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~' Many Ponder Unser's Future as: Little Al Visits PPIR! Hy BRUCE MARTIN mucll axl I tlon't blaltm hnn, evrhrl a uM1xngq wr tbem yw fuUNTA1N, r'.ulu. - The lie has had a very hard Ilmc. I:" natna Unx•r Is synonymous Namallerwhalpmplewamtu 'IdolflknmawllytTmgsare w,W Pdtc, Peak, aNe Unacr say abnW ew.•rYlhing he is like IheY ure aidt ILq,er famdY Is kir,g of Ihe hdl In the goill6 Wruugh, Iw u gclling Ibroke IIc3 u,kvwnt m.It Armual P&a Peak Hill Climbr through it znd I'm very proud loward.a trying lu w t end I Bul FnJay, another Unscr ul him. Ile 6 gelling hu rlvll knrev evenlnally sI uu9hing twcame Ilw big n ui at 1'dn lo•yRlurt a d getting hir lile hed tu haPpun wlwm he .ald, luak Int'1 Rureway as AI handlul and he lus a lut 4'llcy, eumgh ucmm6h I'vu Unveq Jr paid a visit ta the handle. Unfortunatelg what lel this guy 60, 1'ce chun6n/ trdy Itaein •y League Fadduu'. Slnltey i dovy ta him ww, he enrs 11'e t,me thal my driver Unser Is xeeP g all options has 4cn away from 1~ hume goer.' ft lust hoppetu. l're been aPen as he searche for a new and I don4 get to see hun any- R'cre• too. rv'le hegirminq nezt asan. more He has been lienated 'But, 1'm not Ro ~g to be the The Iwo,time Ind'unypolu 5011 from his Imme and Ihat iv hard nc to telt AI whe to go, he wumer and lwalime PPG Cup to ga tlvough, Ilas to do Ihat hirnsclf,' champlon will rwt he baek in "1 thuJl he Is gaN~ to go rac. Ieo nlehl, IRL exeeutive CART with~ ig and I thuJr he haa his rve direrlw, wzs als o vay exc'Ited Penske nextuas~on. c back up. If he gets back ta bY Ilnxr's vuit ihu weekend. ~p5~ haa Aeen tremely IrdianaPalis,youwJtsathe Ithinkrtwasreellynicethat vocel Ihat he Ivy4endv to wmreel AI, Je again.' he came In see us in persan, at lu :i110 srld M1as eIndiane His fztbe5 Al Unser, has been got e ur ears; nMeh~l s~nld.e't po' peahdly Pal of the In aince its inttp~ the best way hlns td he is consldecutg jumying tbn, vtog a drlvei s ~~ °R's Y blhalN., chThetaurvlimewuuwrof to maltt Hle pr°Per deeision NO 6XPlANAT[ON the Indianeyolls !W admila he fur what his rutrue Is going to Sa wanderinq d tha has lad deep diseussinns wilh be. I Ihink Al has a lot ur g:uage area all rveel:erd was his son abaul catrling b the oPpurtunilies and I lhulk lu k Unser, who u unable w fldly IRI, but wJl lezve Ne fnal very interesle.t in the IRLn eaplEin his mntrad negetu. decisionuptoLittleN. "1 thiNr the financial suua tions becauan of ong ing legal "He is going b nlake p his tinn tur him to come Iwre s aelions in iving the div e wor muvi," lhe Ider Un.et ve u Possible. Ile has been o( IJS wde, Shelley. Umer hae id. "We luve talked about il un uraged by hs reception so rePealedly sald he is laking u and we lalk about it often, bW wdl walt snd sea Ecarwm- ~ &ood, hard look at Ihe In and l tell hun he's go'mg to havx ta Im eauld Play a part and 1 Fliday waa arwUrer udicatbn Inake that decswn hlmsell hope we work somelhing ouL' of his interest In the serles, and ta weIgh things out arW Unser's preunce m Lhe In WIWeUnseruunabletofWly figure aut where he wants to waWd Inrrease series awaro- slxak t his mlerest ia the , Hu wants to ru the ne s, xaid MehL ran IIU., hu coasin, Robby and Indiznapo/is sau, I can tell you '1 IhiNr he woWd be s gaW taNer, AI, spukeapeWY. tbat. Whethu he wants to & draw everlwhere he went: •Flce Il, 1/ Little At ie the eN4e aeries, 1 tlan't know. Mchl saW. •I lhud it troWd be omne rctrahere.