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Indy 500 champ Al Unser Jr. caught drag racing while drunk at 3 a.m.

Indy 500 champ Al Unser Jr. caught drag racing while drunk at 3 a.m. Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Al Unser Jr. was arrested by police in Albuquerque, N.M., after they clocked him going over 100 mph in a Chevy Suburban while street racing another car. Ethanol doesn't just power cars on the track.

Unser, who plead no contest to a DUI charge in a 2007 Nevada crash, was arrested at 3 a.m. and charged with reckless driving and aggravated driving while intoxicated. Police said Unser continued to accelerate after his Suburban was caught pulling a Fast & Furious. Maybe its time to give up the wheel for a while.

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