Philip Morris
Unser JR. Looks for New Start
Fields
- Named Organization
- AP
- CART
- INDY
- Indy Racing League
- Marlboro Team Penske
- Raceway on Belle Isle
- Tenneco Automotive
- Named Person
- Andretti, M.
- Penske, R.
- Unser, A.L., Jr.
- XX Al
- XX Bobby
- XX Cody
- XX Gina
- XX Shelley
- Litigation
- MILE/PRODUCED
- Master ID
- 2080724048/4150
- 2080724048 Status Report Project: Marlboro Team Penske
- 2080724049 The Usually Loquacious Darrell Waltrip Gets Choked Up Talking About His Final Season as a Driver in 20000000. // Moreno Makes Living as Supersub
- 2080724050 Prix-Pared
- 2080724051 Tracy Grabs Provisional Pole at Detroit GP Over Montoya
- 2080724052 Team Penske Drops Al Unser JR.
- 2080724053 Roger and out: Little Al's Gone // Montoya Edges Tracy for Pole at Belle Island
- 2080724054 Cart Not Staying Still
- 2080724055 Al Unser JR. Shrugs Off Penske Divorce
- 2080724056 Rookie Sensation Montoya Takes Cart Pole in Detroit // Franchitti Wins Chaotic Detroit
- 2080724057 Moore on the Move // Switches Flip Mid-Ohio Race
- 2080724058 Cart Teams
- 2080724059 Moore, De Ferran Don't See Gamble With Penske
- 2080724060 Unser to Go it Alone for 3 Races
- 2080724061 . About Roger Penske and Al Unser JR. // Unser to Go it Alone for 3 Races
- 2080724062 Little Al, Tossed by Penske, Vows He's Not Done Yet
- 2080724063 Roger Vows Commitment to Team Penske
- 2080724064 Roger Vows Commitment to Team Penske
- 2080724065 Fran-Tastic! Teamwork Key to Kool Green
- 2080724066 De Ferran Anxious to Answer 'the Call' for Penske
- 2080724067 Tracy Has Lost That Rainy Day Feeling // Miller Lite 200 Starting Grid
- 2080724068 Montoya Is Brash, But He Backs it Up
- 2080724069 Montoya Is Brash, But He Backs it Up
- 2080724070 Another Bad Day for Team Penske
- 2080724071 All About Cart, From a (Andretti) to Z (Zimbabwe)
- 2080724072 Everything You Want to Know About Championship Auto Racing Teams the Abcs of Cart
- 2080724073 Cart From a to Z Indy Racing Easy to Learn, Hard to Master
- 2080724074 Advice From Cart Veterans Prove Invaluable to Driver
- 2080724075 The Penske Files: Chris Gantner, Electronics Department
- 2080724076 Duffy Working on Plan to Bring Petty Driving Experience to CMS
- 2080724077-4078 Still the Boss. Roger Penske Still Committed to Racing With Best in the Sport
- 2080724079 Juanderful Showing as Montoya Wins Target Race
- 2080724080 Kenseth Scores Bristol Victory
- 2080724081-4082 Auto Racing Spotlight Wired Wheels Computers Play Crucial Role in Today's Race Cars
- 2080724083 'Life in the Pits' With Al Unser JR.'S Marlboro Team Penske Crew
- 2080724084 Team Penske Picks Reynard
- 2080724085 Cart Notebook // Turn the Page
- 2080724086 Driver Killed in Practice at Laguna Seca
- 2080724087 Racers Use High Tech to Create High Speed
- 2080724088 Al Unser JR.
- 2080724089-4090 Fast Food Penske Chef Creates a High-Octane Buffet
- 2080724091-4095 On the Byte Track
- 2080724096 Penske Dumps Unser From Team
- 2080724097 Down But Not out
- 2080724098 On the Move
- 2080724099 'Little Al' Vows He's Not Done Yet
- 2080724100 Little Al Leaving Penske Team With Few Regrets
- 2080724101 Little Al Vows He's Not Done Yet
- 2080724102 Little Al Vows He's Not out of Fast Lane for Good
- 2080724103 Little Al Vows He's Not Done Yet
- 2080724104 Big Setback
- 2080724105 Unser JR. Reaches Crossroads
- 2080724106 Al Unser JR.: Will Work for Speed
- 2080724107 Little Al Isn't Ready to Give Up on Racing Yet
- 2080724108 Little Al Unser Hopes Change Will Bring Victories
- 2080724109 Lil' Al's Head in a Swirl
- 2080724110 Al Unser JR. Soldiering on
- 2080724111 Little Al Not Done Racing Yet
- 2080724112 Little Al Not Ready to Ride Off Into the Sunset
- 2080724113 Unser JR. to Leave Penske Team in 20000000
- 2080724114 Unser Hopes to Revive Dynasty
- 2080724115 After Long Victory Drought, Unser JR., Penske Will Part
- 2080724116 Little Al Goes Back to Basics
- 2080724117 Unser JR., Penske Decide to Go Their Separate Ways
- 2080724119 Unser Offering No Apologies
- 2080724120 Little Al Vows He's Not Done Yet
- 2080724121 Qualifying for Cart Shell 300 Cancelled After Driver Killed in Crash
- 2080724122-4123 Little Al Blues
- 2080724124 Competition 990906 Shakeup at Penske?
- 2080724125 Penske Builds All-New Superteam
- 2080724126 Marlboro Team Penske
- 2080724127 Fedex Championship Series Notes & Quotes
- 2080724128 Following the Tide
- 2080724129-4130 The Gang of Four
- 2080724131 Unser's Slow Progress
- 2080724132 Moore Magic
- 2080724133 Tarso on His Marks
- 2080724134 Many Ponder Unser's Future as: Little Al Visits Ppir.
