Meet the Contenders: Michael Carter

Eight of the top grassroots competitors will compete November 15 & 16 at NOLA Motorsports Park for the Mazda Road to 24 scholarship valued at $100,000. Today, we feature Michael Carter, a 16 year old Spec Miata competitor.Michael Carter is a 16-year-old straight-A high school student who has been behind the wheel of a racecar for 13 of his 16 years. Michael's first race car was a Quarter Midget, which he received when he was 3 years old on Christmas Day. Ten days later he turned 4 years old and that year began practicing in his dad's shop parking lot."I still remember running around the little track in the parking lot and purposely drifting off of the corners all the way up to the curb because it was so much fun. It's very hard to believe and kind of funny to look back on it that I was testing the limits of the car at such a young age."