Al Unser III
| Alfred Richard Unser | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 American |
| Born |
October 23, 1982 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Related to |
Al Unser, Jr. (father) Al Unser Sr. (grandfather) Bobby Unser (great-uncle) Jerry Unser Jr. (great-uncle) Robby Unser (first cousin once removed) |
| Indy Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2004 |
| Former teams |
Vision Racing Brian Stewart Racing Playa Del Racing American Dream Motorsports |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2004 |
| Previous series | |
| 2004–2006 | Atlantic Championship |
Alfred Richard Unser (born October 23, 1982) was an American professional race car driver. Unser has competed in the Indy Lights series and Toyota Atlantics Championship.
Al Richard Unser is the son of Al Unser Jr., and grandson of Al Unser Sr.. Due to his family connections in auto racing, he has sometimes been known as "Al Unser III" or "Just Al."
Al Richard Unser is the son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, Jr., grandson of four-time Indy winner Al Unser, Sr., and grandnephew of three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser. Another granduncle, Jerry Unser, drove in the 1958 race but died from injuries suffered in a crash in 1959.
First-cousins-once-removed (Al Unser Jr.'s cousins) Robby and Johnny also drove in the Indianapolis 500.
During his young childhood years, he was often nicknamed "Mini Al" by the media and fans, all with the expectation that he might follow in his family's footsteps to race professionally. However, as a child, Unser had reservations about becoming a race car driver. For superstitious reasons, his father (Al Unser, Jr.) insisted he not be named with the suffix "III". By that time both Al Sr. and Al Jr. were stars on the Indy car circuit. Al Sr. was becoming know by the nickname "Big Al." Al Jr. for a time was known as "Little Al," thus Al Richard Unser became known for a time as "Mini Al."
As he got older and reached his teenage years, he decided to eschew the somewhat unflattering "Mini" nickname, and became known as "Just Al." When starting his professional career, he abandoned any sort of nickname, and has insisted on being referred to as Just Al (i.e., Al Unser), or by his full name, Al Richard Unser.
His first widely-noticed television appearance was at the 1992 Indianapolis 500 at age nine when his father won the race. Unser was seen greeting his father in victory circle. He also posed in official photos with his father and grandfather when Al Jr. won the Indy 500 for the second time in 1994. Unser guest-starred on an episode of Home Improvement alongside his father and grandfather in 1997.
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