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    Al Unser 1939-2021

    Dec 16, 2021 4 minutes
    DAVID MALSHER-LOPEZ

    OBITUARY

    Al Unser Jr once remarked, while revealing that he was as in awe of his father as were the rest of us: “Dad taught me everything I know… but he didn’t teach me everything that he knows.”

    And now Al Unser, four-time Indy 500 winner, three-time Indycar champion, has left us at the age of 82, barely seven months after elder brother Bobby, and leaving a similar-sized hole in the ranks of US open-wheel legends. He never relished the spotlight like Bobby, and would never have dreamt of being as strident but, while Al made his opinions known , they were no

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