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Norton Twin

Sunday, July 15, 1979


Track:   Brooklyn, MI #2   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   125 Miles   Lap Distance:   2.000 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Gordon Johncock 0.000 mph   Margin of Victory:   0.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   18   12   Bobby Unser   PC-7/79   : .   63   0:48:40 155.342
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC      
  2   20   1   Tom Sneva   McLaren   : .   63   Finished
  Sugaripe Prune   CoswTC      
  3   13   2   Al Unser   Chaparral   : .   63   Finished
  Pennzoil   CoswTC      
  4   1   20   Gordon Johncock   PC-6/78       63   Finished
  North American Van Lines   CoswTC      
  5   4   9   Rick Mears   PC-7/79   : .   62   Flagged
  Gould Charge   CoswTC      
  6   6   11   Tom Bagley   PC-6/78   : .   62   Flagged
  Dairy Queen - Kent Oil   CoswTC      
  7   8   77   Salt Walther   PC-6/78   : .   60   Flagged
  Dayton-Walther   CoswTC      
  8   10   59   Joe Saldana   Lightning   : .   59   Flagged
  Hoffman Racing   OffyTC      
  9   19   39   Al Loquasto   Eagle   : .   44   Flagged
  Gehlhausen   OffyTC      
  10   5   40   Wally Dallenbach   PC-6/78   : .   42   Engine seized
  Foreman Industries   CoswTC      
  11   3   4   Johnny Rutherford   McLaren   : .   39   Broken suspension
  Budweiser   CoswTC      
  12   17   25   Danny Ongais   Parnelli   : .   38   Wrecked
  Interscope/Panasonic   CoswTC      
  13   9   41   Bill Alsup   McLaren   : .   38   Engine
  Tinsley Manufacturing   OffyTC      
  14   7   10   Pancho Carter   Lightning   : .   20   Broken header
  Alex XLNT Foods   OffyTC      
  15   12   92   John Mahler       : .   20   Engine
  Sport Magazine   OffyTC      
  16   11   18   Tom Frantz   Wildcat   : .   14   Engine
  Kent Oil   DGS      
  17   14   21   Lee Kunzman   Parnelli   : .   4   Transmission
  Vetter Windjammer   CoswTC      
  18   16   7   Steve Krisiloff   Lightning       4   Engine
  Frosty Acres   CoswTC      
  19   15   79   Dick Ferguson   Spyder   : .   2   Piston
  Aero Electronics   OffyTC      
  20   2   36   Mike Mosley   Eagle   : .   2   Broken fuel pump
  Theodore Racing   CoswTC      
  21   21   19   Spike Gehlhausen   Eagle   : .   1   Piston
  Sta-On Car Glaze   OffyTC      

Race Information

  1) CART Race #8 2) Starting lineup determined by heat 1 finish. 3) Yellow flags: 25-27 Mahler tow-in, T3; 39-49 Ongais wreck, Rutherford spun T4, Dallenbach spun T1

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Mike Mosley 1 1
  Gordon Johncock 2 2-3
  Rick Mears 8 12,19-25
  Johnny Rutherford 16 4-11,13-18,26-27
  Bobby Unser 36 28-63
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