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Bobby Unser

{{short description|American racing driver (1934–2021)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Bobby Unser

| image = President Ronald Reagan during a photo op with Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, Al Unser Sr., Karen Unser, Shelley Unser, and Marsha Unser (cropped).jpg

| caption = Unser visiting the White House in 1986

| birth_name = Robert William Unser

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|02|20}}

| birth_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|05|02|1934|02|20}}

| death_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

| titles = USAC Championship Car (1968, 1974)
Major victories
Pikes Peak Hill Climb (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1986)
Indianapolis 500 (1968, 1975, 1981)
California 500 (1974, 1976, 1979, 1980)
Pocono 500 (1980)

| awards =

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 258

| Years_In_Champ = 21

| Best_Champ_Pos = 1st (1968, 1974)

| First_Champ_Race = 1955 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1981 Miller High Life 150 (Phoenix)

| First_Champ_Win = 1966 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)

| Last_Champ_Win = 1981 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Champ_Wins = 35

| Champ_Podiums = 83

| Champ_Poles = 52

| module2 =

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|embed=yes

| Total_Cup_Races = 4

| Years_In_Cup = 3

| First_Cup_Race = 1969 Daytona Qualifier #2 (Daytona)

| Last_Cup_Race = 1973 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)

| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 2

| Cup_Poles = 0

| module3 =

{{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes

| Nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American

| Years = {{F1|1968}}

| Team(s) = BRM

| Races = 2 (1 start)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Points = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = 1968 Italian Grand Prix

| Last race = 1968 United States Grand Prix

}}}}}}}}

Robert William Unser{{Cite web |title=Bobby Unser |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/UnserBobby.htm |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} (February 20, 1934 – May 2, 2021) was an American automobile racer. At his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994, he had the fourth most IndyCar Series wins at 35 (behind his brother Al, A. J. Foyt, and Mario Andretti). Unser won the 1968 and 1974 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championships. He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb overall title 10 times (13 times when class wins are included).

He was the nephew of Louis Unser, brother of Al, Jerry Unser and Louie Unser, the father of Robby Unser and the uncle of Al Unser Jr. and Johnny Unser. The Unser family has won the Indianapolis 500 a record nine times, with Bobby and Al Unser Sr. being the only set of brothers to win in the race's history. Bobby Unser was one of ten drivers to have won the 500 three or more times and the first of two (followed by Rick Mears) to have won in three decades (1968, 1975, 1981).

Early life

Unser was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Mary Catherine (Craven) and Jerome Henry Unser,{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIdKAQAAMAAJ&q=Mary+Catherine+Unser+(Craven|title=Laws of the State of New Mexico|date=June 15, 1976|publisher=Albright & Anderson, printers|access-date=June 15, 2021|via=Google Books}} the third oldest of four brothers. When he turned one, his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where his father started a garage on U.S. Route 66. From 1953 to 1955, he served in the United States Air Force and became a top competition sharpshooter in military matches.

Racing career

=Early career=

Unser began racing in 1949 in a Modified at Roswell Speedway. In 1950, at the age of 15, he won his first championship in Southwest Modified Stock Cars. In 1955, Bobby and brothers Jerry and Al Unser decided to pursue racing careers in USAC. In 1959, his brother Jerry Unser died in a practice crash for the 1959 Indianapolis 500.

Unser was an early user of five-point harnesses, adopting them from aviation.{{Cite web |title=Racing Harness, 1955-1960 - The Henry Ford |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/362779 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=www.thehenryford.org |language=en}}

=Pikes Peak International Hill Climb=

He debuted in 1955 at Pike's Peak, dubbed "Unser's Peak" because of his family's history of success at the hill climb. He finished fifth that year, behind his two brothers. A year later, he won his first championship at Pikes Peak.{{cite web |url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/unserbo01/1980/UO |title=Bobby Unser 1980 USAC Champ Car Series Results |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/unserbo01/1981/UO |title=Bobby Unser 1981 USAC Champ Car Series Results |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=February 11, 2015}} He won six straight titles from 1958 to 1963. His streak ended in 1964 when his younger brother Al won the race.

