The only thing that's changed is the competitiveness of the series. It's only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that's what's happened here.

A month shy of his 55th birthday Unser entered the 1994 race with Arizona Motorsports hoping to qualify for what would be his 28th Indy 500. His father Jerry Unser and two uncles Louis and Joe were also drivers. He spent most of the month of May 1991 shopping around for a competitive ride.

After his son Al Jr. Alfred "Al" Unser (born May 29 1939) is a former American automobile racing driver the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser Jr.