(Reuters) – Four times Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser has died at the age of 82 after a protracted sickness, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway stated on Friday.
Unser was certainly one of solely four drivers to win the ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. His older brother Bobby, a three-times winner, died in May.
They stay the one brothers to win the race.
Al Unser received in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987 whereas Bobby Unser received in 1968, 1975 and 1981.
“Rest in peace large Al. 4 time winner of the Indianapolis 500, an absolute grasp of the Brickyard and a gentleman,” stated three times winner Dario Franchitti on Twitter.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, enhancing by Toby Davis)
