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1979 Gould Twin Dixie 125 #2 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 3 of 14 Sunday, April 22, 1979 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 82 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (124.804 miles) Time of race: 0:45:40 Average speed: 166.159 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 2 for 10 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 1 4   Johnny Rutherford Budweiser   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 82   running 61 250 2 5 9   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 82   running 1 200 3 6 2   Al Unser Pennzoil   (Chaparral Cars) Lola / Cosworth 82   running 0 175 4 7 12   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 82   running 7 150 5 3 1   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 81   running 0 125 6 14 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 81   running 0 100 7 8 11   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Bobby Hillin) Penske / Cosworth 81   running 0 75 8 11 40   Wally Dallenbach Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Lightning / Cosworth 80   running 0 63 9 4 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 80   running 0 50 10 10 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (Walmotors) Penske / Cosworth 79   running 13 38 11 9 10   Pancho Carter Alex XLNT Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Cosworth 78   running 0 25 12 12 34   Vern Schuppan Wysard Motors   (Herb Wysard) Wildcat / Offy 74   out of fuel 0 13 13 13 69   Joe Saldana Snyder Industries   (Hoffman Racing) Lightning / Offy 72   running 0 5 14 18 35   Larry Rice S&M Electric Lightning / Offy 62   running 0 5 15 15 41   Bill Alsup WASP Racing   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Offy 52   overheating 0 5 16 17 19   Spike Gehlhausen Sta-On Car Glaze   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 13   oil leak 0 5 17 16 36   Mike Mosley Theodore Racing   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 3   engine 0 5 18 2 21   Lee Kunzman Conqueste Racing Team Parnelli / Cosworth 3   gear box 0 5

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Rutherford 1 7 7   Bobby Unser 8 14 7   Johnny Rutherford 15 25 11   Salt Walther 26 38 13   Johnny Rutherford 39 68 30   Rick Mears 69 69 1   Johnny Rutherford 70 82 13 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 710     2   Rick Mears 565   -145   3   Gordon Johncock 500   -210   4   Al Unser 455   -255   5   Bobby Unser 375   -335   6   Tom Sneva 306   -404   7   Lee Kunzman 265   -445   8   Tom Bagley 213   -497   9   Wally Dallenbach 178   -532   10   Mike Mosley 130   -580   11   Danny Ongais 113   -597   12   Salt Walther 91   -619   13   Pancho Carter 81   -629   14   Larry Rice 50   -660   15   Bill Alsup 40   -670   16   Vern Schuppan 31   -679   17   Joe Saldana 18   -692   18   Spike Gehlhausen 16   -694   19   Steve Krisiloff 13   -697   20   Tom Frantz 8   -702   21   John Mahler 6   -704