One of my Christmas presents was the book "Checkered Past" as told by Al Unser Jr. Growing up in New Mexico, the Unser's were royalty and Little Al was the prince. I knew that he hit some bumps at the end of his career and after he retired from racing. What I did not know is that he was fighting those demons all of his life.

This was a very well written and entertaining book. If you are fans of Little Al or Indy cars, this book is a must read. Not only do you get insight into Little Al, but we learn a lot more about all of the Unser's, Roger Penske, and Tony George. There was also new insight into the famous thumbs up salute after he was wrecked out of the Indy 500.

You can buy it from many outlets, but I am including the link from the publisher. I am assuming that Little Al will make more if you buy it from them than from Amazon or others.

https://octanepress.com/book/al-unser-jr-checkered-past