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Miller High Life 150

Saturday, October 20, 1979


Track:   Phoenix, AZ   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   150 Miles   Lap Distance:   1.000 Mile
Pole Pos.:   Bobby Unser 147.965 mph   Margin of Victory:   0.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   2   2   Al Unser   Chaparral   0:24.355   150   1:13:03 123.203
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   147.813 mph  
  2   1   12   Bobby Unser   PC-7/79   0:24.330   150   Finished
  Norton Spirit   CoswTC   147.965 mph  
  3   4   9   Rick Mears   PC-7/79   0:25.214   148   Flagged
  Gould Charge   CoswTC   142.777 mph  
  4   15   20   Gordon Johncock   PC-6/78       148   Flagged
  North American Van Lines   CoswTC      
  5   5   1   Tom Sneva   McLaren   0:25.301   147   Flagged
  Sugaripe Prune   CoswTC   142.286 mph  
  6   6   4   Johnny Rutherford   McLaren   0:25.337   146   Flagged
  Budwesier   CoswTC   142.084 mph  
  7   10   10   Pancho Carter   Lightning   0:26.405   145   Flagged
  Alex XLNT Foods   OffyTC   136.337 mph  
  8   7   55   Spike Gehlhausen   Lightning   0:25.658   144   Flagged
  Frosty Acres-Winton Sales   CoswTC   140.307 mph  
  9   16   11   Tom Bagley   PC-6/78   : .   144   Flagged
  Dairy Queen - Kent Oil   CoswTC      
  10   14   36   Mike Mosley   Eagle   : .   139   Flagged
  Theodore Racing   CoswTC      
  11   12   41   Bill Alsup   McLaren   0:28.184   138   Flagged
  WASP Racing   OffyTC   127.732 mph  
  12   3   40   Wally Dallenbach   Wildcat   0:25.188   136   Spun out
  Foreman Industries   OffyTC   142.925 mph  
  13   18   42   Herm Johnson   Eagle       130   Flagged
  Mergard 20th Century   OffyTC      
  14   17   34   Vern Schuppan   Wildcat   : .   96   Out
  Wysard Motors   OffyTC      
  15   9   35   Tim Richmond   Lightning   0:26.076   65   Oil leak
  S&M Electric   OffyTC   138.057 mph  
  16   13   95   Larry Cannon   Wildcat   0:28.381   44   Lost oil pressure
  Cannon Racing   OffyTC   126.845 mph  
  17   8   25   Danny Ongais   Parnelli   0:25.829   11   Turbocharger
  Interscope Racing   CoswTC   139.378 mph  
  18   11   79   Joe Saldana   Eagle   0:26.810   4   Piston
  Hoffman Racing   OffyTC   134.278 mph  
          59   Dick Ferguson   PC-6/78   : .   0   Wrecked practice
  Aero Electronics   CoswTC      

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 5-7, Saldana blew engine; 68-72, Richmond blew engine; 92-98, Debris on track; 142-144, Dallenbach spun; 146-147, Carter lost wheel MS; 2) CART Race #14 3) Johncock started at rear, disqual improper wing setting

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Bobby Unser 6 52-57
  Rick Mears 6 58-63
  Al Unser 138 1-51,64-150
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