RACING DRIVER

Bobby Unser

1934 - 2021

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Robert William Unser (February 20, 1934 – May 2, 2021) was an American automobile racer. At his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994, he had the fourth most IndyCar Series wins at 35 (behind his brother Al, A. J. Foyt, and Mario Andretti). Unser won the 1968 and 1974 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Unser has received more than 551,344 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bobby Unser is the 368th most popular racing driver (up from 424th in 2019), the 6,708th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,528th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 47.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Bobby Unser ranks 368 out of 1,080Before him are Sergio Mantovani, Michel Leclère, Fred Agabashian, Peter Whitehead, Toshio Suzuki, and Ernst Degner. After him are Eugène Chaboud, Alex Ribeiro, Kurt Ahrens Jr., Leslie Graham, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, and Bruno Senna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bobby Unser ranks 350Before him are Mario Segale, Alketas Panagoulias, Lucien Clergue, Julius Wess, C. N. R. Rao, and Takayuki Kubota. After him are Humberto Tozzi, Pierre Darmon, Henry Cooper, Norma Croker, Kedarnath Singh, and Phil Ramone. Among people deceased in 2021, Bobby Unser ranks 384Before him are Issake Dabore, Clarence Williams III, Kadir Topbaş, Alfred Teinitzer, Aleksandar Shalamanov, and Bernard Lown. After him are Ramsey Clark, Lothar Metz, Francesco Morini, Vera Nikolić, Mauro Bellugi, and István Csom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Unser ranks 6,708 out of 20,380Before him are Tom Kane (1962), Eydie Gormé (1928), Lee Smolin (1955), Galo Plaza (1906), F. Holland Day (1864), and Hugo Benioff (1899). After him are David Hungate (1948), Harold Gould (1923), Edward Everett (1794), Noah Emmerich (1965), Philip Ahn (1905), and Gummo Marx (1893).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Bobby Unser ranks 28Before him are Carl Scarborough (1914), Masten Gregory (1932), Bob Bondurant (1933), Harry Blanchard (1929), Eddie Cheever (1958), and Fred Agabashian (1913). After him are Ronnie Bucknum (1936), Roger Penske (1937), Chet Miller (1902), Dale Earnhardt (1951), Johnnie Parsons (1918), and A. J. Foyt (1935).