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1979 Indianapolis 500

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CART race number 4 of 14
Monday, May 28, 1979 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:08:27
Average Speed: 158.999 mph
Pole Speed: 193.736 mph

Cautions: 6 for 34 laps
Margin of Victory: 45.69 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1979 CART results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	9	Rick Mears	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	252,420	running	25	1000
2	6	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Parnelli / Cosworth	200	99,058	running	1
3	12	36	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Cosworth	200	59,828	running	0	700
4	27	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope / Panasonic (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	199	37,987	running	0	600
5	4	12	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	199	59,353	running	89	500
6	5	3	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	197	32,074	running	0	400
7	13	46	Howdy Holmes	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Wildcat / DGS	195	35,964	running	0
8	34	22	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Hubler Chevrolet / WNDE (Leader Card)	Watson / Offy	194	27,921	running	0
9	15	11	Tom Bagley	Dairy Queen / Kent Oil (Bobby Hillin)	Penske / Cosworth	193	24,710	running	0	200
10	31	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Sta-On Car Glaze (Carl Gehlhausen)	Wildcat / Cosworth	192	24,209	running	0	150
11	28	7	Steve Krisiloff	Frosty Acres (Fletcher Racing)	Lightning / Cosworth	192	23,645	running	0	100
12	16	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (Walmotors)	Penske / Cosworth	191	22,757	running	0	50
13	25	72	Roger McCluskey	National Engineering	McLaren / Cosworth	191	24,480	running	0
14	30	44	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	190	23,953	running	0
15	2	1	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prunes (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	188	28,769	crash	0	25
16	26	69	Joe Saldana	KBHL-FM (Hoffman Racing)	Eagle / Offy	185	22,721	running	0	25
17	29	97	Phil Threshie	Giuffre Bros. (Grant King)	King / Chevrolet	172	22,969	running	0
18	8	4	Johnny Rutherford	Budweiser (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	168	29,121	running	0	20
19	23	31	Larry Rice	S&M Electric	Lightning / Offy	142	19,496	crash	0	20
20	17	10	Pancho Carter	Alex XLNT Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	129	20,125	wheel bearing	0	20
21	22	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motors (Herb Wysard)	Lightning / Offy	111	19,068	transmission	0	15
22	3	2	Al Unser	Pennzoil (Chaparral Cars)	Chaparral / Cosworth	104	38,195	transmission	85	15
23	33	50	Eldon Rasmussen	Bivouac Vans (BFM Enterprises)	Antares / Offy	89	18,047	header	0
24	24	80	Larry Dickson	Polak Construction (Russ Polak)	Penske / Cosworth	86	17,797	fuel pump belt	0
25	32	92	John Mahler	Sport Magazine (Intercomp)	Eagle / Offy	66	17,572	fuel pump	0	10
26	20	17	Dick Simon	Sanyo (Vollstedt Enterprises)	Vollstedt / Offy	57	17,960	clutch	0
27	7	6	Wally Dallenbach	Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick)	Penske / Cosworth	43	18,470	lost wheel	0	10
28	10	24	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer (Leader Card)	Watson / Offy	40	17,025	piston	0
29	18	29	Cliff Hucul	Hucul Racing (Emil Hucul)	McLaren / Offy	22	20,346	valve	0
30	11	89	Lee Kunzman	Vetter / Windjammer (Conqueste Racing Team)	Parnelli / Cosworth	18	16,820	scavenger pump	0	5
31	21	73	Jerry Sneva	National Engineering	Spirit / AMC	16	17,117	burned piston	0	5
32	9	15	Johnny Parsons	Goodyear (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	16	17,695	burned piston	0
33	35	59	George Snider	KBHL (Hoffman Racing)	Lightning / Offy	7	17,691	burned valve	0
34	14	45	Janet Guthrie	Texaco Star (Sherman Armstrong)	Lola / Cosworth	3	16,899	burned piston	0
35	19	23	Jim McElreath	AMAX Coal (Jim McElreath)	Penske / Cosworth	0	17,453	bent valve	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Al Unser	1	24	24
Rick Mears	25	27	3
A.J. Foyt	28	28	1
Al Unser	29	69	41
Bobby Unser	70	73	4
Rick Mears	74	76	3
Al Unser	77	96	20
Bobby Unser	97	181	85
Rick Mears	182	200	19

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Rick Mears	1565
2	Gordon Johncock	900	-665
3	Bobby Unser	875	-690
4	Mike Mosley	830	-735
5	Johnny Rutherford	730	-835
6	Danny Ongais	713	-852
7	Al Unser	470	-1095
8	Tom Bagley	413	-1152
9	Tom Sneva	331	-1234
10	Lee Kunzman	270	-1295
11	Wally Dallenbach	188	-1377
12	Spike Gehlhausen	166	-1399
13	Salt Walther	141	-1424
14	Steve Krisiloff	113	-1452
15	Pancho Carter	101	-1464
16	Larry Rice	70	-1495
17	Vern Schuppan	46	-1519
18	Joe Saldana	43	-1522
19	Bill Alsup	40	-1525
20	John Mahler	16	-1549

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