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Miller High Life 150 |
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Saturday, October 20, 1979 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Race Information |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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Lap Leaders |
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| Driver | Total | Laps Led | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Unser | 6 | 52-57 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Mears | 6 | 58-63 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 138 | 1-51,64-150 | |||||||||||||
| Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved | |||||||||||||||