Louis Unser (1896–1979) was an American auto racer and was the patriarch of the Unser family of racers. He won the
Pikes Peak Hillclimb
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile Hillclimbing, hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures and has over 156 turns, climbing ...
nine times between 1934 and 1953. He is buried at the
Fairview Cemetery in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
.
Louis Unser, Famous Person buried at Fairview Cemetery
Find a Grave. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
Complete AAA Championship Car results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
See also
* Unser (disambiguation) for other family members who were race car drivers
References
1896 births
1979 deaths
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Carrera Panamericana drivers
American racing drivers