"I read DIRT RIDER to keep up
on what's happening in the
motorcycle world."
-AIUn••r
PHOTO: JIM CUTLER
Name: AI Unser
Occupation: Race car driver
Job description: "I drive!"
Auto racing career: Threetime Indy car national champion
(1970, 1983, 1985); at 46, oldest
Indy car champion in history; alltime leading Indy car money winner ($5,342,952); ranks third
(behind A.J. Foyt and Mario
Andretti) in all-time career victories with 39; ranks second in career
starts; ranks fourth in all-time pole
positions; ranks third among alltime lap leaders; only driver in
Indy car history to win "Triple
Crown" of 5OD-milers by sweeping
Indianapolis, Pocono, and Ontario
(1978); four-time Indianapolis 500
winner (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987);
all-time leading money winner at
Indianapolis; one of only three
drivers (including Andretti and
Foyt) to win on paved oval, road
course, and dirt track in a single
season (1968, 1969, 1970); two-
time winner International Race of
Champions [IROC] (1977, 1978);
two-time dirt series champion
(1970, 1973); one win, five secondplace finishes in Formula 5000
competition (1975); raced Can-Am
series, won at Laguna Seca (1980);
co-drove winning car in IMSA
Daytona 24-Hours (1985); two-time
Martini & Rossi "Driver of the
Year" (1970, 1978); won Jerry
Titus Memorial Award (1970);
USAC "Rookie of the Year"
(1967, 1968); driver representative
on CART board of directors
(1985-1986).
Riding history: "I started riding
motorcycles in 1968. I stick strictly
to dirt riding because of the other
drivers on the road; if everybody
rode bikes then I'd love' to ride on
the street. I like to go out trail riding for six or eight hours on Sundays and sometimes even squeeze
in an entire weekend. I look forward to the Colorado 500 every
September because I can go riding'
for a whole week."
Bikes currently owned: C&Jframed Honda 500.
Magazine: "I read DIRT
RIDER to keep up on what's happening in the motorcycle world. I
enjoy reading the road tests to fmd
out about the new bikes, and. I
really like the new tricks people
come up with in 'Trail Tips.'
DIRT RIDER is informative and
entertaining. It's just a neat
magazine. "
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other consideration is paid.
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