He leads the all-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb champion's list with 10 overall wins, having set a new track record eight times. {{cite web |title=PPIHC All Time Kings of the Mountain (1916-2020) |url=https://ppihc.org/wp-content/uploads/All-Time-Kings-of-the-Mountain-2020.pdf |website=Pikes Peak International Hill Climb |access-date=May 9, 2021}} Unser's record time was broken by Michele Mouton, so Audi approached Unser asking if he would want to attempt to take the record back. In 1986, after a 12-year absence from the Pikes Peak race, he won the event for the tenth time driving an Audi Quattro. He eclipsed Mouton's time by 16 seconds. The win also broke the tie he had with his Uncle Louis Unser for nine overall victories each. The 1986 win brought Unser's total number of Pikes Peak victories to 13,{{cite web |title=Bobby Unser |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/bobby-unser/ |publisher=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |access-date=May 30, 2021 |date=1990}} including two stock car class victories (1969 and 1974) and a single sports car class win (1963).

=IndyCar career=

Unser came from a family of racecar drivers. He won numerous racing championships throughout his career, including three Indianapolis 500 titles.{{cite web |url=http://www.unserracingmuseum.com/family-history.php |title=Family History |publisher=Unser Racing Museum |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211032106/http://www.unserracingmuseum.com/family-history.php |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Unser |title=Bobby Unser Inventor, Collaborator, 3-time Indy 500 Winner |publisher=OnInnovation |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211144350/http://www.oninnovation.com/innovators/detail.aspx?innovator=Unser |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} When asked in 2008 about his potential to move from midget and sprint cars, Unser said, "I never considered Indianapolis because I didn't think I was good enough. But Rufus (Parnelli Jones) told me I was going and he got me a ride and I always be indebted to him."{{cite web |title=Bobby Unser 1934 – 2021 |url=https://racer.com/2021/05/03/bobby-unser-1934-2021/ |website=RACER |access-date=June 2, 2021 |date=May 3, 2021}}

Image:Eagle Rislone Special front Honda Collection Hall.jpg

Unser made his IndyCar debut in 1962 (excluding the Pikes Peak races which were part of the IndyCar season in the 1950s). He raced for Andy Granatelli between 1963 and 1965 with a Novi engine. Unser raced in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1963. He crashed early and placed 33rd.{{cite web |url=http://racing-reference.info/race/1963-02/UO |title=1963 Indianapolis 500 |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=February 12, 2015}} Unser's second Indianapolis 500 in 1964 ended on the second lap in the crash that killed Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.{{cite news |author1=Nathan Brown Benbow, Christopher DeHarde and Dana Hunsinger |title=Bobby Unser, three-time Indy 500 champion, dies at 87: 'There was nobody like him' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motorsports/2021/05/03/bobby-unser-dies-undy-500-champion/4927259001/ |work=USA Today |date=May 3, 2021}} Unser moved to an IndyCar owned by Bob Willke from 1966 until 1970. His first IndyCar win came in 1967 at Mosport, in Ontario. A year later, Unser won his first Indianapolis 500, setting the record as the first driver to race over 170 miles per hour at Indianapolis. In 1968, Unser worked with crew chief Jud Phillips and won his first USAC National Driving Championship with wins at Stardust International Raceway, Phoenix Raceway, Trenton Speedway, Indy, and the Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

Image:Indy500winningcar1975.JPG

In 1972, Unser started working for Dan Gurney's All American Racers team and a John Miller Offenhauser engine. He set another Indianapolis 500 record for the fastest qualifying time at {{convert|195.940|mph|km/h}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/racing/indycar/indy500/2011/columns/story?id=6556363 |title=Indy at 100: Fatalities mar the '70s |last=Oreovicz |first=John |publisher=ESPN |date=May 16, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2015}} Teams were allowed to bolt on a wing for the first time and speeds rose significantly (the previous record speed was {{convert|178.696|mph|km/h}}). Unser won nine pole positions (in ten races) and won four of the races. In 1974, he won his second USAC National Driving Championship. In 13 races, Unser won four times, took second four times, and finished in the top five twelve times. In the 1975 Indianapolis 500, he won his second 500 in a race that was rain-shortened on lap 174 because of torrential rains. Unser won twice in 1976 as part of the Fletcher Racing Team.{{Cite web |title=The Indianapolis Star 02 May 1976, page Page 60 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105894341/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}} He remained on Gurney's team until 1979.

