RACING DRIVER

Jerry Unser Jr.

1932 - 1959

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Jeremy Michael Unser Jr. (November 15, 1932 – May 17, 1959) was an American racecar driver. He was the 1957 USAC Stock Car champion. Jerry was the first of the Unser family to compete at Indianapolis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Unser Jr. is the 177th most popular racing driver (up from 275th in 2019), the 4,203rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,484th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jerry Unser Jr. ranks 177 out of 1,080Before him are Luigi Taveri, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Guy Edwards, Luigi Villoresi, Derek Warwick, and Karl Kling. After him are Alex Zanardi, Martin Brundle, George Eaton, Hans Stuck, Brett Lunger, and Carel Godin de Beaufort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Jerry Unser Jr. ranks 202Before him are Karekin I, Pentti Linkola, Bob Pettit, Bruno S., Tom Robbins, and Parry O'Brien. After him are Bill Foulkes, Mancur Olson, Igor Kirillov, Helmut Griem, Stefanie Zweig, and Bernhard Vogel. Among people deceased in 1959, Jerry Unser Jr. ranks 85Before him are Erhard Schmidt, Kenneth Anderson, Johannes Kleiman, Max Baer, Aleksandr Khinchin, and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. After him are Giovanni Pastrone, Eduard van Beinum, Štefan Tiso, José Vasconcelos, Patrick O'Connell, and Laxmi Prasad Devkota.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Unser Jr. ranks 4,203 out of 20,380Before him are Charles Barton (1902), George Dewey (1837), William Stevenson (1900), Muse Watson (1948), Parry O'Brien (1932), and William Bates (1860). After him are Robert Indiana (1928), Karch Kiraly (1960), Jef Raskin (1943), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Robert David Hall (1947), and Clara Barton (1821).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Jerry Unser Jr. ranks 7Before him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Phil Hill (1927), Danny Sullivan (1950), Ken Block (1967), Dan Gurney (1931), and Richie Ginther (1930). After him are Brett Lunger (1945), Pat Flaherty (1926), Kenny Roberts (1951), Wayne Rainey (1960), Jack McGrath (1919), and Jim Rathmann (1928).