He was a madman, put on a hell of a show. Died a year later.

Carter would continue his jumping lifestyle. In 1982, he jumped a car over a two-story building in Lancaster, New York and he announced that he was going to jump the Niagara Gorge. He would also jump 170 feet from ramp to ramp at the a Canadian Association Stock Car Auto Racing event in Ontario, which got him plenty of press.

Prior to doing the 2,000 foot jump across the Gorge, Carter decided to do a test jump over a pond.
On July 1, 1983, Carter attempted to jump a pond in Peterborough. The jump failed when the ramp collapsed. Carter decided to try the jump again and did so on September. The jump was going to be 200 feet but the racing of the night went late and Carter was forced to make the jump in the dark with few lights available. Carter then had his crew add more fuel to the rockets tank on the back of the car as he was afraid he would not be able to clear the ramp. With the extra fuel, the car launched off the ramp with thrust still coming out of the rocket, shooting the car 100 feet into the air before it ended the thrust, causing the car to fall end over end from the sky. The car landed on its roof, killing Carter instantly as the cage in the car was not designed for that type of impact. The car would travel 295 feet instead of the planned 200 feet.
Harry Shermet, the assistant manager of the Westgate Speedway said the following about the incident.
When I reached him, he was not breathing. He had no visible injuries but clearly it was bad. We needed about 10 to 15 minutes to get him out.

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