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1979 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 7
Monday, May 28, 1979 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:08:48
Average Speed: 158.889 mph
Pole Speed: 193.736 mph

Cautions: 6 for 34 laps
Margin of Victory: 45.69 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1979 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
15	2	1	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	188	28,769	crash	0
20	17	10	Pancho Carter	Alex XLNT Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	129	20,125	wheel bearing	0
9	15	11	Tom Bagley	Dairy Queen / Kent Oil (Bobby Hillin)	Penske / Cosworth	193	24,710	running	0
5	4	12	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	199	59,353	running	89
2	6	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Parnelli / Cosworth	200	99,058	running	1	800
32	9	15	Johnny Parsons	Goodyear (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	16	17,695	piston	0	5
26	20	17	Dick Simon	Sanyo (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	57	17,960	clutch	0	10
10	31	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Sta-On Car Glaze (Carl Gehlhausen)	Wildcat / Cosworth	192	24,209	running	0
22	3	2	Al Unser	Pennzoil (Chaparral Racing)	Chaparral / Cosworth	104	38,195	transmission	85
8	34	22	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Hubler Chevrolet / WNDE (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	194	27,921	running	0	250
35	19	23	Jim McElreath	AMAX Coal (Jim McElreath)	Penske / Cosworth	0	17,453	valve	0	5
28	10	24	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	40	17,025	piston	0	10
4	27	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope / Panasonic (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	199	37,987	running	0
29	18	29	Cliff Hucul	Hucul Racing (Emil Hucul)	McLaren / Offy	22	20,346	valve	0	5
6	5	3	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	197	32,074	running	0
19	23	31	Larry Rice	S&M Electric	Lightning / Offy	142	19,496	crash	0
21	22	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motors (Herb Wysard)	Lightning / Offy	111	19,068	transmission	0
3	12	36	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Cosworth	200	59,828	running	0
18	8	4	Johnny Rutherford	Budweiser (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	168	29,121	running	0
14	30	44	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	190	23,953	running	0	25
34	14	45	Janet Guthrie	Texaco Star (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	3	16,899	piston	0	5
7	13	46	Howdy Holmes	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Wildcat / DGS	195	35,964	running	0	300
23	33	50	Eldon Rasmussen	Bivouac Vans (BFM Enterprises)	Antares / Offy	89	18,047	header	0	15
33	35	59	George Snider	KBHL (Hoffman Racing)	Lightning / Offy	7	17,691	valve	0	5
27	7	6	Wally Dallenbach	Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	43	18,470	lost wheel	0
16	26	69	Joe Saldana	KBHL-FM (Hoffman Racing)	Eagle / Offy	185	22,721	running	0
11	28	7	Steve Krisiloff	Frosty Acres (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Cosworth	192	23,645	running	0
13	25	72	Roger McCluskey	National Engineering (Warner Hodgdon)	McLaren / Cosworth	191	24,480	running	0	25
31	21	73	Jerry Sneva	National Engineering (Warner Hodgdon)	Spirit / AMC	16	17,117	piston	0	5
12	16	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	Penske / Cosworth	191	22,757	running	0
24	24	80	Larry Dickson	Polak Construction (Russ Polak)	Penske / Cosworth	86	17,797	fuel pump belt	0	15
30	11	89	Lee Kunzman	Vetter / Windjammer (Conqueste Racing Team)	Parnelli / Cosworth	18	16,820	scavenger pump	0
1	1	9	Rick Mears	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	252,420	running	25
25	32	92	John Mahler	Sport Magazine (Intercomp)	Eagle / Offy	66	17,572	fuel pump	0
17	29	97	Phil Threshie	Giuffre Bros. (Grant King)	King / Chevy	172	22,969	running	0	20

Failed to qualify: Bill Alsup (#68, 19), Tom Frantz (#16), Jim McElreath (#23), Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (#23), Hurley Haywood (#51), Eldon Rasmussen (#58), Todd Gibson (#75), Billy Engelhart (#83), Larry McCoy (#93), Larry Cannon (#95), Tom Bigelow (#43), John Martin (#20), Dick Ferguson (#81), Billy Vukovich, Jr. (#22), Dana Carter (#30), Spike Gehlhausen (#19), Jerry Karl (#38), Joe Saldana (#69), Al Loquasto (#39), Steve Krisiloff (#7), Gary Bettenhausen (#98)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	27	27
	28	31	4	#29 tow-in
	32	42	11
	43	48	6	#24 tow-in
	49	92	44
	93	99	7	#80 tow-in
	100	102	3
	103	107	5	#97 tow-in
	108	155	48
	156	162	7	#31 accident turn 2
	163	191	29
	192	196	5	#30 accident turn 4
	197	200	4
Percent of race run under caution: 17.0% Average green flag run: 23.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Al Unser	1	24	24
Rick Mears	25	27	3
A.J. Foyt	28	28	1
Al Unser	29	69	41
Bobby Unser	70	73	4
Rick Mears	74	76	3
Al Unser	77	96	20
Bobby Unser	97	181	85
Rick Mears	182	200	19

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