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1979 Rex Mays Classic Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 4 of 7 Sunday, June 10, 1979 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:22:36 Average speed: 108.955 mph Pole speed: 127.154 mph Cautions: 4 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 14 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 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 150 13398 running 123 300 2 4 22   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 150 8620 running 2 240 3 5 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 149 6460 running 0 210 4 6 80   Larry Dickson King Cola   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 149 5314 running 11 180 5 10 81   Jerry Sneva Shade Tree Racing   (Wayne Woodward) Eagle / Offy 148 4502 running 0 150 6 3 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Chevy 147 4194 running 1 120 7 9 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul Racing   (Emil Hucul) McLaren / Offy 146 3964 running 0 90 8 12 50   Frank Weiss Vans by Bivouac   (Doug Biedersted) Manta / Offy 128 4310 running 0 75 9 17 60   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Tilton Corp   (Robert LaWarre) Eagle / Chevy 124 3656 rocker gasket 0 60 10 14 66   Roger Rager Advance Clean Sweep   (Roger Rager) Eagle / Chevy 111 3502 running 0 45 11 7 30   Dana Carter Molly-Mate   (Fred Ruth) McLaren / Offy 91 3425 overheating 0 30 12 13 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (Jerry Karl) McLaren / Offy 78 3348 oil leak 0 15 13 11 17   Dick Simon Sanyo   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 63 3271 oil pressure 0 8 14 15 15   Johnny Parsons Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 48 3194 engine 0 8 15 2 24   Sheldon Kinser Genesee Beer   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 39 3117 oil line 13 8 16 19 97   Phil Threshie Giuffre Brothers Crane   (Grant King) King / Chevy 35 3071 suspension 0 8 17 8 44   Roger McCluskey Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 26 3041 universal joint 0 6 18 16 27   George Snider Rolla Vollstedt Vollstedt / AMC 10 3010 engine 0 6 19 18 35   Bill Puterbaugh SST Museum   (Walter Medlin) Cicada / Offy 0 2979 ignition 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Blaine Sneva Curtis / Offy Jan Sneva Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 18 18     19 21 3   rain   22 28 7     29 32 4   #30 spun turn 4   33 49 17     50 53 4   #98 spun turn 1   54 117 64     118 120 3   #98 spun turn 4   121 150 30       Percent of race run under caution: 9.3%             Average green flag run: 27.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Sheldon Kinser 1 3 3   A.J. Foyt 4 29 26   Sheldon Kinser 30 39 10   Gary Bettenhausen 40 40 1   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 41 42 2   A.J. Foyt 43 93 51   Larry Dickson 94 104 11   A.J. Foyt 105 150 46 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 1900     2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 930   -970   3   Cliff Hucul 535   -1365   4   Larry Dickson 485   -1415   5   Gary Bettenhausen 448   -1452   6   Tom Bigelow 415   -1485   7   Sheldon Kinser 358   -1542   8   Johnny Parsons 343   -1557   9   George Snider 311   -1589   10   Howdy Holmes 300   -1600   11   Jerry Sneva 171   -1729   12   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 140   -1760   13   Dick Simon 138   -1762   14   Todd Gibson 130   -1770   15   Jim McElreath 95   -1805   16   Dana Carter 90   -1810   17   Frank Weiss 83   -1817   18   Jerry Karl 75   -1825   19   Eldon Rasmussen 65   -1835   20   Roger McCluskey 51   -1849   21   Dick Ferguson 48   -1852