Al Unser Jr. is a race car driver who was active in Champ Car racing from 1982 to 2007. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1992 and 1994.http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/indy500/history/stats/racesummaries/ His father Al Unser Sr. won the Indianapolis 500 four times, while his uncle Bobby Unser claimed three victories in the race.http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/14/al-unser-jr-moves-on/ Unser Jr. won the 1992 Indianapolis 500 over Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds, at the time the closest finish in the history of the race.http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2010/05/04/476237.html

Unser Jr. was arrested in 2002 after a fight with his girlfiend, and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated four years later.http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3770050 In 2008, he was linked to a prostitution ring in Albuquerque, where prosecuters alleged that he paid a man to keep an alleged sex tape from circulating.http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2008/12/13/al-unser-jr-almost-paid-750-000-to-keep-an-alleged-sex-video-o/ Unser Jr. retired as an active driver in 2009 and worked as a driver coach for the IndyCar Series.http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/14/al-unser-jr-moves-on/

Unser, Jr. was born on April 16, 1952 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He began his racing career in karting at eight.http://www.mshf.com/hof/al_unser_jr.htm As a teenager, Unser Jr. started sprint car racing throughout the Southwest before joining the World of Outlaws, winning the series' Rookie of the Year in 1982.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068432/index.htm Unser Jr. switched to Super Vee and Can-Am racing before moving to Champ Car racing.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068432/index.htm

Unser Jr. has four children including Al Unser III, who is a race car driver in the Indy Pro Series.http://sports.yahoo.com/irl/news?slug=stindy500unser In 1999, Unser Jr.'s daughter Cody was paralyzed because of a rare spinal cord called Transverse Myelitis.http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/14/al-unser-jr-moves-on/

Along with his two Indianapolis 500 victories, Unser Jr. won 31 times in the CART series and three times in the Indy Racing League.http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Al_Unser_Jr. Unser Jr. also raced in the 1993 Daytona 500 for car owner Rick Hendrick, finishing 36th after a crash on lap 157.http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/unseral02/1993/W Unser Jr. also won the overall title and set a new record at the Pikes Peak hill climb in 1983 along with two Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona wins and the 1981 Super Vee title.http://www.mshf.com/hof/al_unser_jr.htm