Johnny Unser

Johnny Unser

Born: October 22, 1958
Age: 66
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Biography

Johnny Unser (born October 22, 1958 in Long Beach, California) is a former race car driver. He is the son of open wheel driver Jerry Unser, cousin of Al Unser, Jr. and Robby Unser, nephew of Al Unser and Bobby Unser, and first cousin once removed of Alfred Unser. Unser's father, Jerry, died in a racing accident when Unser was seven months old. He made 5 starts in CART in 1993 and 1994 with a best result of 15th. He joined the Indy Racing League in its inaugural 1996 season but had a transmission failure during the pace lap of what would've been his first Indianapolis 500 and was not credited with a race start. In 1997 he made his first start in the Indy 500 starting in the 35th position after league and speedway owner Tony George added his and Lyn St. James' car to the field because slower cars than theirs were guaranteed starting positions because of prior races. He went on to finish 18th, his best "500" result in 5 starts. Unser drove the majority of his IRL races for Hemelgarn Racing and in his 14 career IRL starts he had a best finish of 9th in his very first series start in 1996 at Phoenix International Raceway. His last major open wheel race was the 2000 Indy 500.

On January 14, 2008 Johnny Unser was named as the race director for the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship. He is currently a driver coach and adviser to the Mazda Road to Indy and racing adviser and spokesman for Cooper Tire. He also is an official for Indycar in Race Control and is owner of Unser Racing, Karting and Entertainment track in Denver, Colorado..

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Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1993 Coyne
SRF

PHX

LBH

IND

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIC

NHA

ROA

VAN

MDO

NAZ

LS
44th 0
1994 Coyne
SRF

PHX

LBH

IND

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIC

MDO

NHA

VAN

ROA

NAZ

LS
39th 0

IndyCar

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
1996 Project Indy
WDW

PHX

INDY
24th 56
1996-1997 Project Indy
NHM

LVS

WDW

PHX
24th 107
Hemelgarn
INDY

LV2
Byrd-Cunningham
TXS

PPIR

CLT

NH2
1998 Hemelgarn
WDW

PHX

INDY

TXS

NHM

DOV

CLT

PPIR

ATL

TX2

LVS
40th 5
1999 Hemelgarn
WDW

PHX

CLT

INDY

TXS

PPIR

ATL

DOV

PPI2

LVS

TX2
27th 57
2000 Indy Regency
WDW

PHX

LVS

INDY

TXS

PPIR

ATL

KTY

TX2
41st 8

Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1996 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 16th 33rd
1997 Dallara Infiniti 35th 18th
1998 Dallara Oldsmobile 25th 25th
1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 30th 32nd
2000 G-Force Oldsmobile 30th 22nd

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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