Tanya Carter

Tanya Lucy Carter is a 20 year old Dash Cup driver from Cork, Ireland. She will drive the #92 DSR Carter Racing Mascroft with her brother and former ARLA Thunder Trucks driver Ross Carter as her teammate.

Early Career - Formula Ireland
Her career started in the Irish Junior Karting series at age 10, where she didn't stand out at first. However, at the national junior race at Dublin, Ireland, she surprisingly won her qualifying race in dominating fashion. She was the youngest driver in the main race field, and she finished 12th out of 26 drivers. This caught the eye of the Formula Ireland team, Cork's Finest Racing. She was put on a contract that enabled her to take control of the #2 seat in that team on her 16th birthday. She won 14 Junior Kart races, and 3 championships before she turned 16. She ran the full 2010 season, and took a surprise win in the final race of the season at Mondello. In the 2011 season, she won the championship, sweeping the Mondello races, the Kirkistown races and winning one of two Phoenix Park races. While brother Ross Carter sorted out his 2012 plan, helping to form a team in Formula Overdrive with sponsorship from DSR, Carter was, surprisingly, kicked out of her Cork's Finest Racing ride. Ross inquired DSR about starting a two car team, rather than a one car team. Impressed by Tanya's career, they accepted Ross' inquiry and she got a ride.

Formula Overdrive - 2012 Season
Carter's year started slowly, as she failed to score points after contact with Hamilton Porteau took her out of the race early. Tanya was livid with Porteau, saying "What was he doing out there? He freaking took us out! The Formula Overdrive officials need to do something before he kills someone!" The Milwaukee Mile race was much better though, where Tanya had a clean race, leading 3 laps, finishing 9th. Carter stayed consistent through to Green Valley 540 where she finished 10th. Success came to her at Memphis though, where she won the race, lapping all but 1 other person. Carter was wrecked by Cody Keaton along with brother Ross Carter at Cleveland, and Ross had a confrontation with Keaton, while Carter called out Keaton on twitter. She did not score points.

At Darlington, Carter was involved in a lap 7 accident. There was only three cars involved initially, one of which was Carter, but others came barreling in, sending Meghan Gallagher into Carter's car then into the fence. Carter was struck by the right rear tire of Gallagher's car, and was sent to a local hospital. Her injuries amounted to a broken arm, a severe concussion and several broken ribs. She would not race in Formula Overdrive again.

Carter did not make a return to motorsports in 2012, however, she signed a contract to drive for the returning STS Racing, Inc. in Dash Cup for 2013. However, she did spectate several Formula Overdrive races, one of which was the 2012 Hanmore World Championships, in which her father was involved in an accident which gave him career ending injuries, ironically, in the same car that she was almost killed in as well.

Dash Cup - 2013 Season
Carter's Dash Cup career got off to a tough start, as in the 2013 Eurospeedway GP practices, Carter was often well outpaced by her teammates Harriet Wallace and Sara Crims, and she would spin the car out sometimes. However, after test sessions at local road courses and more practice at Eurospeedway, Carter got a very good grasp on the cars, and would qualify for the Eurospeedway GP through pole qualifying, qualifying 3rd for the race. Harriet Wallace also made the race through pole qualifying, while Crims missed the race. Carter would lead a few laps in the race before a 10 lap battle to the finish for the win with Jack Parker, in which Carter would come out in 2nd place on debut.

At Norisring, Carter would have a quiet race, finishing outside the top 10, but still in points, but at the 2013 Vnukovo GP, Carter would qualify 2nd, take the lead in the first turn and lead every lap on the way to her first victory in Dash Cup, and with this, would take a healthy points lead. Her early form labels her as a championship contender for 2013.