 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1982, Unser akaita kutanga kwake paCART circuit. Akatambura ngwavaira yomunhu oga apo hanzvadzi yake Debbie akaurawa mutsaona yemotokari yemadhundhu, asi ikoku hakuna kudzivisa Unser; uye gore rimwe gare gare, akakwikwidza mumakwikwi ake okutanga eIndianapolis 500, vachipedza vari vapfumbamwe. Zvisinei, maawa mushure mokunge mujaho wapera, Unser Jr. akapiwa chirango chema-lap maviri nemutungamiriri mukuru Thomas W. Binford nokuda kwekupfuura motokari mbiri pasi pekuchenjerera zvishoma kudarika 40 laps kuti aende uyewo kudzivirira mukundi wekupedzisira Tom Sneva kubva pakuwana baba vake zvishoma kudarika 20 laps kuti aende. Chirango chacho chakamubvisa panzvimbo yechipfumbamwe, kuti ave wechi10. Pasinei nokurumbidzwa nokuda kwebasa rake se rookie, Unser Jr. akarasikirwa ne rookie wegore mubayiro kuna Teo Fabi. 