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1979 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 7 of 7 Sunday, August 12, 1979 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:42:27 Average speed: 117.135 mph Pole speed: 129.997 mph Cautions: 2 for 7 laps Margin of victory: 4.8 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1979 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 44   Roger McCluskey Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 200 13670 running 22 400 2 1 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 200 9570 running 87 320 3 6 22   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 196 6125 running 0 280 4 5 15   Johnny Parsons Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 196 4225 running 0 240 5 8 45   Janet Guthrie Texaco Star   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 194 3600 running 0 200 6 7 46   Gary Bettenhausen Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 193 3100 running 0 160 7 9 50   Frank Weiss Bivouac Vans   (Doug Biedersted) Manta / Offy 190 3120 running 0 120 8 15 42   Herm Johnson Mergard Racing   (Don Mergard) Eagle / Offy 164 3600 running 0 100 9 16 97   Jerry Miller Giuffre Brothers Crane   (Grant King) King / Chevy 151 2400 differential 0 80 10 11 81   Jerry Sneva Rubbermaid   (Wayne Woodward) Eagle / Offy 122 2200 overheating 0 60 11 10 98   George Snider Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Chevy 98 2100 clutch 0 40 12 2 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 96 4400 fuel pump 91 20 13 18 35   Bill Puterbaugh SST Museum   (Walter Medlin) Cicada / Offy 69 1900 universal joint 0 10 14 4 24   Sheldon Kinser Genesee Beer   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 32 1800 magneto 0 10 15 17 86   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Tilton Corp   (Robert LaWarre) McLaren / Offy 29 1700 valve 0 10 16 14 66   Roger Rager Advance Clean Sweep   (Roger Rager) Eagle / Chevy 23 1640 clutch 0 10 17 12 17   Dick Simon Rolla Vollstedt Vollstedt / Offy 20 1600 clutch 0 8 18 13 38   Jerry Karl Tonco Trailers   (Jerry Karl) McLaren / Offy 16 1560 ignition 0 8 19 20 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul Racing   (Emil Hucul) McLaren / Offy 14 1520 turbocharger 0 8 20 19 93   Jan Sneva Rubbermaid   (Raymond Reimer) March / Chevy 0 1480 suspension 0 8

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim McElreath 26 McElreath Racing Jim McElreath Eagle / Offy Larry Dickson 80 Polak Construction Russ Polak Penske / Cosworth Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 7 3   #42 oil on track   8 21 14     22 25 4   #17 stalled on track   26 200 175       Percent of race run under caution: 3.5%             Average green flag run: 64.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 71 71   Tom Bigelow 72 76 5   A.J. Foyt 77 96 20   Tom Bigelow 97 178 82   Roger McCluskey 179 200 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 3320     2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 1770   -1550   3   Tom Bigelow 1305   -2015   4   Larry Dickson 1225   -2095   5   Gary Bettenhausen 1008   -2312   6   Jim McElreath 975   -2345   7   Jerry Sneva 851   -2469   8   Dick Simon 766   -2554   9   Roger McCluskey 716   -2604   10   Sheldon Kinser 673   -2647   11   Cliff Hucul 653   -2667   12   Howdy Holmes 600   -2720   13   Johnny Parsons 598   -2722   14   George Snider 361   -2959   15   Janet Guthrie 225   -3095   16   Frank Weiss 218   -3102   17   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 185   -3135   18   Dana Carter 165   -3155   19   Phil Threshie 153   -3167   20   Al Loquasto 150   -3170   21   Todd Gibson 130   -3190