Posted on 09/29/2011 1:17:28 PM PDT by CedarDave
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - According to a police booking report, Al Unser Jr, a retired American race car driver and two time Indianapolis 500 winner, was arrested early Thursday morning.
Around 3 a.m. , officials say Unser, 49, was in his white 2011 Chevrolet Suburban and racing another car going westbound on Paseo del Norte in Albuquerque. Deputies say they clocked both vehicles on radar going over 100 miles per hour. The posted speed limit in that particular stretch is around 60 mph.
The report states the vehicles were traveling so fast and weaved at the last minute across lanes near the Coors off ramp, the other cars had to slam on their brakes.
Deputies say they smelled a strong odor of alcohol on Unser's breath. He submitted to a field sobriety test which he failed. He submitted to a breathalizer test which returned a .16.
He has been charged with reckless driving, aggravated DWI and racing upon a highway. Unser was released from jail on his own recognizance.
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I read another article that said he told the police officer that they got the slower guy. Yikes!!
Seems like that “old demon rum” has got his hooks into “Little Al” again !
Sad ! I wonder just how much being the scion of one famous racer and the nephew of another has to do with this ? >PS
Fine him. Jail him. Take his license away for a year or two. Beat him with a stick. Make him do public service at the medical examiner’s office, and sentence him to five years of driving a rebuilt Yugo when gets his license back. Better yet, make him ride the bus when he wants to go somewhere.
He must have a race version, mine will only go 99 mph and hits the cut off limit.......
The article says he lost to a black sedan last seen heading north on Coors Blvd, driven by Kyle Bush
Your comment would be funnier if you said, “Danica Patrick”. I doubt his manhood could handle losing to a girl. LOL
don't refuse .... ask if there are any legal consequences to taking the test
Remain polite and clearly state for the camera that you are not refusing but that you would like to have advice of counsel before taking the test
keep breathing deeply and let them either make the claim that you are refusing the test .. which you repeated claim that you are not .... and when they arrest you explain to counsel that you never refused but asked if there was a legal consequence to the test and when told there was asked for advice of counsel before taking any test.
If you remain cool and courteous you should walk
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I commute on this section daily. My experience is that at earlier commute times, you get a couple of idiots, but most folks stay between 60-70 MPH. It's the non-commute times that folks really open up - I've been doing 70 and have been passed like I was sitting still (once by a cop, who was not on duty - called the city on him - no lights, no siren, no nothing but a white streak). I've witnessed donor cyclers riding wheelies at well over 70 mph.
Paseo is three lanes in each direction, and except for a big dog-leg, mostly straight.
“Unser Jr. has had substance abuse problems in the past — guess he still has.”
I think he’s more embarrassed that he lost the race.
I would imagine that a professional race car driver (and alcoholic) clocked at 110 who blows a .16 (or whatever it was) would be just as safe as an average Joe going 70.
Ya just can't make this stuff up.....
The Coors off ramp!?!?!?!?!
Knowing Albuquerque, he probably blew only slightly higher than the cops.
I would imagine that a professional race car driver (and alcoholic) clocked at 110 who blows a .16 (or whatever it was) would be just as safe as an average Joe going 70.
Good thing I wasn’t asked the only time I was stopped (and I was stopped - in a lit church parking lot after a long drive and I couldn’t keep my eyes open). The whole police force in a small Texas town surrounded my P/U and skipped the stand-on-one-foot test and went right to the breathalizer test: Blew 0.00. They then said I could not stay there but had to park at the local convenience store lot. I said o.k. but was then awake enough to drive the remaining 30 miles.
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