Image:IndyCar B.Unser 1979 EMS.jpg

From 1979 to 1981, Unser raced in the CART series for Team Penske.{{cite web |url=http://racing-reference.info/driver/Bobby_Unser |title=Bobby Unser |publisher=Racing Reference |access-date=February 11, 2015}} Roger Penske wanted a proven winner to join his young driver Rick Mears. Unser won six times to Mears' three wins but Mears won the championship and Indianapolis 500. In 1980 he became the first driver to win the California 500 four times. Unser won four times in 1980 and finished second in the season championship to Johnny Rutherford. His career ended in 1981 following a controversial win at Indianapolis.

==1981 Indianapolis 500 controversy==

Unser was the center of one of the most controversial finishes in Indy 500 history at the 1981 Indianapolis 500. Unser won the pole in the No. 3 Roger Penske-owned car and led the most laps (89 laps).

On lap 149, during a caution period, Unser and Mario Andretti made their pit stops and headed back to the race. Unser passed eight cars during the caution, while Andretti passed two cars. Unser won the race by 5.18 seconds, but was stripped of it the following morning in favor of second-place finisher Andretti. Andretti drove the only other car on the lead lap at the end. After a five-month lawsuit and protest by Penske, Unser was re-awarded the win in October 1981. For his infraction, Unser was instead fined $40,000 (${{inflation|US|40000|1981|r=-3|fmt=c}} in today's money). {{cite web |last1=Lerner |first1=Preston |title=The 1981 Indianapolis 500 |work=MotorTrend |date=May 24, 2013 |url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/13q1-the-1981-indianapolis-500/ |publisher=Motor Trend |access-date=May 4, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Benbow |first1=Dana |title=Indy 500's most controversial finish: It ruined Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser friendship forever |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/05/06/indy-500-s-most-controversial-finish-ruined-mario-andretti-bobby-unser-friendship/1116614001/ |access-date=May 4, 2021 |publisher=Indianapolis Star |date=May 6, 2019}} Unser retired during off-season testing for Pat Patrick at Phoenix.

Image:Indy500winningcar1981.JPG

In his autobiography Winners are Driven, Unser expressed his beliefs that the debacle was politically motivated and that USAC disqualified him (and benefited Andretti), hoping to start a falling-out between Pat Patrick, Andretti's car owner and owner of Patrick Racing, and Roger Penske (owner of Unser's car), in order to destroy CART. He claimed that Patrick's team did not protest the finish and that Patrick was on Unser's side in the controversy.{{cite book |last1=Unser |first1=Bobby |title=Winners are Driven |date=February 14, 2003 |publisher=Wiley|pages=115–118 |isbn=978-0471250685}} For years, Unser and Andretti did not speak to each other willingly until early 2017 when Unser announced on his YouTube channel that Andretti reached out to wish him the best after Unser got extremely sick.

=Other achievements=

Unser was the 1975 International Race of Champions (IROC) champion and won the 1993 Fast Masters championship.

Unser challenged Dan Gurney to improve the performance of his 1971 USAC car, leading to the development of the Gurney flap.{{cite book |last1=Unser |first1=Bobby |title=Winners are Driven |date=February 14, 2003 |publisher=Wiley|pages=15 |isbn=978-0471250685}} In 1993, Unser set a new Bonneville Salt Flats record at Bonneville Speedway of 223.709 in a D/Gas Modified Roadster that stood for 18 years.

In 2003, he published a book, Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life.

Broadcaster

Image:Bobby Unser - 2015 Indianapolis 500 - Stierch.jpg

Unser was a television broadcaster for 20 years after his retirement from racing.{{cite news |title=Bobby Unser, Indy 500 champ from famed racing family, dies at 87 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/bobby-unser-indy-500-champ-famed-racing-family-dies-87-n1266165 |access-date=May 31, 2021 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=May 3, 2021 |language=en}} He was a television commentator for IndyCar races after his retirement working for NBC, ABC, and ESPN. Unser also worked as the analyst for the IMS Radio Network in 1986. In 1989, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded ABC's telecast of the Indianapolis 500 the Sports Emmy Award for "Outstanding Live Sports Special". Unser received announcer honors with Paul Page and Sam Posey.

Unser was announcing in the booth for his brother Al's record-tying fourth Indy 500 victory in 1987 and Al's 1985 CART championship. He also called his nephew Al Jr.'s first Indy 500 victory in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 and second in 1994.

