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- Bobby Unser - <p>Bobby Unser takes us inside the automobile racing world to understand firsthand how innovation happened—and how some of racing's greatest personalities and organizations collaborated and competed in their pursuit of success.</p>
- July 14, 2010
- Collections - Video
Bobby Unser
Bobby Unser takes us inside the automobile racing world to understand firsthand how innovation happened—and how some of racing's greatest personalities and organizations collaborated and competed in their pursuit of success.
- Bobby Unser Collection Highlights - Bobby Unser won the first of his three Indianapolis 500 victories in 1968. One of the STP-sponsored turbine-powered cars was expected to take the checkered flag that year, but mechanical problems took them out. Unser had his own gearbox troubles toward the end of the race, but he managed to cross the finish line with a nearly full-lap lead.
- March 07, 2014
- Collections - Set
Bobby Unser Collection Highlights
Bobby Unser won the first of his three Indianapolis 500 victories in 1968. One of the STP-sponsored turbine-powered cars was expected to take the checkered flag that year, but mechanical problems took them out. Unser had his own gearbox troubles toward the end of the race, but he managed to cross the finish line with a nearly full-lap lead.
- Remembering Bobby Unser (1934-2021) - The Henry Ford celebrates race car driver Bobby Unser’s many achievements on and off the track, and we feel honored to have a role in preserving a significant part of his racing legacy.
- May 05, 2021
- Collections - article
Remembering Bobby Unser (1934-2021)
The Henry Ford celebrates race car driver Bobby Unser’s many achievements on and off the track, and we feel honored to have a role in preserving a significant part of his racing legacy.
- Unser Chevrolet Racing Patch, circa 1980 - Rick Galles formed his racing team in 1980. Galles Racing competed in Indy car and Can-Am events. The team won 21 Indy car races throughout its history, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing ended operations after the 2001 season.
- circa 1980
- Collections - Artifact
Unser Chevrolet Racing Patch, circa 1980
Rick Galles formed his racing team in 1980. Galles Racing competed in Indy car and Can-Am events. The team won 21 Indy car races throughout its history, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing ended operations after the 2001 season.
- Bobby Unser: King of the Mountain - Bobby Unser earned three victories at the Indianapolis 500, two national championships in open-wheel racing, plus an IROC championship in his lengthy competitive driving career. But his favorite event was the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Unser earned 13 wins -- including 10 overall victories -- at Pikes Peak from 1956 to 1986.
- May 25, 2021
- Collections - Set
Bobby Unser: King of the Mountain
Bobby Unser earned three victories at the Indianapolis 500, two national championships in open-wheel racing, plus an IROC championship in his lengthy competitive driving career. But his favorite event was the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Unser earned 13 wins -- including 10 overall victories -- at Pikes Peak from 1956 to 1986.
- Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item8 - Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- 1946-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item8
Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- Unser Chevrolet Racing Patch, circa 1980 - Rick Galles formed his racing team in 1980. Galles Racing competed in Indy car and Can-Am events. The team won 21 Indy car races throughout its history, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing ended operations after the 2001 season.
- circa 1980
- Collections - Artifact
Unser Chevrolet Racing Patch, circa 1980
Rick Galles formed his racing team in 1980. Galles Racing competed in Indy car and Can-Am events. The team won 21 Indy car races throughout its history, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing ended operations after the 2001 season.
- 1958 Moore/Unser Pikes Peak Hill Climb Racing Car. On loan from the Museum of American Speed, Lincoln, NE. - How do you win the Pikes Peak Hill Climb nine times in 13 years? (1) Drive well. (2) Continually improve your car. Bobby Unser had already won the event twice when he wheeled this car to victory in 1959. Over the following years, he made the car lighter by modifying the frame and suspension and switching to an aluminum radiator, transmission case, and fuel tank. Unser drove it to six more wins.
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
1958 Moore/Unser Pikes Peak Hill Climb Racing Car. On loan from the Museum of American Speed, Lincoln, NE.
How do you win the Pikes Peak Hill Climb nine times in 13 years? (1) Drive well. (2) Continually improve your car. Bobby Unser had already won the event twice when he wheeled this car to victory in 1959. Over the following years, he made the car lighter by modifying the frame and suspension and switching to an aluminum radiator, transmission case, and fuel tank. Unser drove it to six more wins.
- Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item1 - Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- 1946-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item1
Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item15 - Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- 1946-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Family--Bobby Unser--Item15
Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.