Word: unser
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This year's practice and qualifications have been dominated by Al Unser, the youngest brother of the 1968 winner. Unser broke his leg in a motorcycle accident last spring, and missed Indy, and many of the following races on the USAC championship trail. He won several races late in the season, and finally finished second to 500 winner Mario Andretti in the National Championship. His car, owned by the 1963 500 winner Parnelli Jones, has been the fastest car at the track all this month. His four-lap, pole winning average of 170.221 was not quite fast enough to eclipse...
...Bobby Unser won at Indianapolis in 1968 after Joe Leonard's turbine failed with about twenty miles to go. He won the national championship that year. Last year he was third in the 500, and in the championship. He doesn't have the look if a winner this year, but a high finish is quite likely...