Posted on 01/26/2007 6:35:31 PM PST by Pharmboy
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and hit-and-run, Nevada police said on Friday.
Unser was taken into custody near Henderson, Nevada, on Thursday after he failed field sobriety tests given to him by officers investigating a hit-and-run, Nevada State Trooper Kevin Honea said.
Unser, 44, was booked on charges of hit-and-run, failing to report an accident, making an unsafe lane change and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Honea said troopers responded to an accident outside Las Vegas shortly after 11 a.m. on Thursday in which a car crashed into a freeway median after being sideswiped by a Ford Excursion
that had fled the scene and was being pursued by other drivers.
When the Excursion got off the freeway near Henderson, police approached the sports utility vehicle to find Unser at the wheel.
"Mr. Unser failed all of the sobriety tests given to him and was placed under arrest," Honea said, adding that the car racer had since been released from custody.
Unser, the son of car racing legend Al Unser, won the Indianapolis 500 in 1992 and 1994.
Just damn.
"shortly after 11 a.m."
Suggests a bigger problem than a DUI
Driving Unser the Influence.
It's not the first time for him either. The last time it was domestic abuse and drugs. The IRL needs to adopt the NASCAR stance on this sort of thing.
Al Unser Jr. must be feeling the same way right about now.
How fast was he going? ROFL
So much for rehab.
That's the truth. If you are drinking that early there are issues. I never start before noon. :p
You would think he could out drive and out distance the police, even drunk.
Except he kept going in circles.
Gassed at 11 am?
Only in Vegas, baby. Looks like he didn't learn his lesson the first time.
Then again, he's probably thinking he can still get a free pass as if here were back home in New Mexico--there they don't start taking it seriously until about your fifth or sixth conviction.
Yeah, but Ford SUV's are chipped out at 104 mph. Don't ask me how I know.
I thought everything that happens in Vegas staid in Vegas?
wasn't he picked up for this about 6 months ago or so???
Not in than Ford Excursion he was driving. Now if he were behind the wheel of a new Shelby Cobra GT 500 and out on Intertstate 40 we'd have the makings of a possible police chase video to end all.
If Al Unser Jr. couldn't outrun the cops, no one can!
Please indulge an ol’ fart here … what is “chipped out”. Thank you in advance for your response … knowledge is everything.
I thought everything that happens in Vegas staid in Vegas?
Unser was taken into custody near Henderson,
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