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1979 United States Grand Prix - East qualifying results

Formula One race number 15 of 15
Sunday, October 7, 1979 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
59 laps on a 5.435 kilometer road course (320.665 kilometers)

Time of race: 1:52:17.73
Average speed: 171.333 kph
Pole time: 95.615 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 48.787 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Time (seconds)	Speed (km/hr)
Qualifying results for this race:
1	Alan Jones	27	1:35.615	204.633
2	Nelson Piquet	6	1:36.914	201.890
3	Gilles Villeneuve	12	1:36.948	201.820
4	Jacques Laffite	26	1:37.066	201.574
5	Clay Regazzoni	28	1:37.128	201.446
6	Carlos Reutemann	2	1:37.872	199.914
7	Rene Arnoux	16	1:38.195	199.257
8	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	15	1:38.218	199.210
9	Ricardo Zunino	5	1:38.509	198.621
10	Didier Pironi	3	1:38.823	197.990
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	4	1:38.945	197.746
12	Keke Rosberg	20	1:39.035	197.567
13	John Watson	7	1:39.233	197.172
14	Hans-Joachim Stuck	9	1:39.329	196.982
15	Derek Daly	33	1:39.468	196.706
16	Jody Scheckter	11	1:39.576	196.493
17	Mario Andretti	1	1:40.144	195.379
18	Bruno Giacomelli	35	1:40.277	195.120
19	Riccardo Patrese	29	1:40.337	195.003
20	Elio de Angelis	18	1:40.625	194.445
21	Marc Surer	22	1:40.635	194.425
22	Patrick Tambay	8	1:40.731	194.240
23	Emerson Fittipaldi	14	1:40.741	194.221
24	Jacky Ickx	25	1:40.745	194.213
25	Vittorio Brambilla	36	1:40.789	194.128
26	Jochen Mass	30	1:40.824	194.061
27	Jan Lammers	17	1:42.088	191.658
28	Hector Rebaque	31	1:43.060	189.851
29	Alex Ribeiro	19	1:45.183	186.019
30	Arturo Merzario	24	1:49.318	178.982

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Vittorio Brambilla (#36), Jochen Mass (#30), Jan Lammers (#17), Hector Rebaque (#31), Alex Ribeiro (#19), Arturo Merzario (#24)