Unser also broadcast several NASCAR events between 1986 and 1992 alongside Page and Benny Parsons. The most famous NASCAR race Unser broadcast was the 1989 The Winston in which Rusty Wallace won by wrecking Darrell Waltrip with 2 laps to go; Unser was the first broadcaster of the broadcasting team to spot the post-race fist-fight between Wallace and Waltrip's pit crews.

Awards

Federal criminal charges

On December 20, 1996 in Colorado, Unser and a friend became lost while snowmobiling near Unser's New Mexico ranch. They abandoned one stuck snowmobile before a storm blinded them both. When the second snowmobile stopped working, they spent two days and nights in subzero weather before finding a barn where they were found. Both men were suffering badly; his friend was suffering from hypothermia, and Unser had vomited blood during this time.{{YouTube|id=UfR4PLNdr_c|title=Indy 500 Winner Bobby Unser vs. the U.S. Government}} Unser was later convicted of a Federal misdemeanor, "unlawful operation of a snowmobile within a National Forest Wilderness Area" (16 U.S.C. 551, 36 C.F.R. 261.16(a)), and was fined $75. Maximum penalties could have been up to six months in jail and up to $5,000.00 in fines. Unser appealed, claiming to have been lost before the accident, but the court ruled that maps were widely available and it was a public welfare offense, thus intent was not necessary.{{Citation |last=Friedman |first=Richard A. |date=July 1999 |title=Brief for the United States in Opposition |url=https://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1999/0responses/98-1600.resp.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830091800/http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1999/0responses/98-1600.resp.html |archive-date=August 30, 2010 }} Unser appealed this decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but his writ of certiorari was denied.{{Citation |last=Carroll |first=Conn |date=March 14, 2011 |title=Bobby Unser vs the Feds |url=http://blog.heritage.org/2011/03/14/bobby-unser-vs-the-feds/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316235509/http://blog.heritage.org/2011/03/14/bobby-unser-vs-the-feds/ |url-status=unfit |archive-date=March 16, 2011 |work=The Foundry |publisher=The Heritage Foundation }}

Death

Unser died on May 2, 2021, at the age of 87 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico from natural causes.{{cite news |last1=Fryer |first1=Jenna |title=Bobby Unser, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 87 |url=https://www.wane.com/sports/bobby-unser-3-time-indianapolis-500-winner-dies-at-87/ |access-date=May 31, 2021 |work=WANE-TV |date=May 3, 2021}} Page spoke at his funeral service; Andretti and Roger Penske spoke via videotape.{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Rick |title=Racing greats say goodbye to Bobby Unser |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/2389694/racing-greats-say-goodbye-to-bobby-unser.html |access-date=May 31, 2021 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=May 11, 2021}} Pallbearers outside of the Unser family include Willy T. Ribbs, Johnny Rutherford, and Rick Galles. He was interred at Sunset Memorial Park.{{cite news |title=Life of racing legend Bobby Unser to be celebrated at memorial |url=https://www.krqe.com/sports/local-sports/life-of-racing-legend-bobby-unser-to-be-celebrated-at-memorial/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |work=KRQE |date=May 11, 2021}}

Unser was the father of two sons, Bobby Jr. and Robby, and two daughters, Cindy and Jeri.{{cite web |title=Bobby Unser Passes Away at 87 |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/bobby-unser-passes-away-at-87/ |website=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |access-date=May 31, 2021 |date=May 3, 2021}} Unser coached Robby for the 1998 and 1999 Indianapolis 500. Bobby Unser Jr., who participated in racing before giving it up to pursue stunt car driving, music, and horse breeding, died less than two months after his father at the age of 65, as a result of complications from hip surgery.{{cite news |title=Bobby Unser Jr. passes away |url=https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-sports/bobby-unser-jr-passes-away/6140614/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=KOB 4 |date=June 13, 2021}}

Racing record

=American open-wheel racing results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

==Complete USAC Championship Car results==

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|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| SAC
DNQ

