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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
He never raced in F1 or at Le Mans, so that is somewhat irrelevant, though he won the Daytona 24 hours in 1985. As for NASCAR he only raced five times.
RIP Al Unser
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Exactly. The Unser family focus was Pikes Peak, and then on bull ring ovals and working up to Indy. During that time Indy was drawing Brabham and Cooper, Clark, Hill and Chapman because it was THE major deal.
As to sportscars, I saw him debut the DeKon Monza at IMSA Daytona in '75. Qualified 2nd. DNF in race. He won Daytona 24 in 1985, with A.J. Foyt, Boutsen and Wollek in Porsche 962, and he and A.J. ended up 4th in 1987.
He also won the IROC series, which was identical Camaros that essentially were Stock Cars.