Cup crew chief with driver Jimmy Spencer in 1999 and then worked with Darrell Waltrip’s team in 2000. In 2005, he served as Rusty Wallace’s crew chief in Wallace’s final season as a driver. Wallace called Carter one of the best crew chiefs he had worked with in his career.

Carter crew-chiefed for Jamie McMurray at Roush Fenway Racing in 2007 and 2008 before joining Menard at Yates last season.

NASCAR has not indicated when it expects to fill Darby’s position, although having a new person in the position when SpeedWeeks opens in Daytona in two weeks would seem to be a goal.

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