ChampCar: 1979 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (paved oval) Speedway, IN, USA
Race Info
Race: 4 of 14
Date: May 27th, 1979
Distance: 200 laps
Time of race: 3:08:47.97
Average speed: 158.899 mph.
Margin of victory: 45.690 sec.
Race results
1 1
1000
Rick Mears
Q1: 193.736
2 6
0
A.J. Foyt
Q1: 189.613
3 12
700
Mike Mosley
Q1: 186.278
4 27
600
Danny Ongais
Q1: 188.009
5 4
500
Bobby Unser
Q1: 189.913
6 5
400
Gordon Johncock
Q1: 189.753
7 13
0
Howdy Holmes
Q1: 185.864
8 34
0
Bill Vukovich, Jr.
Q1: 187.042
9 15
200
Tom Bagley
Q1: 185.414
10 31
150
Spike Gehlhausen
Q1: 185.061
11 28
100
Steve Krisiloff
Q1: 186.287
12 16
50
Salt Walther
Q1: 184.162
13 25
0
Roger McCluskey
Q1: 183.908
14 30
0
Tom Bigelow
Q1: 185.147
15 2
25
Tom Sneva
Retired: Accident NW
Retired: Accident NW
Q1: 192.998
16 26
25
Joe Saldana
Q1: 188.778
17 29
0
Phil Threshie
Q1: 185.720
18 8
20
Johnny Rutherford
Q1: 188.137
19 23
20
Larry Rice
Retired: Accident SE
Retired: Accident SE
Q1: 184.219
20 17
20
Pancho Carter
Retired: Wheel Bearing
Retired: Wheel Bearing
Q1: 185.806
21 22
15
Vern Schuppan
Retired: Transmission
Retired: Transmission
Q1: 184.341
22 3
15
Al Unser
Retired: Transmission Seal
Retired: Transmission Seal
Q1: 192.503
23 33
0
Eldon Rasmussen
Retired: Header
Retired: Header
Q1: 183.927
24 24
0
Larry Dickson
Retired: Fuel Pump
Retired: Fuel Pump
Q1: 184.181
25 32
10
John Mahler
Retired: Fuel Pump
Retired: Fuel Pump
Q1: 184.322
26 20
0
Dick Simon
Retired: Clutch
Retired: Clutch
Q1: 185.071
27 7
10
Wally Dallenbach
Retired: Lost Wheel
Retired: Lost Wheel
Q1: 188.285
28 10
0
Sheldon Kinser
Retired: Piston
Retired: Piston
Q1: 186.674
29 18
0
Cliff Hucul
Retired: Valve
Retired: Valve
Q1: 186.200
30 11
5
Lee Kunzman
Retired: Scavenger Pump
Retired: Scavenger Pump
Q1: 186.403
31 21
5
Jerry Sneva
Retired: Piston
Retired: Piston
Q1: 184.379
32 9
0
Johnny Parsons
Retired: Piston
Retired: Piston
Q1: 187.813
33 35
0
George Snider
Retired: Valve
Retired: Valve
Q1: 185.319
34 14
0
Janet Guthrie
Retired: Piston
Retired: Piston
Q1: 185.720
35 19
0
Jim McElreath
Retired: Valve
Retired: Valve
Q1: 185.883
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