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1979 Coors 200

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 7
Sunday, April 8, 1979 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX
100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:32:37
Average Speed: 129.574 mph
Pole Speed: 192.565 mph

Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1979 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	100	13,610	running	83	400
2	8	46	Gary Bettenhausen	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Wildcat / DGS	100	8,050	running	11	320
4	4	29	Cliff Hucul	Hucul Racing (Emil Hucul)	McLaren / Offy	98	4,065	running	3	240
5	15	45	George Snider	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	97	3,375	running	3	200
3	14	30	Larry Dickson	Gilmore Auto Parts (Fred Ruth)	McLaren / Offy	98	5,890	running	0	280
6	10	22	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Leader Card (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	96	2,995	running	0	160
7	5	75	Todd Gibson	Gibson Racing (Todd Gibson)	Eagle / Offy	94	2,710	running	0	120
8	7	24	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	86	2,520	valve	0	100
9	11	26	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Shirley McElreath)	Eagle / Chevy	81	2,830	engine	0	80
10	13	38	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailers (Jerry Karl)	McLaren / Offy	76	2,140	oil pressure	0	60
11	12	81	Dick Ferguson	Molly Mate (Wayne Woodward)	Eagle / Offy	59	2,045	fuel system	0	40
12	3	43	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	28	1,950	crash	0	20
13	9	57	Jerry Sneva	Crower Cams (Crower Engineering)	Eagle / Chevy	22	1,855	piston	0	10
14	6	23	Jim McElreath	McElreath Racing (Jim McElreath)	Eagle / Offy	19	1,760	tire	0	10
15	16	58	Eldon Rasmussen	Rent-A-Racer (Eldon Rasmussen)	Rascar / Foyt	11	1,665	valve	0	10
16	2	15	Johnny Parsons	Hopkins Racing (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / DGS	3	1,608	engine	0	10

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	7	5	#15 engine
	8	18	11
	19	25	7	#23 blown tire
	26	29	4
	30	36	7	#43 accident turn 4
	37	64	28
	65	67	3	#81 blown tire backstretch
	68	88	21
	89	92	4	#26 blown tire
	93	100	8
Percent of race run under caution: 26.0% Average green flag run: 12.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	21	21
Gary Bettenhausen	22	23	2
George Snider	24	26	3
A.J. Foyt	27	33	7
Cliff Hucul	34	36	3
A.J. Foyt	37	55	19
Gary Bettenhausen	56	57	2
A.J. Foyt	58	62	5
Gary Bettenhausen	63	66	4
A.J. Foyt	67	90	24
Gary Bettenhausen	91	93	3
A.J. Foyt	94	100	7

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