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
17

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| HAN
2

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
19

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| RIV
2

!style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| 4.330

|-

! 1969

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
8

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| HAN
7

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| INDY
3

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
16

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| LAN
1

| PIP

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| CDR
16

| NAZ

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE
23

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
24

| IRP

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| MIL
2

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| SPR
10

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
22

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| DUQ
5

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| ISF
3

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| BRN
13

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| BRN
11

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE
7

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| SAC
3

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
17

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
5

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
22

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV
4

|colspan{{=}}4|

!style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 2.585

|-

! 1970

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| PHX
2

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
18

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| TRE
4

|style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| INDY
11

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL
6

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| LAN
1

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| CDR
4

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
24

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| SPR
9

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
19

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
22

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| DUQ
2

|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| ISF
DNQ

|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| SED
DNQ

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| TRE
2

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| SAC
6

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
17

|colspan{{=}}10|

!style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 2.260

|-

! 1971

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| RAF
27

| RAF

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| PHX
2

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| TRE
4

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
12

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
14

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| POC
9

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
18

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL
1

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
21

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| TRE
1

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| PHX
8

|colspan{{=}}16|

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 1.805

|-

! 1972

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| PHX
1

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE
17

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
30

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL
1

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
14

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
20

|style{{=}}"background:#DFC484;"| MIL
Wth

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
24

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| TRE
1

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| PHX
1

|colspan{{=}}18|

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 8th

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 1.500

|-

! 1973

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
20

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE
19

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TRE
15

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
13

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL
1

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
10

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
20

|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| MIL
DNQ

| ONT

| ONT

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| ONT
7

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| MCH
10

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
16

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| TRE
2

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
15

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
18

|colspan{{=}}12|

!style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 12th

!style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 1.108

|-

! 1974

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
2

| ONT

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ONT
1

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| PHX
2

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| TRE
1

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| INDY
2

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
21

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
5

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
1

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| MIL
4

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
3

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| TRE
2

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| TRE
1

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| PHX
2

|colspan{{=}}14|

!style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| 4.870

|-

!rowspan{{=}}2| 1975

! All American Racers

! rowspan{{=}}2| Eagle 74

! Offy 159 L4 t

| ONT

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
{{small|10}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
{{small|2}}

| PHX

| TRE

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| INDY
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| MIL
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|22}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS
{{small|5}}

| MIL

|colspan{{=}}18|

!rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 2.489

|-

! Jerry O'Connell Racing

! Offy Drake L4 t

|colspan{{=}}10|

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| MIS2
{{small|3}}

| TRE

| PHX

|colspan{{=}}15|

|-

! 1976

! Fletcher Racing

! Eagle 74

! Offy Drake L4 t

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| PHX
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| TRE
{{small|DNQ}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| INDY
{{small|10}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| MIL
{{small|3}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|32}}

| MIS

| TWS

| TRE

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| MIL
{{small|4}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ONT
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS
{{small|4}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
{{small|17}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
{{small|21}}

|colspan{{=}}15|

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th

!style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 2.080

|-

!rowspan{{=}}3| 1977

!rowspan{{=}}3| Fletcher Racing

! Lightning Mk1

!rowspan{{=}}2| Offy Drake L4 t

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|ONT
{{small|15}}

|colspan{{=}}2|

|style{{=}}"background:#DFC484;"|TRE
{{small|WD}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|18}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL
{{small|16}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|POC
{{small|19}}

|MOS

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS
{{small|21}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|TWS
{{small|15}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL
{{small|17}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|ONT
{{small|30}}

|MIS

|colspan{{=}}15|

!rowspan{{=}}3 style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 35th

!rowspan{{=}}3 style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 75

|-

! Eagle 74

|

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|17}}

|TWS

|colspan{{=}}25|

|-

! Lightning Mk1

! Cosworth DFX V8 t

|colspan{{=}}13|

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|8}}

|colspan{{=}}14|

|-

!rowspan{{=}}3| 1978

!rowspan{{=}}3| All American Racers

! Lightning Mk1

!rowspan{{=}}3| Cosworth DFX V8 t

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|18}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|ONT
{{small|16}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|TWS
{{small|13}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|TRE
{{small|20}}

|colspan{{=}}24|

!rowspan{{=}}3 style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 12th

!rowspan{{=}}3 style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| 1.122

|-

! Eagle 78

|colspan{{=}}4|

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"|INDY
{{small|6}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MOS
{{small|19}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL
{{small|17}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|POC
{{small|20}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS
{{small|5}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"|ATL
{{small|3}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|TWS
{{small|8}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL
{{small|20}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|ONT
{{small|13}}

|MIS

|TRE

|colspan{{=}}13|

|-

! Eagle 78 MkII

|colspan{{=}}15|

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|SIL
{{small|8}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|BRH
{{small|13}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|11}}

|colspan{{=}}10|

|-

! 1979

!

