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Al Unser Junior
By Gregg Leary
Category:Auto Racing -> Indy Car
Two Time Indy 500 Winner…1992, 1994
Two Time CART Champion…1990, 1994
Two Time IROC Champion…1986, 1988
Two-Time Winner 24 Hours of Daytona… 1986-87
31 CART wins
3 IRL wins
CART debut…1982, Riverside…lead race, finished 5th
First CART win…1984, Portland
1985…lost CART title by 1 point…to his Dad
1989…he and Emerson Fittipaldi had their Indy 500 shunt
1992…won closest Indy 500 in history over Scott Goodyear
1994…won 2nd Indy 500
Won 8 of 16 races and the CART title for Team Penske
1995…failed to qualify for Indy 500
Al said about his dad…”He taught me everything I know about racing…but not everything that HE knows.”
Bobby Rahal said, “Al was the consummate racer who could drive anything and win in anything. He was one of the fairest racers. He didn’t block you or chop you, he always drove with a lot of class.”