Bobby Unser Papers
Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
Bobby Unser is a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, a record-holding 13-time champion of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and two-time USAC and CART national champion. He has driven every category of professional racecar to success from karts and dirt track racers to Formula 1 and stock cars. It is in the open wheel, United States Auto Club (USAC) and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Indy cars, however, that Bobby left his mark. Bobby retired from driving in 1981 fifth in all-time CART wins an...
Scope and Content Note
The Bobby Unser papers are arranged in eleven series.
The UNSER FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND CLIPPINGS SERIES, 1930-2008 (7.0 cubic ft.), is made up of two subseries. The Photographs subseries, consisting primarily of black-and-white and color photographic prints, contains two subsubseries. The Racing subsubseries includes photographs highlighting races in which Unser family members participated, including races run by Louis Unser Jr. and Bobby Unser's father Jerry Unse...
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2009.123.0
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
Recording of 1963 Indianapolis 500 Race
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottle, Olsonite Eagle 48 Racing Car, 1975
Bobby Unser--Photographs--Racing--1967 Sprints--Item6
Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Racing--1976 Chili Cook Off--Item6
Bobby Unser--Photographs--Racing--1963 Indy Car and Sprints--Item6
Bobby Unser--Photographs--Racing--1963 Indy Car and Sprints--Item12
Bobby Unser--Photographs--Racing--1963 Indy Car and Sprints--Item22
Bobby Unser--Photographs--Racing--1963 Indy Car and Sprints--Item25
