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Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150

Sunday, March 11, 1979


Track:
  Phoenix, AZ
Track Type:
  Paved Oval
Lap Distance:
1.000 Mile
Race Distance:
  150 Miles
Margin of Victory:
0.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:
  Bobby Unser 145.666 mph  
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   8   20   Gordon Johncock   PC-6/78   0:25.336   150   1:15:23.016 119.389
  North American Van Lines   CoswTC   142.090 mph  
  2   5   9   Rick Mears   PC-7/79   0:25.032   150   Finished
  Gould Charge   CoswTC   143.815 mph  
  3   3   4   Johnny Rutherford   McLaren   0:24.958   150   Finished
  Budweiser   CoswTC   144.242 mph  
  4   10   2   Al Unser   Chaparral   0:25.869   150   Finished
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   139.162 mph  
  5   1   12   Bobby Unser   PC-7/79   0:24.714   149   Flagged
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC   145.666 mph  
  6   7   36   Mike Mosley   Eagle   0:25.267   148   Flagged
  Theodore Racing   CoswTC   142.478 mph  
  7   6   40   Wally Dallenbach   Wildcat   0:25.071   147   Flagged
  Patrick Racing   CoswTC   143.592 mph  
  8   9   11   Tom Bagley   PC-6/78   0:25.838   145   Flagged
  Kent Oil   CoswTC   139.329 mph  
  9   17   21   Lee Kunzman   Parnelli   0:26.509   143   Flagged
  Hamm   CoswTC   135.802 mph  
  10   19   35   Larry Rice   Lightning   0:27.816   143   Flagged
  S&M Electric   OffyTC   129.421 mph  
  11   21   41   Bill Alsup   McLaren   : .   141   Flagged
  WASP Racing   OffyTC      
  12   15   77   Salt Walther   McLaren   0:26.302   139   Flagged
  Dayton-Walther   CoswTC   136.871 mph  
  13   13   69   Joe Saldana   Eagle   0:26.109   139   Flagged
  Snyder Industries   OffyTC   137.883 mph  
  14   18   28   Tom Frantz   Wildcat   0:27.415   139   Flagged
  Fran-Hoff   DGS   131.314 mph  
  15   4   25   Danny Ongais   Parnelli   0:24.975   128   Engine failure
  Interscope Racing   CoswTC   144.144 mph  
  16   11   7   Steve Krisiloff   Lightning   0:25.892   63   Broken gear shift
  Cobre Tire   CoswTC   139.039 mph  
  17   2   1   Tom Sneva   McLaren   0:24.937   43   Engine
  Sugaripe Prune   CoswTC   144.363 mph  
  18   14   19   Spike Gehlhausen   Eagle   0:26.204   12   Broken water line
  Sta-On KJ   OffyTC   137.383 mph  
  19   16   92   John Mahler   Eagle   0:26.430   12   Broken piston
  Sport Magazine   OffyTC   136.208 mph  
  20   12   10   Pancho Carter   Lightning   0:26.037   7   Gearbox
  Alex XLNT Foods   OffyTC   138.264 mph  
  21   20   34   Vern Schuppan   Wildcat   : .   2   Broken U Joint
  Wysard Motors   OffyTC      

Race Information

1) Yellow Flags: 3-6, Schuppan broken universal joint; 15-16, Car stalled on track; 71-75, Debris on track; 130-139, Oil on track 2) CART Race #1 3) Rivr, Schuppan & Alsup added at promoter's option

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Gordon Johncock 33 65-66,120-150
Danny Ongais 33 87-119
Bobby Unser 84 1-64,67-86
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