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PHOTO; JIM CUTLER
Name: Al Unse r
Occupation: Race car dri ver
Job description: " I drive!"
Auto racing career: Threetime Indy car national champion
(1970, 1983, 1985); at 46, oldest
Indy car champion in history; all. time 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 "T riple
Crown " of 500-milers by sweeping
Indianapolis, Pocon o, and Ontario
(1978); four-time Indianapolis 500
winner (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987);
.all-time leading money winner at
Indianapolis; one of only th ree
drivers (including Andrett i and
Foyt) to win on paved oval, road
course, and dirt track in a single
season (1968, 1969, 1970); twoL--
time winner International Race of
Champions [IRaq (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 " D river 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
driv ers on the road ; if everybody
rode bikes then I'd love to ride on
the street. I like to go out trai l 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 find
ou t 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."
This endorsement is purely voluntary. No fee or
other co nsideration is paid.
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