California 500 |
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Sunday, September 2, 1979 |
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| Track: | Ontario, CA | Track Type: | Paved Oval | |||
| Race Distance: | 500 Miles | Lap Distance: | 2.500 Miles | |||
| Pole Pos.: | Rick Mears 203.046 mph | Margin of Victory: | 0.000 sec. | |||
| Rank | SP | Car | Driver | Chassis | Q.Time | Laps | Reason | ||||||||
| Sponsor | Engine | Q.Spd. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Unser | PC-7/79 | 00:44.69 | 200 | 3:24:22.0 146.794 | ||||||||
| Norton Spirit | CoswTC | 201.378 mph | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 9 | Rick Mears | PC-7/79 | 00:44.32 | 200 | Finished | ||||||||
| Gould Charge | CoswTC | 203.046 mph | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 99 | Mario Andretti | PC-6/78 | 00:44.91 | 200 | Finished | ||||||||
| Gould Charge | CoswTC | 200.396 mph | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | McLaren | 00:46.42 | 199 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Budweiser | CoswTC | 193.849 mph | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Al Unser | Chaparral | 00:44.51 | 197 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Pennzoil | CoswTC | 202.202 mph | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Parnelli | 00:45.73 | 196 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Interscope/Panasonic | CoswTC | 196.773 mph | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 30 | 34 | Vern Schuppan | Wildcat | 00:50.51 | 192 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Wysard Motors | DGS | 178.172 mph | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 29 | 94 | Don Whittington | McLaren | 00:50.30 | 190 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Budweiser | CoswTC | 178.912 mph | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Lee Kunzman | Parnelli | 00:46.56 | 188 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Vetter Windjammer | CoswTC | 193.278 mph | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 25 | 72 | Jerry Sneva | McLaren | 00:49.29 | 170 | Blown engine | ||||||||
| Hodgdon Racing | CoswTC | 182.582 mph | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 31 | 18 | Tom Frantz | Wildcat | 00:50.94 | 152 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Kent Oil | OffyTC | 176.651 mph | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 24 | 98 | Bill Whittington | Parnelli | 00:49.21 | 139 | Brkn intake manifold | ||||||||
| Road Atlanta | CoswTC | 182.871 mph | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 17 | 60 | Roger Mears | PC-6/78 | 00:46.87 | 135 | Engine | ||||||||
| Patrick Racing | CoswTC | 191.984 mph | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 35 | 95 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat | 00:50.47 | 128 | Brfoken piston | ||||||||
| Cannon Racing | OffyTC | 178.295 mph | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 12 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | PC-6/78 | 00:46.40 | 119 | Broken fuel pump | ||||||||
| North American Van Lines | CoswTC | 193.953 mph | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 15 | 23 | Dick Ferguson | PC-6/78 | 00:46.61 | 118 | Broken valve | ||||||||
| Aero Electronics | CoswTC | 193.054 mph | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Tom Sneva | McLaren | 00:45.39 | 108 | Broken oil pump | ||||||||
| Sugaripe Prune | CoswTC | 198.282 mph | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 23 | 30 | John Martin | McLaren | 00:48.67 | 107 | Engine | ||||||||
| Paramount Printing | OffyTC | 184.907 mph | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 32 | 28 | Billy Scott | Eagle | 00:51.02 | 74 | Engine | ||||||||
| Wheel Center | OffyTC | 176.384 mph | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | 77 | Salt Walther | PC-6/78 | 00:47.84 | 69 | Broken transmission | ||||||||
| Walmotor | CoswTC | 188.107 mph | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 27 | 69 | Al Loquasto | Eagle | 00:49.83 | 69 | Broken piston | ||||||||
| Biane Winery | OffyTC | 180.603 mph | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 22 | 41 | Bill Alsup | McLaren | 00:48.24 | 59 | Cracked cylinder | ||||||||
| WASP Racing | OffyTC | 186.548 mph | |||||||||||||
| 23 | 7 | 71 | Steve Krisiloff | PC-6/78 | 00:45.52 | 47 | Broken valve | ||||||||
| Dairy Queen/Kent Oil | CoswTC | 197.702 mph | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 16 | 40 | Wally Dallenbach | PC-6/78 | 00:46.84 | 46 | Engine | ||||||||
| Foreman Industries | CoswTC | 192.139 mph | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 55 | Spike Gehlhausen | Lightning | 00:46.17 | 46 | Broken half shaft | ||||||||
| Frosty Acres | CoswTC | 194.911 mph | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 18 | 35 | Tim Richmond | Lightning | 00:47.00 | 39 | Broken transmission | ||||||||
| S&M Electric | OffyTC | 191.477 mph | |||||||||||||
| 27 | 28 | 19 | Phil Caliva | Eagle | 00:50.09 | 23 | Oil leak | ||||||||
| STA-ON | OffyTC | 179.644 mph | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 19 | 10 | Pancho Carter | Lightning | 00:47.35 | 21 | Broken camshaft | ||||||||
| Alex XLNT Foods | OffyTC | 190.074 mph | |||||||||||||
| 29 | 26 | 15 | Bob Harkey | Lightning | 00:49.31 | 17 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Alex Foods | OffyTC | 182.493 mph | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 33 | 59 | Joe Saldana | Lightning | 00:47.67 | 14 | Broken oil pump | ||||||||
| Hoffman Racing | OffyTC | 188.770 mph | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 21 | 86 | Dennis Firestone | Lola | 00:47.98 | 10 | Oil leak | ||||||||
| AMS/Oil | CoswTC | 187.574 mph | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 9 | 11 | Tom Bagley | PC-6/78 | 00:45.85 | 7 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Dairy Queen - Kent Oil | CoswTC | 196.275 mph | |||||||||||||
| 33 | 6 | 32 | Johnny Parsons | McLaren | 00:45.49 | 4 | Broken valve | ||||||||
| Sugaripe Prune | CoswTC | 197.828 mph | |||||||||||||
| 34 | 11 | 36 | Mike Mosley | Eagle | 00:46.29 | 2 | Engine | ||||||||
| Theodore Racing | CoswTC | 194.389 mph | |||||||||||||
| 35 | 34 | 79 | Cliff Hucul | Eagle | 00:49.32 | 2 | Broken transmission | ||||||||
| Hoffman Racing | OffyTC | 182.452 mph | |||||||||||||
Race Information |
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| 1) CART/SCCA race #11 2) Yellow Flags: 3-6,Hucul tow-in;8-14,Bagley wreck; 25-29, Harkey wreck; 35-37,debris on track; 47-51,oil on track; 76-78,debris on track; 80-82,Scott tow-in; 98-103,Frantz wreck; 108-111, T Sneva stalled; 115-116, Schuppan spun; 121-124, Johncock blew engine; 138-142, Roger Mears engine | |||||||||||||||
Lap Leaders |
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| Driver | Total | Laps Led | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 2 | 139,165 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Sneva | 5 | 26-30 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Mears | 34 | 107-115,126-138,151-155,162-164,184-187 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 62 | 1-25,31-47,52-71 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Unser | 97 | 48-51,72-106,116-125,140-150,156-161,166-183,188-200 | |||||||||||||
| Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved | |||||||||||||||