!

!

| ONT

| TWS

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| INDY
5

| MIL

| POC

| TWS

| MIL

|colspan{{=}}21|

!-

!0

|-

! 1980

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT
{{small|23}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY
{{small|9}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;" | MIL
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;" | POC
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;" | MDO
{{small|15}}

| colspan{{=}}23|

!style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| 1,334

|-

! 1981-82

!

!

!

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;" | INDY
1

| POC

| ILL

| DUQ

| ISF

|style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

| colspan{{=}}22|

!-

!0

}}}}

==CART==

{{Overflow|

{{wikitable| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Rank

! Points

|-

| 1979

! Team Penske

! Penske PC-7

! Cosworth DFX V8 t

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"|PHX
{{small|5}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"|ATL1
{{small|7}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"|ATL2
{{small|4}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"|INDY
{{small|5}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|TRE1
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|TRE2
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS1
{{small|19}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|MIS2
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|WGL
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|TRE3
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|ONT
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|MIS3
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"|ATL3
{{small|3}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|PHX2
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 3820

|-

| 1980

! Team Penske

! Penske PC-9

! Cosworth DFX V8 t

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|ONT1
{{small|23}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|19}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|MIL1
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|POC
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MDO
{{small|15}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|MIS1
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|WGL
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"|MIL2
{{small|3}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"|ONT2
{{small|1}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|MIS2
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|MEX
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFFFFF;"|PHX
{{small|DNS}}

|  

|  

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| 3714

|-

| 1981

! Team Penske

! Penske PC-9B

! Cosworth DFX V8 t

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|PHX1
{{small|2}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL1
{{small|21}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"|ATL1
{{small|13}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"|ATL2
{{small|6}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS1
{{small|16}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"|RIV
{{small|9}}

|style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"|MIL2
{{small|3}}

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"|MIS2
{{small|7}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|WGL
{{small|17}}

|style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"|MEX
{{small|15}}

|style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"|PHX2
{{small|2}}

|  

|  

|  

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 7th

|style{{=}}"background:#CFEAFF;"| 99

}}}}

==Indianapolis 500 results==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Start

! Finish

1963

| Kurtis 500K

| Novi

| 16th

| 33rd

1964

| Ferguson P104

| Novi

| 22nd

| 32nd

1965

| Ferguson P104

| Novi

| 8th

| 19th

1966

| Huffaker 66

| Offy

| 28th

| 8th

1967

| Eagle 67

| Ford

| 8th

| 9th

1968

| Eagle 68

| Offy

| 3rd

| 1st

1969

| Lola T152

| Offy

| 3rd

| 3rd

1970

| Eagle 67

| Ford

| 7th

| 11th

1971

| Eagle 71

| Offy

| 3rd

| 12th

1972

| Eagle 72

| Offy

| 1st

| 30th

1973

| Eagle 73

| Offy

| 2nd

| 13th

1974

| Eagle 74

| Offy

| 7th

| 2nd

1975

| Eagle 74

| Offy

| 3rd

| 1st

1976

| Eagle 74–76

| Offy

| 12th

| 10th

1977

| Lightning Mk1/77

| Offy

| 2nd

| 18th

1978

| Eagle 78

| Ford Cosworth DFX

| 19th

| 6th

1979

| Penske PC-7

| Ford Cosworth DFX

| 4th

| 5th

1980

| Penske PC-9

| Ford Cosworth DFX

| 3rd

| 19th

1981

| Penske PC-9B

| Ford Cosworth DFX

| 1st

| 1st

==Indy 500 qualifying results==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Year

