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1979 Gould Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 12 of 14 Saturday, September 15, 1979 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 75 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 0:51:22 Average speed: 175.211 mph Pole speed: 204.001 mph Cautions: 1 for 7 laps Margin of victory: 10.6 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1979 CART results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 12   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 75   running 49 300 2 6 1   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 75   running 1 240 3 2 9   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 74   out of fuel 0 210 4 4 4   Johnny Rutherford Budweiser   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 74   running 0 180 5 10 11   Tom Bagley Dairy Queen / Kent Oil   (Bobby Hillin) Penske / Cosworth 74   running 0 150 6 7 40   Wally Dallenbach Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 73   engine 0 120 7 15 60   Steve Krisiloff Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 73   running 0 90 8 12 10   Pancho Carter Alex XLNT Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 71   running 0 75 9 11 41   Bill Alsup WASP Racing   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Cosworth 65   running 0 60 10 5 2   Al Unser Pennzoil   (Chaparral Cars) Chaparral / Cosworth 53   crash 0 45 11 8 55   Spike Gehlhausen Frosty Acres Lightning / Cosworth 48   ignition 0 30 12 9 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (Walmotors) Penske / Cosworth 38   rear end 0 15 13 3 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 36   engine 25 8 14 11 18   Tom Frantz Kent Oil Wildcat / DGS 27   oil leak 0 8 15 13 34   Vern Schuppan Wysard-Barrett   (Herb Wysard) Wildcat / DGS 0   did not start 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Saldana 69 Hoffman Racing Eagle / Offy WD Danny Ongais 25 Interscope / Panasonic Ted Field Parnelli / Cosworth WD Larry Cannon 95 Cannon Racing Larry Cannon Wildcat / Offy WD Mario Andretti 99 Gould Charge Roger Penske Penske / Cosworth Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 9 9   Gordon Johncock 10 28 19   Tom Sneva 29 29 1   Gordon Johncock 30 35 6   Bobby Unser 36 75 40 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 3550     2   Bobby Unser 3370   -180   3   Johnny Rutherford 2013   -1537   4   Gordon Johncock 1791   -1759   5   Al Unser 1635   -1915   6   Danny Ongais 1459   -2091   7   Tom Bagley 1148   -2402   8   Tom Sneva 1135   -2415   9   Mike Mosley 1068   -2482   10   Wally Dallenbach 954   -2596   11   Mario Andretti 700   -2850   12   Lee Kunzman 485   -3065   13   Vern Schuppan 441   -3109   14   Pancho Carter 354   -3196   15   Bill Alsup 325   -3225   16   Salt Walther 314   -3236   17   Steve Krisiloff 279   -3271   18   Spike Gehlhausen 260   -3290   19   Joe Saldana 242   -3308   20   Tom Frantz 236   -3314   21   Jerry Sneva 155   -3395