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1979 Coors 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (200.000 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: .03 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1979 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 100 13610 running 83 400 2 8 46   Gary Bettenhausen Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 100 8050 running 11 320 3 14 30   Larry Dickson Gilmore Auto Parts   (Fred Ruth) McLaren / Offy 98 5890 running 0 280 4 4 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul Racing   (Emil Hucul) McLaren / Offy 98 4065 running 3 240 5 15 45   George Snider Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 97 3375 running 3 200 6 10 22   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 96 2995 running 0 160 7 5 75   Todd Gibson Gibson Racing   (Todd Gibson) Eagle / Offy 94 2710 running 0 120 8 7 24   Sheldon Kinser Genesee Beer   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 86 2520 valve 0 100 9 11 26   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Shirley McElreath) Eagle / Chevy 81 2830 engine 0 80 10 13 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (Jerry Karl) McLaren / Offy 76 2140 oil pressure 0 60 11 12 81   Dick Ferguson Molly Mate   (Wayne Woodward) Eagle / Offy 59 2045 fuel system 0 40 12 3 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 28 1950 crash 0 20 13 9 57   Jerry Sneva Crower Cams   (Crower Engineering) Eagle / Chevy 22 1855 piston 0 10 14 6 23   Jim McElreath McElreath Racing   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 19 1760 tire 0 10 15 16 58   Eldon Rasmussen Rent-A-Racer   (Eldon Rasmussen) Rascar / Foyt 11 1665 valve 0 10 16 2 15   Johnny Parsons Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / DGS 3 1608 engine 0 10

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Neil Bonnett 73 AMC Warner Hodgdon Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 800     2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 440   -360   2   Cliff Hucul 440   -360   4   Sheldon Kinser 340   -460   5   Johnny Parsons 330   -470   6   Gary Bettenhausen 328   -472   7   George Snider 300   -500   8   Larry Dickson 290   -510   9   Tom Bigelow 180   -620   10   Todd Gibson 130   -670   11   Dick Simon 120   -680   12   Jim McElreath 90   -710   13   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 80   -720   14   Jerry Karl 60   -740   14   Dana Carter 60   -740   16   Eldon Rasmussen 50   -750   17   Dick Ferguson 48   -752   18   Roger McCluskey 20   -780   19   Jerry Sneva 16   -784   20   Ken Nichols 10   -790   20   John Martin 10   -790