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1979 California 500

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CART race number 11 of 14
Sunday, September 2, 1979 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:24:22
Average Speed: 146.794 mph
Pole Speed: 203.046 mph

Cautions: 12 for 51 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1979 CART results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Status	Led	Points
1	3	12	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	running	97	1000
2	1	9	Rick Mears	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	running	34	800
3	4	99	Mario Andretti	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	running	0	700
4	13	4	Johnny Rutherford	Budweiser (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	199	running	2	600
5	2	2	Al Unser	Pennzoil (Chaparral Cars)	Chaparral / Cosworth	197	running	62	500
6	8	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope / Panasonic (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	196	running	0	400
7	30	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motors (Herb Wysard)	Wildcat / DGS	192	running	0	300
8	29	94	Don Whittington	Budweiser	McLaren / Cosworth	190	running	0
9	14	21	Lee Kunzman	Vetter / Windjammer (Conqueste Racing Team)	Parnelli / Cosworth	188	running	0	200
10	25	72	Jerry Sneva	Hodgdon Racing	McLaren / Cosworth	170	engine	0	150
11	31	18	Tom Frantz	Kent Oil	Wildcat / Offy	152	running	0	100
12	24	98	Bill Whittington	Road Atlanta	Parnelli / Cosworth	139	intake manifold	0
13	17	60	Roger Mears	Patrick Racing (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	135	engine	0
14	35	95	Larry Cannon	Cannon Racing (Larry Cannon)	Wildcat / Offy	128	piston	0	25
15	12	20	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	119	fuel pump	0	25
16	15	23	Dick Ferguson	Aero Electronics	Penske / Cosworth	118	valve	0	25
17	5	1	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prunes (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	108	oil pump	5	20
18	23	30	John Martin	Paramount Printing	McLaren / Offy	107	engine	0
19	32	28	Bill Scott	Wheel Center	Eagle / Offy	74	engine	0	20
20	20	77	Salt Walther	Walmotor (Walmotors)	Penske / Cosworth	69	transmission	0	20
21	27	69	Al Loquasto	Biane Winery	Eagle / Offy	69	piston	0	15
22	22	41	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing (Bill Alsup)	McLaren / Offy	59	cylinder	0	15
23	7	71	Steve Krisiloff	Dairy Queen / Kent Oil	Penske / Cosworth	47	valve	0	15
24	16	40	Wally Dallenbach	Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	46	engine	0	15
25	10	55	Spike Gehlhausen	Frosty Acres	Lightning / Cosworth	46	halfshaft	0	10
26	18	35	Tim Richmond	S & M Electric	Lightning / Offy	39	transmission	0	10
27	28	19	Phil Caliva	Sta-On Car Glaze	Eagle / Offy	23	oil leak	0	10
28	19	10	Pancho Carter	Alex XLNT Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	21	camshaft	0	10
29	26	15	Bob Harkey	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	17	crash	0
30	33	59	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	Lightning / Offy	14	oil pump	0	5
31	21	86	Dennis Firestone	AMS Oil	Lola / Cosworth	10	oil leak	0
32	9	11	Tom Bagley	Dairy Queen / Kent Oil (Bobby Hillin)	Penske / Cosworth	7	crash	0	5
33	6	32	Johnny Parsons	Sugaripe Prunes (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	4	valve	0
34	11	36	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Cosworth	2	engine	0	5
35	34	79	Cliff Hucul	Hoffman Racing	Eagle / Offy	2	transmission	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Al Unser	1	25	25
Tom Sneva	26	30	5
Al Unser	31	47	17
Bobby Unser	48	51	4
Al Unser	52	71	20
Bobby Unser	72	106	35
Rick Mears	107	115	9
Bobby Unser	116	125	10
Rick Mears	126	138	13
Johnny Rutherford	139	139	1
Bobby Unser	140	150	11
Rick Mears	151	155	5
Bobby Unser	156	161	6
Rick Mears	162	164	3
Johnny Rutherford	165	165	1
Bobby Unser	166	183	18
Rick Mears	184	187	4
Bobby Unser	188	200	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Rick Mears	3340
2	Bobby Unser	3070	-270
3	Johnny Rutherford	1833	-1507
4	Gordon Johncock	1783	-1557
5	Al Unser	1590	-1750
6	Danny Ongais	1459	-1881
7	Mike Mosley	1068	-2272
8	Tom Bagley	998	-2342
9	Tom Sneva	895	-2445
10	Wally Dallenbach	834	-2506
11	Mario Andretti	700	-2640
12	Lee Kunzman	485	-2855
13	Vern Schuppan	441	-2899
14	Salt Walther	299	-3041
15	Pancho Carter	279	-3061
16	Bill Alsup	265	-3075
17	Joe Saldana	242	-3098
18	Spike Gehlhausen	230	-3110
19	Tom Frantz	228	-3112
20	Steve Krisiloff	189	-3151

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