Robby Unser

Robby Unser (born January 12, 1968) is an American former racing driver. Unser won the 1989 American Indycar Series championship, and was nine-time winner of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. ^[1] He raced in the Indy Racing League, and was the IRL rookie of the year in 1998. ^[2] Unser made two starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of fifth in 1998. He also finished second twice in the 1998 season, his best IRL finish. His last IRL start came in 2000, his 21st IRL race. ^[3] He is the son of Bobby Unser, nephew of Al Unser Sr., and cousin of both Al Unser Jr. ^[4] and Johnny Unser.

Unser made his drifting debut in the 2007 Formula D season driving for Enjuku Racing. The team had its first win in Denver on June 29, 2007.^{[ citation needed ]}

From 2014 to 2015, Unser was heading the "Team Speedway Racing Team" of Speedway Motors of Lincoln, Nebraska in a seventeen-event Goodguys AutoCross series. ^[5]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
1989	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T89/00	Judd AV V8 t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA	NZR	LS DNQ	NC	–

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1996	PacWest Lights	MIA 13	LBH 15	NAZ 14	MIS 4	MIL 10	DET 10	POR 15	CLE	TOR 10	TRO 9	VAN 14	LS 20		15th	25
1997	PacWest Lights	MIA 8	LBH 7	NAZ 10	SAV 22	STL 7	MIL 6	DET 12	POR 14	TOR 7	TRO 19	VAN 21	LS 22	FON 16	15th	35

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
1998	Team Cheever	G-Force GF01B	52	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	INDY 5	TXS 9		DOV 11	CLT	PPIR 12	ATL 16	TX2 2	LVS 16	16th	176	[6]
		Dallara IR8							NHM 11
1999	Team Pelfrey	Dallara IR9	81	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 15	PHX 26	CLT C	INDY 8	TXS 6	PPIR 6	ATL 2	DOV 12	PPI2 9	LVS 16	TX2 14	10th	209	[7]
2000	Tri-Star Motorsports	Dallara IR-00	9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 24	PHX	LVS									34th	19	[8]
	Byrd-McCormack Motorsports	Riley & Scott Mk V	30					INDY DNQ	TXS 26	PPIR 21	ATL	KTY	TX2

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1998	G-Force GF01B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	21	5
1999	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	17	8
2000	Riley & Scott Mk V	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	DNQ

References

1. "More asphalt for Pikes Peak hill climb". USA Today. 2004-06-24. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
2. "IRL: Banquet Awards Nearly Three Million Dollars". Motorsport.com. 1998-11-21. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
3. "Robby Unser Career Stats". Indy Racing League. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
4. El-Bashir, Tarik (1998-05-20). "Auto Racing; Another Indy 500 Brings Another Unser to the Track". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
5. "G-Comp Team Speedway Drivers". speedwaymotors.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
6. "Robby Unser – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
7. "Robby Unser – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
8. "Robby Unser – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

External links

• Formula D profile Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jim Guthrie	IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Scott Harrington