1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

Name: 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars
Start: 05/08/1979
Location: Watkins Glen

Race Winner

Country

United States

Circuit

Round

Laps

Pole

1979 Season

Race Results

Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 1	Bobby Unser	12	Penske Racing	Penske PC7-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 14m 42s	300
2 2	Rick Mears	9	Penske Racing	Penske PC7-Cosworth (Goodyear)	1h 15m 1.171s	240
3 2	Gordon Johncock	20	Patrick Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	62 laps	210
4 1	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	62 laps	180
5 4	Al Unser	2	Chaparral Racing	Chaparral 2K-Cosworth (Goodyear)	62 laps	150
6 3	Tom Bagley	11	Longhorn Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	60 laps	120
7 1	Vern Schuppan	34	Wysard Motor Co	Wildcat Mk2-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	58 laps Out of fuel	90
8 7	Tim Richmond	35	Pat Santello	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	58 laps	75
9 1	Bill Alsup	41	WASP Racing	McLaren M16D-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	57 laps Out of fuel	60
10 4	Tom Sneva	1	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	McLaren M24-Cosworth (Goodyear)	55 laps Gearbox	45
11 7	Tom Frantz	18	Tom Frantz	Wildcat-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	54 laps Spun	30
12 1	Mike Mosley	36	All-American Racers	Eagle 79-Cosworth (Goodyear)	46 laps Gearbox	15
13 1	Joe Saldana	69	Hoffman Racing	Eagle 79-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	29 laps Oil line	8
14 3	Wally Dallenbach	40	Patrick Racing	Penske PC6-Cosworth (Goodyear)	15 laps Gear linkage	8
15 8	Johnny Rutherford	4	Team McLaren	McLaren M24B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	9 laps Engine	8
16	Pancho Carter	10	Alex Foods Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	6 laps Clutch	8
17	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	1 laps Cylinder head	6
18 6	Steve Krisiloff	7	Fletcher Racing Team	Lightning-Cosworth (Goodyear)	Starter motor	6

Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Al Unser	Chaparral Racing	1m 4.42s
2	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	1m 4.88s
3	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	1m 5.39s
4	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	1m 6.03s
5	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	1m 6.09s
6	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	1m 6.21s
7	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	1m 7.11s
8	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co	1m 6.81s
9	Tom Bagley	Longhorn Racing	1m 7.54s
10	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing	1m 8.28s
11	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	1m 10.21s
12	Steve Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing Team	1m 10.47s
13	Mike Mosley	All-American Racers	1m 11.61s
14	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	1m 12.72s
15	Tim Richmond	Pat Santello	1m 13.11s
16	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods Racing	1m 13.88s
17	Spike Gehlhausen	Spike Gehlhausen	1m 15.75s
18	Tom Frantz	Tom Frantz	1m 17.86s