He had the famed Indy 500 winners’ Borg-Warner Trophy with him and proudly showed the students the Unser legacy. “He is part of the Mount Rushmore of Indy,” said Dario Franchitti, another three-time Indy 500 winner. Unser’s final Indy 500 victory in a Penske entry was one of the most contentious outcomes and is still disputed to this day. The Unser family tradition stretched to Al Unser’s son, Al Unser Jr., who won Indy in 1992 and 1994. Bobby Unser was born Feb. 20, 1934, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and moved with his family as a child to New Mexico.

Source: thestar May 03, 2021 15:56 UTC