~ii s goed r eascloW pel togMhee"~~ very mpe~i oe wil farghun to be !tl Iha aadleamd helslakingagoadloekat Anwng the moA promkLI¢ HewolildgeneratealotafplID- whatlshera"RabbyUnser prospecIsforUUCis val IicSy.' sai4"/IMektM1eruixnaW m the In wuWd be with TramownerGallnaimi/she Ing but goud things lo say Galles Racing.ltewantlre 199o hae talked to Unrer abuW a about the IRL right n OAItTtitleardthete9xlndiam twocar leam that ineludrs and AI eeming aver he e epulu !e4 with teem owrter eunznldrtverDaveyHamillan see that rar hinuelf. Rick Galks. but satd it's up to Umer lu /,~ I laok at hAas At's hel haz an has ppraacbslw eralaLig~W~e lalkefttto Al as bad and he ' alrp^ItunLYlogaanddusame- timcaspatuors abaut having has to look at his upliwls; Ihu'µ etse, expatd the rest o( Uttser as hu driver begWIinF Calies told Jeff Wolrof the /ar Ns 1'V and kze~pm 2dnd, I rcrct sesean. Unser u[he a r Vagoa ReviewJOUrnat, 'We d ; krow he is sllll gaad and 1 rot that caWd lure a majot llte to have twoear leam knowheugouIg tugafa[l.' spons'orintotheIRlr witlrDavcyandN,andlthitt ' Unser hav M1ad an ID'emely '1 Ihbtk Ihe tRL needs driv Wcy woWd really compkmenl , dl(ficWt year an and uff the as of AI'a caliber,' Al Urwr each olher really well, They're tnek. His performance at said.•NotthattheNiveraover both good guys, and there MarlMra Team Penske has here are t gaod driren- x uWdl he atry selfishneas rWlerwt over the past several Ney arK theY are arery npa'We rc gouty tu da evarylhing scazan; rs Ble team Is o ble. Rut they donY M1ave the ca toputlhedealta6ethtr. la~ a mpetllive force in recognilion sa, It,ermrxe. the 1'matJl a guud enough Iriend CAfiT. IBS ma[riage is aver In needr more recogniBun of N's nd wanl him to Ju an3'm Fehruary, hu 1lyeur tnwaads that, So whutever wlmdlwo rnnlh ht. wauld wA uM daug~'Ider, Cody, wns diagchuicche mako,l'd Ilkelue.t ll e Il~u.r .r. hu l e•e m eale . w:d wIlh ua• md u'IP bunuvurbere' anu idln} d'uuax that has left Ircr Umer saW a reluLL~.rl ::i~ 'We wuut ItIlemlllun pahaVy paralyzed. sald 'We don't neM AI, we Cetween CART and lle iCt. If he daet come to Ne IRL, ~Wtl Pratect the current IR6 want Al. I WWr Im u a grml hmuusbedlax+unrelRLteams d leame becaux it would bu ~wy PwHehasn't hadvary vi:h the IRL's eqwpnu:nl dulrt have as maah Inunny in much nuccess wlwre he is In aporvwn y ae CAlYr leamc and cox canturnmenl. Um ht nuw. Comn, ova Rrc,1t hi that luraundierl ~ 'Fnat wWd be a problem 'm wlule series appears~slim fur nercl nwWj d ur~uljul lufas rae driv his wnrld, but I don't knnw, I - 1nn'L paY hg bill; IWLLy ,Ynwp it ml rtwre veas ', p~n e g rs and Cuud fur AI. Urrsersaid"Nugoingto d Arera "1 open Ilm duur for all of to make mme maney. Hy llre 14".uever, A1 Oneeq Jr, may piux 6uya In CART \4e Iwve a net wait tbat lang to retwn to unw taken, d ha aames over bunch of tough guys in the hr:re and stzrtt wuutin6 raas, Ihe hNlanepals 500. 1(ll..'Ificy aren 1 gumy to luxt he am ttwke mancY It mghl 'It'xg i yg to be a fresh slarl, cu ~w vur here anJ 0.ot m. wtbearmuchuutu(Ilubux. relPrdlu" whclber it a in Hrw6lhemu,IwWM1elPmata 'I'ae rtt•n dl walk mtu every CAItT, Iie In o- N.tiCAR- Ilro senes be66er mN bster tm,kr In Ihiv Plu.ro ao I wwdd itS 6o'mg to Ire : ne tcnm wah more uppmaunlty lu gcl mag'uu.' AI ' 'mRetut6 tbe that Iw L:ts to work w'ilh," Iti6 +Wnuurss ehM1a'ePaddcekhere." i'Iraid.`HClnsthastopicknp '1'JltlreWbaeuAtvatro IbbbY Utuer s:ud a lul uf AI IvCle eCutWsgurafler it. fie ncvWr uf lulk uboulathul, but wu areu Urw•C JYS dthue MIt wben he cal a change unJ Itoyer PL Imlg wuyr from thal.• Indllmulwli. 5a0 L•reuu ul the . nmg aldiL betwecn CSVrr . ~ 1- m g tmmeua, 'I thudt At will Le luac uext yearJ RelOY mvl, •AI u:mes In wlrcJianalwlo Yuucan'Ifor qet /t'e thea•caratb.at nm al Indlunapulis. And Ihere s only w Induwandix saa I tlook.V will Ix Illere Iagwung nexl year. 'rWU-TIhILti- Wil4 a rieWry SundaY at 1'ikux Peak lot'1 'Unfurl,malelY. wllh Al's Ifvicewuy, Greg Ray completed a awrcy of Ihe two Iltl. .hmu„r. /uJwvA 6•ve b