https://omny.fm/shows/beyond-the-bricks/jake-and-mike-honor-two-time-indy-500-winner-al-un
On Beyond The Bricks, Jake Query and Mike Thomsen close out the month by celebrating the career of 1992 and 1994 Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. Jake and Mike discuss “Little Al’s” season championship fight with his father in 1985, and we hear both father and son’s thoughts on that battle. They talk about his legendary race with Emerson Fittipaldi in 1989, and how Unser handled the crushing defeat.
Finally, Jake and Mike look back on Unser’s photo finish victory over Scott Goodyear in ‘92, as well as his win in the “Beast” Mercedes-Ilmor engine with Team Penske in ‘94. To close, they discuss Team Penske’s shocking failure to qualify in 1995.