- 2080724135
- 2080724136 Competition 990920 Dark Day
- 2080724137 Al Unser JR. - Marlboro Team Penske Lola / Mercedes / Goodyear
- 2080724138 Fedex Championship Series Chicago Round 15
- 2080724139 Franchise Players
- 2080724140 Race Car Drivers Choose Designer Wear Off the Track
- 2080724141-4147
- 2080724148-4149 Greg Moore and Gil De Ferran
- 2080724150 Penske Serves Notice
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Unser Jr.
looks for
new start
El Al Unser Jr. will not
be a part of Roger
Penske's race team
next season.
By HARRY ATKINS
AP Sports Writer
W iW his new-look shaved head
and that fanti6ar pudgy face, Al
Unser.lr. looks a bit like an aging
militnry recntit.
And maybu Ihuis apprupriatv,
becattse llte driver known as
IJttle AI is going back to the
basics once the CART season
ends. Ile'a in need of a job.
Unser, who hasn't won since
' 1996, is not rettuning in 2001) to
the tearn of Roger Penske, for
whom he has driven for the last
six seasons.
The parting was amicable, both
men said. &till, there was
undoubtedly some pain,
"[toger and Marlhorn Teant
Penske and I have had great suc-
cess over the past few yeays
Unser said. "What can I say? He
gave mo nty second Indy 500 win
and my second CART series
championshilc"
But thc 37-yearold 1tnsor is
winlo~ w I I racl,s Wi.s seacnn
atul his last 61 rnendl. Ili., nq,
l`J:FJ tttt::'L su I'ar 's:w lilrlt iu
Cleveland.
TttatS quite a slide fur the dri-
ver w'hu won the series title in
hNJO ;md 1994. But things have
bcrn downhill ~inrn 1994, his
l7rst season with 1'enske -
when hc won a record-tying
eight tbnrs to ntatch Michasd
AmlreItls 1991 rlm.
'Tlu last tlnee years, we just
havrti t bcen able to achieve suc-
ees.v wtd mnintrin it," Unsersaid.
Hr liuizluvtl secnnd in Ihe
palufs in 11M1;,, when hr had futu
ul' his:l l vuroer victuries. Dut he
uurk,s uu nvulugies fur dlr
e6'nught
'Baai,:dly, if raeing wos e:uy,
' rvclYbndy wuuld be lluing it,' hr
.aid.
Iiuxr is p:u1 nl' rneinq ruyulIY,
Ilia falh,r, :\I, is n Iwu-luuo
AP
AI Unser Jr. shows his shaved head at last week's Grand Prix
of Detroit.
series clumtpirm mttl ruuutinte
huliauapidid :,uU wtnnur. His
mude. t3uLby, is a threeiinte
InJywhmer.
l'hus, wrre the glnry days.
I'nvrr w;mtrrt tu rvcive his
r;u'rri iu t'.-11fP rl,o 5vusun. but
;opr, od 11 ur.mrc ull but dashed
on Ihe tir'1 lap Il,is setuon.
I Ir rr,tdmd ul HumesRad, 1la.,
bmkr n Iog and nunsed the next
tw'u ntr<5.
Ildv ICth in tlm vmtdiugs alter
a I5th-piare liuish la-a tiuu,laY in
Ihr'1',uurro Ain.~uuqi~,. t1r:u,d
1'rre ul'iIrlrnn.
'..\, Inu':w we kr-p uywg pnt'
bqst ,wdl tuni nut tLr
Ihr, hrnt," I naer.uul. "1St~ rv. nut
I.unr,lurk... Lu :my uu :me.
.11u komC'u irr III<,Iho .,b"d
lu;;,t iG,p~.,' lu.. Intllh tirl,nv."
n, unI lu6:InC ILr ~ JuL
:m uul} I,.ut I IV u'unb6,.
Ilv al.,,, Ir,o p-,,uiLLJ pr,d,lents.
I lia d,1 , Iem Iu, r. dy.
Lav he,'n ,hakue,.,/ utlli a r:ur
,'Cma! ,'tvhquu IL~e ha P:uvlyerd hr, I,,,u, iLr,nr,t ~L,~nn
I1ri .,L. m ihr tina! Ibw
months of his utarriage to his
childhood sweedteat, Shelley.
A['ter fottr rhildren and a stonny
relationship, We L'nsers separat-
ed :md Aegan divurcx pruceed-
nt4s llUt wlntet'.
-11y dicurce will be final in
Uotaber,' Iuer said as his new
girlfriend, Giua, listened in the
backgruund ut The Raceway on
Belle Ixlr. Tll be uble to lalk a lut
owre about aiy fitture :dror tbat.
'2iglu nuw, Ne been advised
bc iny Imvyers not to say mueh."
Iivrmtsc thn Peaske upcration
baa heen In declh,e, L'nser knew
Ihe lin:d yc:v ot' his cuntract
toight end /Lr rel:uiuuslnp.
,Iu. he het"m talking W other
trutu. H~rausr ut his p,-nonal
prublruu. wlhmg hae devel-
upod, bm I lnrr h.LI uut rearhed
u drnd rud.
'I !cnr a arruu}, [rrliug / knnw
ullrre I'utlundrd,' nc naitl.
I I, Insists reln:uning i n t'ART is
ht, lirst ,i,unrr. bm ducsn't du-
rur;iKo tnik Ibatl hr v ndd muvc
lu Iht iital 1113l;at :uK I i-aguo.
