IRL: Unser Jr joins Galles Racing
Double Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr will compete in next season's Indy Racing League
The 37-year-old, who drove for Penske in the 1999 CART championship, has signed for Galles Racing.
It will be the first time he has competed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since his second victory in 1994.
He did not qualify in 1995, and like most other CART drivers, has not raced at Indy since Speedway president Tony George found the IRL in 1996.
Unser, whose family has taken nine victories at Indianapolis, previously drove for car owner Rick Galles in the early 1980s and from 1988-93.
'The Indianapolis 500 is an event that has played an important role in my life and family history, and I'm thrilled that I am going to compete in it again,' Unser said.
The 1990 and 1994 CART champion has won 31 open-wheel races and his first 500 win came in 1992, also with Galles.
'I'm really excited to be back with Rick Galles,' Unser said.
'Rick gave me my first ride in the Indianapolis 500 in 1983 and we have won every championship title we have ever gone after. Rick operates a first-class organization, and I know his system well.'
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