! Att #

! Date

! Time

! Qual
Day

! Car #

! Laps

! Qual
Time

! Qual
Speed

! Rank

! Start

! Comment

1967

| 4

| 05-13

| 4

| 1

| 6

| 4

| —

| 164.752

| 9

| 8

|

1968

| 6

| 05-18

| 6

| 1

| 3

| 4

| —

| 169.507

| 3

| 3

|

1969

| 12

| 05-24

| 12

| 2

| 1

| 4

| 3:32.1600

| 169.683

| 3

| 3

|

1970

| 24

| 05-16

| 24

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 3:33.6400

| 168.508

| 8

| 7

|

1971

| 17

| 05-15

| 17

| 1

| 2

| 4

| 3:24.7600

| 175.816

| 3

| 3

|

1972

| 13

| 05-14

| 16:49

| 1

| 6

| 4

| 3:03.7300

| 195.940

| 1

| 1

|

1973

| 19

| 05-12

| 13:28

| 1

| 8

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

1973

| 29

| 05-12

| 17:20

| 1

| 8

| 4

| 3:01.6500

| 198.183

| 2

| 2

|

1974

| 14

| 05-11

| 11:40

| 1

| 48

| 4

| 3:14.4100

| 185.176

| 8

| 7

|

1975

| 16

| 05-10

| 13:14

| 1

| 48

| 4

| 3:08.4100

| 191.073

| 3

| 3

|

1976

| 1

| 05-15

| 14:36

| 1

| 3

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| —

| align=left | PULLED OFF

1976

| 34

| 05-16

| 13:15

| 2

| 3

| 4

| 3:11.9800

| 187.520

| 5

| 12

|

1977

| 6

| 05-14

| 11:44

| 1

| 6

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| —

| align=left | PULLED OFF

1977

| 32

| 05-14

| 16:48

| 1

| 6

| 4

| 3:02.0700

| 197.726

| 2

| 2

|

1978

| 30

| 05-20

| 17:07

| 2

| 48

| 4

| 3:04.9400

| 194.658

| 10

| 20

|

1979

| 17

| 05-13

| 14:08

| 1

| 12

| 4

| 3:09.5600

| 189.913

| 4

| 4

|

1980

| 23

| 05-10

| 14:16

| 1

| 11

| 4

| 3:09.4800

| 189.994

| 3

| 3

|

1981

| 19

| 05-16

| 11:36

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2:59.5100

| 200.546

| 2

| 1

|

=Complete Formula One World Championship results=

Unser participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.

{{Clear}}

(key)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! WDC

! Points

rowspan="2"| 1968

!rowspan="2"|Owen Racing Organisation

!BRM P126

!Rowspan="2"|BRM P101 3.0 V12

| RSA

| ESP

| MON

| BEL

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ITA
{{small|DNS}}

| CAN

|

|

! rowspan="2"|NC

! rowspan="2"|0

BRM P138

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

| MEX

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Grand National Series==

{{Overflow|

{{wikitable| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

|-

! colspan{{=}}69| NASCAR Grand National Series results

|-

! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! 37

! 38

! 39

! 40

! 41

! 42

! 43

! 44

! 45

! 46

! 47

! 48

! 49

! 50

! 51

! 52

! 53

! 54

! {{Tooltip|NGNC|NASCAR Grand National classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

|-

! 1969

! Smokey Yunick

! 13

! Ford

| MGR

| MGY

| RSD

| DAY

| style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|4}}

| style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|42}}

| CAR

| AUG

| BRI

| ATL

| CLB

| HCY

| GPS

| RCH

| NWS

| MAR

| AWS

| DAR

| BLV

| LGY

| CLT

| MGR

| SMR

| MCH

| KPT

| GPS

| NCF

| DAY

| DOV

| TPN

| TRN

| BLV

| BRI

| NSV

| SMR

| ATL

| MCH

| SBO

| BGS

| AWS

| DAR

| HCY

| RCH

| TAL

| CLB

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| SVH

| AUG

| CAR

| JFC

| MGR

| TWS

! NA

! -

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==Winston Cup Series==

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! colspan{{=}}43| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results

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! Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

|-

! 1972

! Nichels

! 99

! Chevy

| RSD

| DAY

| RCH

| ONT

| CAR

| ATL

| BRI

| DAR

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| MCH

| RSD

| TWS

| DAY

| BRI

| TRN

| ATL

| TAL

| MCH

| NSV

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|43}}

| CAR

| TWS

! NA

! -

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! 1973

! Holman-Moody

! 41

! Ford

| style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
{{small|4}}

| DAY

| RCH

| CAR

| BRI

| ATL

| NWS

| DAR

| MAR

| TAL

| NSV

| CLT

| DOV

| TWS

| RSD

| MCH

| DAY

| BRI

| ATL

| TAL

| NSV

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| NWS

| MAR

| CLT

| CAR

| colspan{{=}}3|

! NA

! -

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===Daytona 500===

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Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1969

| Smokey Yunick

| Ford

|align=center| 4

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 42

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