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Louis Unser
Born
Louis Unser Jr. (1896-03-16)March 16, 1896 Alton, Illinois, U.S.
Died
October 18, 1979(1979-10-18) (aged 83) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Championship titles
Major victories Pikes Peak Hill Climb (1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1953)
Champ Car career
10 races run over 10 years
Best finish
23rd (tie) (1947)
First race
1947 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
Last race
1965 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
First win
1947 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
Last win
1953 Pikes Peak Hill Climb (Pikes Peak)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
2
6
1
Louis Unser Jr. (March 16, 1896 – October 18, 1979) was an American racing driver.[1] He was the patriarch of the Unser family of American auto racers. He was renowned for his hill-climbing career, winning the Pikes Peak Hill Climb nine times between 1934 and 1953.
LouisUnser Jr. (March 16, 1896 – October 18, 1979) was an American racing driver. He was the patriarch of the Unser family of American auto racers. He...
nephew of LouisUnser, 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...
Loesche in his Lexington Special. In the years following, Glen Scultz and LouisUnser shared a rivalry and won the event 12 times between them. In 1929 the...
of Louis): Jerry Unser Jr. (1932–1959) Bobby Unser (1934–2021) Al Unser (1939–2021) Third generation: Johnny Unser (born 1958), son of Jerry Al Unser Jr...
Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser,...
of the fourth generation of the Unser family. Al Richard Unser is the son of Al Unser Jr., and grandson of Al Unser Sr. Due to his family connections...
years, 11 months and 25 days old when he won the 2019 IndyCar Classic. LouisUnser is the oldest winner of a major American open-wheel car race; he was...
by CART under the name "IndyCar". The season consisted of 16 races. Al Unser Jr. was the national champion, his second CART title, and the rookie of...
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...
(originally written in the German language with the title "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott") is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformer Martin...
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Robby Unser (born January 12, 1968) is an American former Indy Racing League driver and nine-time winner of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He...
Unser took the checkered flag as the winner, with Mario Andretti finishing second. After the conclusion of the race, USAC officials ruled that Unser had...
Bel-Airs and Biscaynes for drag racing and another Chevrolet stock car for LouisUnser who won its division of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He was...
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also prepared six winning cars for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb driven by LouisUnser between 1938 and 1955. It was in 1938 that Snowberger put his Indianapolis...
Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Al RogersC LouisUnser 10 September 28 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield...
competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Unser family includes Al Unser, Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, Robby Unser and LouisUnser, and have won the Indianapolis 500...
Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill LouisUnserC Al Rogers 10 September 8 Syracuse 100D New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse...
Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Al UnserA Al Unser 7 July 18 Trenton 150 Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey...
champion finishing second: 9 Louis Meyer, 1929 Wilbur Shaw, 1938 Bill Holland, 1950 Rodger Ward, 1960 Jim Clark, 1966 Al Unser, 1972 Johnny Rutherford, 1975...
December 13, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2009. "Unser Racing Museum - Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico". Unser Racing Museum. Retrieved January 22, 2016...
during his travels with lavish gifts. He is still remembered in Bavaria as Unser Kini ("Our Cherished King" in the Bavarian dialect).[citation needed] Unification...
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