1979 CART Gold Twin Dixie 125 (Race 1) | Racing Years

1979 CART Gold Twin Dixie 125 (Race 1)

Date: April 22, 1979
Circuit: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Distance: 2.414 Km x 82 Laps = 197.95 Km
Pole Position: Johnny Rutherford , 27.166
Fastest Lap: ??

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Race Result

Race Result

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Pos	#	Driver	Entrant / Team	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retire
1	4	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren International	McLaren - Cosworth	82	47m28.000
2	21	Lee Kunzman	Hamm	Parnelli - Cosworth	82
3	1	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren - Cosworth	82
4	20	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	82
5	9	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	82
6	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral - Cosworth	82
7	12	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	82
8	11	Tom Bagley	Longhorn Racing	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	81
9	10	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Lightning - Cosworth	81
10	77	Salt Walther	Walmotor	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	80
11	40	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	Lightning - Cosworth	79
12	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat - Offenhauser TC	75
DNF	69	Joe Saldaña	Hoffman Racing	Lightning - Offenhauser TC	58	Fire
DNF	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Parnelli - Cosworth	56	Fuel Line
DNF	7	Steve Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	Lightning - Cosworth	53	Transmission
DNF	41	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing	McLaren - Offenhauser TC	42	Overheating
DNF	36	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	Eagle - Cosworth	20	Gearbox
DNF	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	Eagle - Offenhauser TC	12	Ignition

Did not qualify

#	Driver	Entrant / Team	Chassis
18	Tom Frantz	Frantz Racing	Wildcat - DGS	Piston
35	Larry Rice	S-M Electric	Lightning - Offenhauser TC
92	John Mahler	Sport Magazine	Eagle - Offenhauser TC	Accident

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Entrant / Team	Chassis	Time
1	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren International	McLaren - Cosworth	0.27.166
2	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	0.27.512
3	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	Eagle - Cosworth	0.27.611
4	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Parnelli - Cosworth	0.27.705
5	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren - Cosworth	0.27.717
6	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	Lightning - Cosworth	0.27.906
7	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral - Cosworth	0.28.224
8	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	0.28.341
9	Lee Kunzman	Hamm	Parnelli - Cosworth	0.28.792
10	Spike Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	Eagle - Offenhauser TC	0.28.812
11	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	0.27.879
12	Steve Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	Lightning - Cosworth	0.28.601
13	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods	Lightning - Cosworth	0.29.079
14	Salt Walther	Walmotor	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	0.29.097
15	Joe Saldaña	Hoffman Racing	Lightning - Offenhauser TC	0.29.276
16	Tom Bagley	Longhorn Racing	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth	0.29.315
17	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing	McLaren - Offenhauser TC	0.29.995
18	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat - Offenhauser TC	0.30.127

Entry List

Entry List

Tom Sneva
1

	Sugaripe Prune
	McLaren - Cosworth

Al Unser
2

	Chaparral Cars Inc.
	Chaparral - Cosworth

Johnny Rutherford
4

	McLaren International
	McLaren - Cosworth

Steve Krisiloff
7

	Fletcher Racing
	Lightning - Cosworth

Rick Mears
9

	Team Penske
	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth

Pancho Carter
10

	Alex Foods
	Lightning - Cosworth

Tom Bagley
11

	Longhorn Racing
	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth

Bobby Unser
12

	Team Penske
	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth

Tom Frantz
18

	Frantz Racing
	Wildcat - DGS

Spike Gehlhausen
19

	Gehlhausen Racing
	Eagle - Offenhauser TC

Gordon Johncock
20

	Patrick Racing
	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth

Lee Kunzman
21

	Hamm
	Parnelli - Cosworth

Danny Ongais
25

	Interscope Racing
	Parnelli - Cosworth

Vern Schuppan
34

	Wysard Motor Co.
	Wildcat - Offenhauser TC

Larry Rice
35

	S-M Electric
	Lightning - Offenhauser TC

Mike Mosley
36

	All American Racers
	Eagle - Cosworth

Wally Dallenbach
40

	Patrick Racing
	Lightning - Cosworth

Bill Alsup
41

	WASP Racing
	McLaren - Offenhauser TC

Joe Saldaña
69

	Hoffman Racing
	Lightning - Offenhauser TC

Salt Walther
77

	Walmotor
	Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth

John Mahler
92

	Sport Magazine
	Eagle - Offenhauser TC

Lap chart

Lap chart

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AVG Lap chart

AVG Lap chart

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