Louis Unser
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Louis Unser | |||||||
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Born | Louis Unser Jr. March 16, 1896 Alton, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||
Died | October 18, 1979 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 83)||||||
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) | ||||||
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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.
Oldest Indy car driver[edit]
Unser is officially the oldest ever Indy car driver to have started a race. He raced the 1965 Pikes Peak Hill Climb at the age of 69 years 3 months and 19 days, however his record is often given to A. J. Foyt, who competed in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 at the age of 57 years 4 months and 8 days.
Unser is also the oldest Indy car winner. He won the 1953 Pikes Peak Hill Climb at the age of 57 years 5 months and 22 days, however his record is often given to Mario Andretti, who won at Phoenix in 1993 at the age of 53 years 1 month and 7 days.
Burial[edit]
Unser is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Awards and honors[edit]
- Pikes Peak Hill Climb Museum Hall of Fame (1997)[2]
Motorsports career results[edit]
AAA Championship Car results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
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1947 | INDY | MIL | LAN | ATL | BAI | MIL | GOS | MIL | PIK 1 | SPR | ARL | 23rd | 200 | |||||||
1948 | ARL | INDY | MIL | LAN | MIL | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ATL | PIK 7 | SPR | DUQ | 42nd | 60 | ||||||
1949 | ARL | INDY | MIL | TRE | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 2 | SYR | DET | SPR | LAN | SAC | DMR | 27th | 160 | ||||
1950 | INDY | MIL | LAN | SPR | MIL | PIK 3 | SYR | DET | SPR | SAC | PHX | BAY | DAR | 29th | 140 | |||||
1951 | INDY | MIL | LAN | DAR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | DUQ | PIK 3 | SYR | DET | DNC | SJS | PHX | BAY | 33rd | 140 | |||
1952 | INDY | MIL | RAL | SPR | MIL | DET | DUQ | PIK 2 | SYR | DNC | SJS | PHX | 25th | 160 | ||||||
1953 | INDY | MIL | SPR | DET | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 1 | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | 25th | 200 | ||||||
1954 | INDY | MIL | LAN | DAR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 18 | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | LVG | - | 0 | |||||
1955 | INDY | MIL | LAN | SPR | MIL | DUQ | PIK 11 | SYR | ISF | SAC | PHX | 51st | 20 | |||||||
1965 | PHX | TRE | INDY | MIL | LAN | PPR 12 | TRE | IRP | ATL | LAN | MIL | ISF | MIL | DSF | INF | TRE | SAC | PHX | 56th | 5 |
See also[edit]
- Unser (disambiguation) for other family members who were race car drivers
References[edit]
- ^ "Louis Unser". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Retrieved 2023-09-23.