Under Jr. lands a new role

Unser Jr. with Ed Carpenter

With Brian Barnhart's recommendation, Mike Harding has hired Al Unser Jr. as a driver coach and executive consultant at Harding Racing for driver Gabby Chaves.

"Brian and I had been together for many, many years," Unser said. "He was my left rear on both my Indy 500 wins, both my IndyCar championships. Really Brian came on board, either '89 or '90, and he started working with me and I with him since then. He was a very large part of my success without any doubt.

"Everything's looking really, really good. It's a dream come true for myself, and so I can't thank Mike Harding and the Harding family enough, they're super people, as I've gotten to know him and everybody within his company."

The team will maintain its cars out of the Ed Carpenter Racing shop and that is where Unser will have his office.