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1979 / CART / Statistics

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Wins Pole Positions Fastest Laps Starts Podiums Total Laps

Drivers

1 Bobby Unser 6
2 Rick Mears 3
3 Gordon Johncock 2
4 Johnny Rutherford 2
5 Al Unser 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Penske 9
2 Patrick Racing 2
3 McLaren International 2
4 Chaparral Cars Inc. 1

Cars

1 Penske PC7/79 - Cosworth 8
2 Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth 3
3 McLaren - Cosworth 2
4 Chaparral - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Bobby Unser 6
2 Rick Mears 2
3 Johnny Rutherford 1
4 Al Unser 1
5 Gordon Johncock 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Penske 8
2 McLaren International 1
3 Chaparral Cars Inc. 1
4 Patrick Racing 1

Cars

1 Penske PC7/79 - Cosworth 7
2 Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth 2
3 McLaren - Cosworth 1
4 Chaparral - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Mike Mosley 1

Entrants / Teams

1 All American Racers 1

Cars

1 Eagle - Cosworth 1

Drivers

1 Wally Dallenbach 14
2 Joe Saldaña 14
3 Johnny Rutherford 14
4 Gordon Johncock 14
5 Pancho Carter 14
6 Rick Mears 14
7 Spike Gehlhausen 14
8 Danny Ongais 14
9 Bobby Unser 14
10 Tom Sneva 14
11 Al Unser 14
12 Tom Bagley 13
13 Bill Alsup 13
14 Mike Mosley 12
15 Steve Krisiloff 11
16 Vern Schuppan 10
17 Tom Frantz 8
18 Salt Walther 8
19 Lee Kunzman 8
20 John Mahler 7
21 Larry Rice 6
22 Larry Cannon 6
23 Tim Richmond 5
24 Dick Ferguson 4
25 Al Loquasto 3
26 Johnny Parsons Jr. 2
27 Jerry Sneva 2
28 Herm Johnson 2
29 Mario Andretti 2
30 Cliff Hucul 2
31 Eldon Rasmussen 1
32 A.J.Foyt 1
33 Billy Scott 1
34 Bill Whittington 1
35 Billy Vukovich II 1
36 Tom Bigelow 1
37 Bob Harkey 1
38 Dennis Firestone 1
39 Dick Simon 1
40 Sheldon Kinser 1
41 Don Whittington 1
42 Roger Rager 1
43 Roger McCluskey 1
44 Jim McElreath 1
45 Phil Threshie 1
46 Phil Caliva 1
47 Frank Weiss 1
48 George Snider 1
49 Howdy Holmes 1
50 Larry Dickson 1
51 Janet Guthrie 1
52 John Martin 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Patrick Racing 30
2 Team Penske 30
3 Sugaripe Prune 15
4 Alex Foods 15
5 Hoffman Racing 15
6 Longhorn Racing 15
7 McLaren International 14
8 Chaparral Cars Inc. 14
9 Interscope Racing 14
10 WASP Racing 13
11 Fletcher Racing 13
12 Gehlhausen Racing 12
13 All American Racers 12
14 Wysard Motor Co. 9
15 Walmotor 8
16 Frantz Racing 8
17 Hamm 8
18 Sport Magazine 7
19 Canon Racing - GTI Engineering 6
20 S-M Electric 6
21 Aero Electronics 4
22 Mergard Racing 2
23 Armstrong Mould 2
24 National Engineering 2
25 Thomas W. Barrett III 1
26 Gilmore Racing 1
27 Polak Racing 1
28 Sta-On 1
29 Guiffre Bros. 1
30 Genesee Beer Wagon 1
31 Hopkins Racing 1
32 Paramount Printing 1
33 AMAX Coalar 1
34 Hodgdon Racing 1
35 Texaco Star 1
36 KBHL 1
37 Bivouac Vans 1
38 Rasmussen Racing Products 1
39 Whittington Brothers Racing 1
40 Simon Racing 1
41 Hucul Racing 1
42 Hubler 1
43 Road Atlanta 1
44 Wheel Center 1

Cars

1 Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth 59
2 McLaren - Cosworth 33
3 Lightning - Offenhauser TC 30
4 Eagle - Offenhauser TC 27
5 Parnelli - Cosworth 24
6 Penske PC7/79 - Cosworth 21
7 Lightning - Cosworth 18
8 Chaparral - Cosworth 14
9 Wildcat - Offenhauser TC 13
10 Wildcat - DGS 13
11 Eagle - Cosworth 13
12 McLaren - Offenhauser TC 13
13 Bear - DGS 2
14 Wildcat - Cosworth 2
15 McElreath - Cosworth 2
16 Bear - Offenhauser TC 2
17 Lola 79 - Cosworth 2
18 Spyder - Offenhauser TC 2
19 Spirit 78 - AMC V8 1
20 Lola B02/00 - Cosworth 1
21 Vollstedt - Offenhauser TC 1
22 Lightning - DGS 1
23 Watson - Cosworth 1
24 Penske PC5/77 - Cosworth 1
25 Manta - Offenhauser TC 1
26 King 76 - Chevrolet 1
27 Watson - Offenhauser TC 1
28 Antares - Offenhauser TC 1

Drivers

1 Bobby Unser 9
2 Rick Mears 9
3 Gordon Johncock 5
4 Johnny Rutherford 5
5 Al Unser 4
6 Tom Sneva 4
7 Mike Mosley 2
8 A.J.Foyt 1
9 Lee Kunzman 1
10 Mario Andretti 1
11 Wally Dallenbach 1

