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1979 Rich's Atlanta Classic Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 13 of 14 Sunday, September 30, 1979 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 100 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (152.200 miles) Time of race: 0:50:09 Average speed: 182.094 mph Pole speed: 203.121 mph Cautions: 1 Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1979 CART results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 9   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100   running 30 300 2 10 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 99   out of fuel 2 240 3 1 12   Bobby Unser Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 99   running 48 210 4 9 40   Wally Dallenbach Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Penske / Cosworth 99   running 0 180 5 3 2   Al Unser Pennzoil   (Chaparral Cars) Chaparral / Cosworth 97   running 0 150 6 16 79   Joe Saldana Hoffman Racing Eagle / Offy 90   running 0 120 7 11 42   Herm Johnson Mergard 20th Century   (Don Mergard) Eagle / Offy 90   running 0 90 8 7 1   Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prunes   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 88   running 0 75 9 13 50   Frank Weiss Intercomp / Bivouac Vans Antares / Offy 86   running 0   10 14 41   Bill Alsup WASP Racing   (Bill Alsup) McLaren / Offy 79   running 0 45 11 5 4   Johnny Rutherford Budweiser   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 75   engine 20 30 12 12 95   Larry Cannon Cannon Racing   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / Offy 54   oil leak 0 15 13 15 10   Pancho Carter Alex XLNT Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 52   engine 0 8 14 6 36   Mike Mosley Theodore Racing   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 47   transaxle 0 8 15 4 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 29   magneto 0 8 16 8 55   Spike Gehlhausen Frosty Acres Lightning / Cosworth 8   suspension 0 8

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 36 36   Rick Mears 37 40 4   Gordon Johncock 41 42 2   Bobby Unser 43 54 12   Johnny Rutherford 55 74 20   Rick Mears 75 100 26 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Rick Mears 3850     2   Bobby Unser 3580   -270   3   Johnny Rutherford 2043   -1807   4   Gordon Johncock 2031   -1819   5   Al Unser 1785   -2065   6   Danny Ongais 1467   -2383   7   Tom Sneva 1210   -2640   8   Tom Bagley 1148   -2702   9   Wally Dallenbach 1134   -2716   10   Mike Mosley 1076   -2774   11   Mario Andretti 700   -3150   12   Lee Kunzman 485   -3365   13   Vern Schuppan 441   -3409   14   Bill Alsup 370   -3480   15   Joe Saldana 362   -3488   15   Pancho Carter 362   -3488   17   Salt Walther 314   -3536   18   Steve Krisiloff 279   -3571   19   Spike Gehlhausen 268   -3582   20   Tom Frantz 236   -3614   21   Jerry Sneva 155   -3695