Glasgow seal famous Racing win
Gregor Townsend's men banished the demons of last season, when their quarterfinal hopes faded in defeat. But they are in position to qualify this time around, when tries from Alex Dunbar and Ali Price secured only their third win on French soil.
Argentina wing Juan Imhoff put the hosts ahead in the opening exchanges before Carter scored late-on but it was not enough to lift them off the foot of the pool ahead of next week's return clash at Scotstoun.
The clash began at a frantic pace at Stade Yves-du-Manoir and it did not take long for last season's runners-up to hit the front. Dan Carter sent a long pass to Casey Laulala, who sent Brice Dulin racing away from his own half.
The fullback combined with Joe Rokocoko, who powered towards the try line. But he was brought down and the ball was worked back to the blindside, where Imhoff dotted down at the corner for his second try in as many Champions Cup matches.
But Glasgow earned a penalty just inside the Racing 22 moments after the restart and Finn Russell got his side on the scoreboard. He added another penalty to cut the gap to a single-point, before a spell of heavy Racing pressure.
But Glasgow showed their Warriors spirit to hold-firm before going down the other end to take control of this crucial fixture through Dunbar. Russell took the ball at first receiver and sent his centre crashing through a hole in the French defence to score, with Russell adding the conversion for a 13-7 lead.
Jonny Gray then secured a vital turnover to help his side secure their lead at half-time.
Russell was at the heart of things again as he was brought down just short of the Racing line but Price spotted a gap and sniped in to score at the base of the posts after 42 minutes. The conversion was duly added by Russell to give Glasgow a 20-7 lead.
Ryan Wilson then got his hands on the ball at a ruck to earn Townsend's men a crucial penalty deep in Racing territory. Russell made no mistake to put his side 16 points ahead with just 15 minutes remaining.
Carter then danced through the Warriors defence to score before converting to bring his side back to within nine points but it was too late.
Scorers:
For Racing 92:
Tries: Imhoff, Carter
Cons: Carter 2
For Glasgow Warriors:
Tries: Dunbar, Price
Cons: Russell 2
Pens: Russell 3
Teams:
Racing 92: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Anthony Tuitavke, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Yannick Nyanga, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Cedate Gomes Sa, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Gerbrandt Grobler, 20 Chris Masoe, 21 Xavier Chauveau, 22 Benjamin Dambielle, 23 Albert Vulivuli.
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Samuel Johnson, 11 Lee Jones, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Robert Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Gordon Reid.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Sila Puafisi, 19 Brian Alainu'uese, 20 Josh Strauss, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Mark Bennett, 23 Sean Lamont.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referee: John Meredith (England), Wayne Falla (England)
TMO: Trevor Fisher (England)
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