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Penske 19
2 Patrick Racing 6
3 McLaren International 5
4 Chaparral Cars Inc. 4
5 Sugaripe Prune 4
6 All American Racers 2
7 Gilmore Racing 1
8 Hamm 1

Cars

1 Penske PC7/79 - Cosworth 16
2 Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth 9
3 McLaren - Cosworth 9
4 Chaparral - Cosworth 4
5 Parnelli - Cosworth 2
6 Eagle - Cosworth 2

Drivers

1 Rick Mears 1455
2 Bobby Unser 1416
3 Al Unser 1317
4 Johnny Rutherford 1269
5 Gordon Johncock 1236
6 Tom Sneva 1148
7 Tom Bagley 1138
8 Wally Dallenbach 1056
9 Danny Ongais 1012
10 Bill Alsup 918
11 Joe Saldaña 814
12 Pancho Carter 800
13 Mike Mosley 756
14 Salt Walther 717
15 Vern Schuppan 656
16 Spike Gehlhausen 599
17 Steve Krisiloff 592
18 Lee Kunzman 518
19 Tom Frantz 517
20 Larry Rice 415
21 John Mahler 281
22 Larry Cannon 243
23 Tim Richmond 226
24 Herm Johnson 220
25 A.J.Foyt 200
26 Mario Andretti 200
27 Howdy Holmes 195
28 Billy Vukovich II 193
29 Roger McCluskey 191
30 Don Whittington 190
31 Tom Bigelow 190
32 Jerry Sneva 186
33 Phil Threshie 172
34 Dick Ferguson 171
35 Bill Whittington 139
36 Roger Rager 135
37 Al Loquasto 130
38 John Martin 107
39 Eldon Rasmussen 89
40 Larry Dickson 86
41 Frank Weiss 86
42 Billy Scott 74
43 Dick Simon 57
44 Sheldon Kinser 40
45 Cliff Hucul 24
46 Phil Caliva 23
47 Johnny Parsons Jr. 20
48 Bob Harkey 17
49 Dennis Firestone 10
50 George Snider 7
51 Janet Guthrie 3
52 Jim McElreath 0

Entrants / Teams

1 Team Penske 3071
2 Patrick Racing 2619
3 Chaparral Cars Inc. 1317
4 McLaren International 1269
5 Longhorn Racing 1257
6 Sugaripe Prune 1152
7 Interscope Racing 1012
8 WASP Racing 918
9 Alex Foods 817
10 Hoffman Racing 816
11 All American Racers 756
12 Fletcher Racing 719
13 Walmotor 717
14 Wysard Motor Co. 656
15 Hamm 518
16 Frantz Racing 517
17 S-M Electric 415
18 Armstrong Mould 385
19 Gehlhausen Racing 291
20 Sport Magazine 281
21 Canon Racing - GTI Engineering 243
22 Mergard Racing 220
23 National Engineering 207
24 Gilmore Racing 200
25 Hubler 193
26 Whittington Brothers Racing 190
27 Guiffre Bros. 172
28 Aero Electronics 171
29 Hodgdon Racing 170
30 Road Atlanta 139
31 Paramount Printing 107
32 Rasmussen Racing Products 89
33 Polak Racing 86
34 Bivouac Vans 86
35 Wheel Center 74
36 Simon Racing 57
37 Genesee Beer Wagon 40
38 Sta-On 23
39 Hucul Racing 22
40 Hopkins Racing 16
41 KBHL 7
42 Texaco Star 3
43 AMAX Coalar 0
44 Thomas W. Barrett III 0

Cars

1 Penske PC6/78 - Cosworth 4798
2 McLaren - Cosworth 2933
3 Penske PC7/79 - Cosworth 2211
4 Parnelli - Cosworth 1869
5 Lightning - Offenhauser TC 1444
6 Chaparral - Cosworth 1317
7 Lightning - Cosworth 1166
8 Eagle - Offenhauser TC 1049
9 Wildcat - Offenhauser TC 1044
10 Eagle - Cosworth 942
11 McLaren - Offenhauser TC 918
12 Wildcat - DGS 703
13 Wildcat - Cosworth 339
14 McElreath - Cosworth 307
15 Watson - Cosworth 193
16 Lola 79 - Cosworth 193
17 King 76 - Chevrolet 172
18 Bear - DGS 123
19 Antares - Offenhauser TC 89
20 Manta - Offenhauser TC 86
21 Penske PC5/77 - Cosworth 86
22 Bear - Offenhauser TC 80
23 Vollstedt - Offenhauser TC 57
24 Spyder - Offenhauser TC 53
25 Watson - Offenhauser TC 40
26 Lightning - DGS 16
27 Spirit 78 - AMC V8 16
28 Lola B02/00 - Cosworth 10

Drivers (minimum of 5 races per driver)

1 Bobby Unser Team Penske 18.38
2 Rick Mears Team Penske 16.07
3 Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 14.00
4 Johnny Rutherford McLaren International 13.70
5 Tom Sneva Sugaripe Prune 12.25
6 Al Unser Chaparral Cars Inc. 11.91
7 Wally Dallenbach Patrick Racing 8.20
8 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing 7.43
9 Tom Bagley Longhorn Racing 6.33
10 Pancho Carter Alex Foods 3.29
11 Joe Saldaña Hoffman Racing 2.13
12 Salt Walther Walmotor 2.00
13 Bill Alsup WASP Racing 1.00
14 Tom Frantz Frantz Racing 0.40