Uncle Bobby: Indy Legend
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Hi guys,
Welcome back to the channel and to another feature video! In today's episode we look back at one of the greats of American open wheel racing and 3 time Indy 500 Winner Bobby Unser. Bobby sadly passed away at the start of this month but his legacy will always be remembered by Indy fans, we hope you enjoy the video and share your memories of Uncle Bobby.
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Thanks for this content. The 1975 Indy 500 was my first of many, (my dad's first race was 1959) I was 8 years old and in heaven. There is no better way to spend Memorial Day weekend. Although I remember dashing back to the car, soaking wet.....RIP Uncle Bobby, you Legend!
Wow yeah definitely a wet one for your first one! But yeah the Indy 500 is as they say the greatest spectacle in racing and just such a great race! Glad you enjoyed the video! And a legend indeed!
R.I.P Uncle Bobby. He was one of my favorite old school announcers
Absolutely legend of the sport! Forever remembered!
Oh Mike, I'm thrilled that you got Uncle Bobby up here so soon after his passing. It was all you could do to fit all his achievements into 22 minutes. I'm sure it would be easy to make another 22 minutes with other accomplishments and anecdotes. I'm glad you've adopted him as your Uncle Bobby too.. He'd be thrilled, he never met a stranger.. Thank you for bumping him up in the queue so you could do his bio during the month of May!!! ,RIP Uncle Bobby - if you can.
No problem at all Greg! Glad you enjoyed it and someone requested it last week and it seemed the right time to do a video on him! A legend of the sport and a legend of the speedway!
Hello guys, great to write you both again. Mike, I so appreciate this very heartfelt tribute to one of the icons of American open wheel racing. I was fortunate enough to meet both Uncle Bobby and Al Sr. at different occasions over the years. Both men were a treat to speak with as they were tremendous with their fans and always took the time to acknowledge me personally. I still have a photo which was taken (by my good friend Tom Tucker also a huge racing fan - RIP Tom) in 2003 @ the Las Vegas SEMA show , a national automotive convention. There I stood between the Great Bobby Unser and P.J. Jones (Parnelli's oldest son). That moment was the highlight of the week for me. I do hope to meet with Al Unser Jr., "Little Al", sometime in the future as he has been one of my heroes for nearly 40 years. All in all, this was another of your tremendous efforts and a wonderful tribute to one of the "Biggest" personalities in the 20th century American Automobile racing! Keeep Racing! Cheers, Tim.
So glad you enjoyed it Tim 😊 was great to look into Bobby's life and career! Thanks for sharing your anecdote of meeting them both as well! Was lovely to read and I hope you get to meet Little Al too! Thanks as always for supporting us and commenting 😊
So well done !Truly a brilliant racer. I remember watching the 74 Indy on tape delay and loved the Jorgenson Eagle driven by Bobby Unser. Quite the racer and there was none better, all one had to do was ask Bobby! Thanks for the trip down memory lane....awesome!
Glad you enjoyed it Chip and had fun down memory lane! Great memory of Bobby and he was certainly one of the best to ever do it!
Great piece! My older brother got Uncle Bobby's autograph at the 1967 Langhorne 150. My hero won that one (Mario Andretti) - ironic.
Oh wow yeah that is very ironic, though believe they did repair their friendship in the end!
@@IndyFanatics Correct! Thankfully.
Thanks, Mike . Very nice Tribute to Bobby Unser .
No problem John! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great tribute guys! Years ago I got to spend the week at Pikes Peak filming with Bobby and his son Robby - just a blast!!! Riding up and down the old dirt road with a camera on my shoulder and Robby (at age 20) drifting sideways in his Audi Quattro through every turn was insane! Bobby was a legend from my childhood and I was so intimidated every time I had to film him but he was very gracious as were the entire Unser family.
Ah Lance glad you enjoyed it and thankyou for the comment! What an incredible experience to film those two at Pikes Peak! No surprise about Bobby and the Unser family they do just seem lovely people! What a memory to have though!
Such a great video. Really enjoyed the ride 😁 Loved hearing about the family connection with Pikes Peak 😊 Thank you for sharing Bobby's journey in such an informative and respectful way. I hope next week's 500 race is a great one in his honour.
Glad you enjoyed Kaitey 😊 it was a really enjoyable life to look into and he was just a brilliant man!
RIP Uncle Bobby 😭😭😭
A legend who will always be remembered!
R.I.P Uncle Bobby, an incredible race driver but also such an enjoyable and informative commentator, great video as always and thanks for such a wonderful tribute
Certainly was an incredibly race driver Jonty! Just one of racings real good guys! And thankyou Jonty, glad you enjoyed it!
Great job, bobby unser will always be a true great, the man like Mario could do it all
Cheers Chadwick! Glad you enjoyed and absolutely! A legend of the sport!
Another great video. The desire you guys have to delve into the history of Indycar is a great thing to watch.
Thankyou Scott 😊 it has such a great history that it's story definitely deserves being told and Bobby was a great guy that deserves the recognition!
RIP Al Unser, guess he missed his brother Bobby too much. You were two of the very best. I'm glad Al was around for Helio's win this past May... We're losing our heros folks. Indycar is better because we had Bobby and Al Unser.
I bet another really tough one to take Greg. Such sad news and another legend lost. A sad year for IndyCar in that respect.
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@@IndyFanatics It's all good lmao. Loved the rest of the vid overall. Keep the good content coming!
@@brogansmith1342 Thankyou Brogan! 😊 always appreciate the feedback, though I always seem to make some slip up somewhere 🤦🏻♂️ thanks for watching!
If you get a chance, track down one of Marshall Pruett's podcasts with Uncle Bobby or his Dinner with Racers interview, and you'll get a good feel for him. As great a racer and broadcaster he was, he was even BIGGER personally. Always willing to talk. NO ONE could tell a bigger story than Uncle Bobby (although most were about 50% truth and 50% embellishment.)
Will do! Sounds a great interview! And yeah his larger than life character definitely allowed him to be a great story teller! Cheers for the recommendation Ed
Glad that pikes peak hill climb is not on the schedule anymore
Ah it's a legendary race! But would look out of place on today's calendar definitely!
Welcome back Steven
He wasn't in the video Gianni 😉 but will be next week!
@@IndyFanatics at the intro he was 😄
@@F1_Gianni_96 very true 😂
Took me a while to find this. Here's a short clip of Uncle Bobby surviving what should have been a fatality. Just like Grosjean, it wasn't his time. There were no halos or aeroscreens in 1965. Scary, but he walks away. twitter.com/Basso488/status/1333282108308135937
Wow that is a crazy crash, a real miracle he walked away from that!