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1979 Norton Twin 125 #2 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 8 of 14 Sunday, July 15, 1979 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 63 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (126.000 miles) Time of race: 0:48:40 Average speed: 155.342 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 2 for 14 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1979 CART results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 18 12   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 63   running 36 250 2 20 1   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 63   running 0 200 3 13 2   Al Unser Pennzoil   (Chaparral Cars) Chaparral / Cosworth 63   running 0 175 4 1 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 63   running 2 150 5 4 9   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 62   running 8 125 6 6 11   Tom Bagley Dairy Queen / Kent Oil   (Bobby Hillin) Penske / Cosworth 62   running 0 100 7 8 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (Walmotors) Penske / Cosworth 60   running 0 75 8 10 59   Joe Saldana Hoffman Racing Lightning / Offy 59   running 0 63 9 19 39   Al Loquasto Gehlhausen   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 44   running 0 50 10 5 40   Wally Dallenbach Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 42   engine seized 0 38 11 3 4   Johnny Rutherford Budweiser   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 39   suspension 16 25 12 17 25   Danny Ongais Interscope / Panasonic   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 38   crash 0 13 13 9 41   Bill Alsup Tinsley Manufacturing   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Offy 38   engine 0 5 14 7 10   Pancho Carter Alex XLNT Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 20   header 0 5 15 12 92   John Mahler Sport Magazine   (Intercomp) Bear / DGS 20   engine 0 5 16 11 18   Tom Frantz Kent Oil Wildcat / DGS 14   engine 0 5 17 14 21   Lee Kunzman Vetter / Windjammer   (Conqueste Racing Team) Parnelli / Cosworth 4   transmission 0 5 18 16 7   Steve Krisiloff Frosty Acres   (Fletcher Racing) Lightning / Cosworth 4   engine 0 5 19 15 79   Dick Ferguson Aero Electronics Spyder / Offy 2   piston 0 5 20 2 36   Mike Mosley Theodore Racing   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 2   fuel pump 1 5 21 21 19   Spike Gehlhausen Sta-On Car Glaze   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 1   piston 0 4

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard Motors Herb Wysard Wildcat / DGS WD Tim Richmond 69 Schultz Associates Eagle / Offy Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 22 22     23 27 5   #92 stalled turn 3   28 39 12     40 48 9   #25 accident turn 4   49 63 15       Percent of race run under caution: 22.2%             Average green flag run: 16.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mike Mosley 1 1 1   Gordon Johncock 2 3 2   Johnny Rutherford 4 11 8   Rick Mears 12 12 1   Johnny Rutherford 13 18 6   Rick Mears 19 25 7   Johnny Rutherford 26 27 2   Bobby Unser 28 63 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 2000     2   Gordon Johncock 1540   -460   3   Bobby Unser 1530   -470   4   Johnny Rutherford 1075   -925   5   Mike Mosley 1040   -960   6   Danny Ongais 871   -1129   7   Al Unser 820   -1180   8   Tom Bagley 783   -1217   9   Wally Dallenbach 631   -1369   10   Tom Sneva 620   -1380   11   Lee Kunzman 285   -1715   12   Salt Walther 279   -1721   13   Pancho Carter 261   -1739   14   Spike Gehlhausen 184   -1816   15   Steve Krisiloff 168   -1832   16   Joe Saldana 154   -1846   17   Bill Alsup 145   -1855   18   Larry Rice 105   -1895   19   John Mahler 74   -1926   20   Al Loquasto 55   -1945   21   Vern Schuppan 51   -1949