4 Time FIA European Top Fuel Drag Racing Champion

Who is Andy Carter?

Andy Carter is a British racing driver who holds British Citizenship and American Green Card. His career in the seat spanned Five decades, the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2011. He raced in Oval Racing and Drag Racing but is best known for his 17 years in top-level Drag Racing in the class of FIA Top Fuel Dragster. Carter is the UK’s fastest racing driver being that from years 2002 to 2011 he raced in competition at speeds over 300mph in England, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, USA and the United Arab Emirates.

FIA European Finals at Santa Pod Raceway, England

A four-time FIA Top Fuel Dragster European Champion, he is often considered the best driver of his era and was widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best drivers in the sport. He won his first FIA European Championship in 2001 with his own team (crew chief by Eddie Corr) in a rented Dragster from Rune Fjeld. In 2002 he was involved in the first side by side 300mph runs, the first side by side 4 Second runs and was the 2nd European driver over 300mph. In 2003 he started his own operation again but a 260mph crash in Norway put Carter out of the FIA Championships while in second position in the points.

In 2004 he came back stronger, winning the Pro Fuel Shootout in April and then going on to win his second FIA European Top Fuel Championship, becoming the first person to win two FIA European Top Fuel Championships and the only driver to hold the FIA Top Fuel Championship and the Pro Fuel Shootout Championship at the same time. In 2005 and 2006 he bought DIY giant B&Q into the sport when he secured a two-year partnership deal with them.
In 2007, with sponsorship from oil giant Lucas Oil he partnered with Karsten and Per Andersen of Andersen Racing.

In 2008 and 2009 Carter won back to back titles (the first to do so), cementing him as the most successful Top Fuel Dragster driver in Europe of all time at the time of his retirement. Carter was statistically the most successful British driver in the history of the sport and set many records;

1 FIA speed record
5 Finals in a row, starting with the European Finals at Santa Pod in September 2008 and ending in August 2009 at Hockenheim, Germany
14 FIA finals
17 times an FIA No1 qualifier
19 FIA event low elapsed times

11 FIA European event track records
5 FIA elapsed time records
Held the all-time FIA points record from 8th September 2007 to 5th July 2014
Held FIA European elapsed time records for some months or whole seasons in 2002-03-04-05-06-07-08-09 and 2010
The first driver over 300mph in Finland
The 2nd driver over 300mph in England (1st was Barry Sheavills)
Set the fastest outright elapsed time and speed outside America when he ran an incredible 4.57 at 320mph at Santa Pod raceway in September 2010.