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Indy 500 Winner Arrested

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For drunken, reckless driving.

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BILL COONS / Landov

Someone picked the wrong guy to drag-race with—and the wrong place to do it. Al Unser Jr., two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, was arrested early Thursday morning while drag-racing in his Suburban in Albuquerque. Officers clocked Unser going over 100 miles per hour at 3 a.m. He was charged with drunken and reckless driving and then released from jail. Unser is part of a racing dynasty: his father won the Indy 500 twice, and his uncle Bobby won the race three times.

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