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1979 Ditzler 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post CART race number 10 of 14 Sunday, August 19, 1979 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ 100 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:09:20 Average speed: 129.807 mph Pole speed: 171.277 mph Cautions: 3 for 24 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1979 CART results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 9   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100   running 38 300 2 1 12   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100   running 36 240 3 3 1   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 100   running 25 210 4 7 40   Wally Dallenbach Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 100   running 0 180 5 6 4   Johnny Rutherford Budweiser   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 99   running 0 150 6 13 2   Al Unser Pennzoil   (Chaparral Cars) Chaparral / Cosworth 99   running 0 120 7 10 11   Tom Bagley Dairy Queen / Kent Oil   (Bobby Hillin) Penske / Cosworth 97   running 0 90 8 14 69   Joe Saldana Hoffman Racing Eagle / Offy 95   running 0 75 9 16 18   Tom Frantz Kent Oil / Sheraton Wildcat / Offy 71   running 0 60 10 11 41   Bill Alsup Claremont Ford   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Cosworth 64   running 1 45 11 8 19   Spike Gehlhausen Sta-On Car Glaze   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 62   connecting rod 0 30 12 12 35   Tim Richmond Schultz Associates Lightning / Offy 60   fuel leak 0 15 13 4 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 49   rear end 0 8 14 9 36   Mike Mosley Theodore Racing   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 36   crash 0 8 15 15 95   Larry Cannon Cannon Racing   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / Offy 17   engine 0 8 16 2 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 4   crash 0 8

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Krisiloff 7 Frosty Acres Fletcher Racing Lightning / Cosworth Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Alex Morales Lightning / Offy Vern Schuppan 34 Thomas Barrett Herb Wysard Wildcat / DGS Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 20 20   Bill Alsup 21 21 1   Rick Mears 22 56 35   Tom Sneva 57 68 12   Bobby Unser 69 84 16   Tom Sneva 85 97 13   Rick Mears 98 100 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 2540     2   Bobby Unser 2070   -470   3   Gordon Johncock 1758   -782   4   Johnny Rutherford 1233   -1307   5   Al Unser 1090   -1450   6   Mike Mosley 1063   -1477   7   Danny Ongais 1059   -1481   8   Tom Bagley 993   -1547   9   Tom Sneva 875   -1665   10   Wally Dallenbach 819   -1721   11   Lee Kunzman 285   -2255   12   Salt Walther 279   -2261   13   Pancho Carter 269   -2271   14   Bill Alsup 250   -2290   15   Joe Saldana 237   -2303   16   Spike Gehlhausen 220   -2320   17   Steve Krisiloff 174   -2366   18   Vern Schuppan 141   -2399   19   Tom Frantz 128   -2412   20   Larry Rice 105   -2435   21   Tim Richmond 94   -2446