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1979 Music 500 Presented by Musicland & Sam Goody Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 7 Sunday, June 24, 1979 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:42:14 Average speed: 134.995 mph Pole speed: 182.334 mph Cautions: 7 for 39 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps+ Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 18 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) Parnelli / Cosworth 200 78562 running 128 1000 2 13 26   Jim McElreath McElreath Racing   (Shirley McElreath) Eagle / Offy 198 37137 running 0 800 3 6 80   Larry Dickson R.P. Racing   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 197 23762 out of fuel 19 700 4 24 81   Jerry Sneva Shade Tree Racing   (Wayne Woodward) Eagle / Offy 192 14342 running 0 600 5 14 17   Dick Simon Vollstedt Racing   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 191 10722 running 0 500 6 19 22   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 190 8812 running 0 400 7 7 46   Howdy Holmes Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 190 8112 running 1 300 8 5 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 184 7472 radiator 1 250 9 12 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Chevy 181 6912 engine 0 200 10 20 86   Al Loquasto American Rustproof   (Robert LaWarre) McLaren / Offy 160 6322 running 0 150 11 11 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul Racing   (Emil Hucul) McLaren / Offy 158 5882 piston 0 100 12 2 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 148 5442 engine 40   13 22 60   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Tilton Corp.   (Robert LaWarre) Eagle / Chevy 120 6252 transaxle 0 25 14 10 44   Roger McCluskey Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 102 5122 rear bulkhead 6 25 15 9 24   Sheldon Kinser Genesee Beer   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 100 4992 engine 0 25 16 15 97   Phil Threshie Giuffre Bros.   (Grant King) King / Chevy 85 4862 engine 0 25 17 23 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (Jerry Karl) McLaren / Offy 84 4732 spun out 0 20 18 8 20   John Martin Scientific Drilling   (Jack Rhoades) McLaren / Offy 67 4572 piston 0 20 19 4 45   Janet Guthrie Texaco Star   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Offy 67 4442 clutch 0 20 20 25 58   Eldon Rasmussen Vans by Bivouac   (Eldon Rasmussen) Rascar / Chevy 58 4312 crash 0 20 21 3 15   Johnny Parsons Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 35 4182 piston 5 15 22 16 30   Dana Carter Molly-Mate   (Fred Ruth) McLaren / Offy 27 4052 engine block 0 15 23 18 50   Frank Weiss 1st National Bank   (Doug Biedersted) Manta / Offy 18 3922 header 0 15 24 21 27   Bob Harkey Vollstedt   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / AMC 16 3792 engine 0 15 25 17 51   George Snider Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning 0 3532 engine block 0 10

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Larry McCoy Jerry Sneva 57 Crower Cams Eagle / Chevy WD Roger Rager Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 18 18     19 22 4   #27 stalled turn 1   23 65 43     66 69 4   #17 stalled backstretch   70 74 5     75 83 9   #58 accident turn 1   84 86 3     87 92 6   #97 accident turn 2   93 103 11     104 110 7   #44 spun turn 3   111 166 56     167 170 4   spectators on track   171 184 14     185 189 5   #98 accident turn 3   190 200 11       Percent of race run under caution: 19.5%             Average green flag run: 20.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 11 11   Johnny Parsons 12 16 5   Danny Ongais 17 19 3   Tom Bigelow 20 20 1   Danny Ongais 21 28 8   A.J. Foyt 29 40 12   Roger McCluskey 41 46 6   A.J. Foyt 47 47 1   Howdy Holmes 48 48 1   A.J. Foyt 49 67 19   Danny Ongais 68 74 7   A.J. Foyt 75 82 8   Larry Dickson 83 83 1   A.J. Foyt 84 95 12   Larry Dickson 96 113 18   A.J. Foyt 114 136 23   Danny Ongais 137 147 11   A.J. Foyt 148 200 53 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 2900     2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 1330   -1570   3   Larry Dickson 1185   -1715   4   Jim McElreath 895   -2005   5   Jerry Sneva 771   -2129   6   Tom Bigelow 665   -2235   7   Gary Bettenhausen 648   -2252   8   Dick Simon 638   -2262   9   Cliff Hucul 635   -2265   10   Howdy Holmes 600   -2300   11   Sheldon Kinser 383   -2517   12   Johnny Parsons 358   -2542   13   George Snider 321   -2579   14   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 165   -2735   15   Al Loquasto 150   -2750   16   Todd Gibson 130   -2770   17   Dana Carter 105   -2795   18   Frank Weiss 98   -2802   19   Jerry Karl 95   -2805   20   Eldon Rasmussen 85   -2815   21   Roger McCluskey 76   -2824