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Family History Immigrating from Switzerland, their father Louis and mother Marie eventually settled in Colorado Springs, raising a family by the nearby mountain Pike's Peak. Louis was especially skilled in exploring the then "new-fangled" automobile engine which sparked the interest of their sons. In September 1915 they rode a motorcycle and sidecar to the summit of Pike's Peak, a mountain previously declared to be unscalable. Soon after  this conquest, the Colorado City police hired the three Unser brothers to teach them how to ride motorcycles, and in 1916 after a road was built, Spencer Penrose officially staged a "Race to the Clouds", a 12.4 mile race to the peak. The Unser boys were regular competitors. Learn more... Click below to learn more about the Unser family Louis Unser, Jr.     Louis, Jr., and his brothers Joe and Jerry Unser were born to Louis and Marie Unser... Joe Unser     Joe, and his brothers Louis Jr., and Jerry Unser were born to Louis and Marie Unser... Jerry Unser, Sr.     Jerry Sr., born Jerome Henry Unser in 1899, was the second son born to Louis and Marie Unser... Jerry Unser, Jr.     Jerry Unser, Jr. was born in 1932, the firstborn twin son of Jerry Sr. and Mary Unser... Louie Unser     Louis (Louie) Unser, the younger of the twins born to Jerry Sr. and Mary Unser, was born in 1932... Bobby Unser     The third son of Jerry and Mary Unser, born in 1934, Bobby (Robert William) Unser... Al Unser, Sr.     Al (Alfred), Sr. Unser was born in 1939, the youngest son of Jerry Sr. and Mary Unser... Al Unser, Jr.     Al Unser, Jr., nicknamed “Little Al”, son of Al Unser, Sr. and first wife Wanda, was born in 1962... Jeri Unser     Jeri Unser, daughter of Bobby Unser and second wife Norma, and younger sister of Robby Unser... Robby Unser     Robby Unser, youngest son of Bobby Unser and second wife Norma, was born in 1968... Bobby Unser, Jr     Bobby Unser, Jr., son of Bobby Unser and first wife Barbara, was born in 1955... Johnny Unser     Johnny Unser was born in 1958, younger son of Jerry Unser Jr. and wife Jeanne... Jason Tanner     Jason Tanner, son of David Tanner and Mary (Unser) Tanner, grandson of Al Unser, Sr., was born in 1981... Al Unser, III     Alfred Richard Unser, A.K.A. “Just Al”, was born in 1982, the first son of Al Unser Jr...