At last weekend\u2019s Brickyard Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway five members of Albuquerque\u2019s foremost racing family, the Unsers, drove on the big old track at the same time for the first time ever. Four-time winner Al, his three-time winning brother Bobby and his two-time winning son Al Jr., were joined by Bobby\u2019s son Robby and his cousin Johnny\u2014whose father Jerry died from injuries sustained in a practice session crash at the Speedway in 1959\u2014as all took exhibition laps at the famous facility in vintage racecars related to the family\u2019s history there.<\/p>\n
Al drove the 1970 Johnny Lightning Special Colt-Ford in which he won his first 500, while Bobby returned to the 1981 Norton Spirit Penske PC9-Cosworth that carried him to his third 500 triumph, and Al Jr. drove the 1983 Coors Light Silver Bullet Eagle-Cosworth from his rookie year. Robby got to drive his father\u2019s 1968 race-winning Rislone Eagle-Offy, while Johnny, in the absence of any of his father\u2019s cars, took the wheel of a 1963 Watson-Offy roadster originally driven by Eddie Sachs.<\/p>\n
Al Jr., Johnny and Robby also drove in Saturday’s Indy Vintage Pro-Am, which featured 33 Indy 500 starters paired with amateur drivers for a race on the Speedway\u2019s infield road course. That race was won by Bob Lazier, who finished 13th<\/sup> in the 1981 500, and Jim Caudle in a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette (above), 48.9 seconds ahead of the 1967 Ford Mustang of seven-time 500 starter Mark Dismore and his partner Scott Hackenson.<\/p>\n More than 500 cars turned out for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association\u2019s second outing at the Speedway, with races taking place on the 2,439-mile, 14-turn road circuit, while exhibition runs were made on the 2.5-mile oval. For complete information, please visit www.svra.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At last weekend\u2019s Brickyard Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway five members of Albuquerque\u2019s foremost racing family, the Unsers, drove on the big old track at the same time for the first time ever. Four-time winner Al, his three-time winning brother Bobby and his two-time winning son Al Jr., were joined by Bobby\u2019s son Robby and his cousin Johnny\u2014whose father Jerry died from injuries sustained in a practice session crash at the Speedway in 1959\u2014as all took exhibition laps at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":520749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[11440,432,15234,17444],"class_list":["post-494541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-sportscar-vintage-racing-association","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vintage-race-brickyard-invitational"],"yoast_head":"\n