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  • 1979

1979 / IMSA SportsCar

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
March 17 Sebring International Raceway XXVII Sebring 12 hours
April 8 Road Atlanta Motorsports Center 1979 IMSA 100 Mile Road Atlanta
April 22 Riverside International Raceway I Riverside 6 hours
April 29 Laguna Seca Raceway 1979 IMSA Monterey Triple Crown
May 13 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit 1979 IMSA Mother´s Day Grand Prix
May 28 Lime Rock Park 1979 IMSA Coca-Cola 350
June 17 Brainerd International Raceway 1979 IMSA Pepsi Grand Prix
July 4 Daytona International Speedway 1979 IMSA XXI Annual Firecracker 400
July 15 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 1979 IMSA Mid-Ohio GT 250
July 29 Sears Point Raceway 1979 IMSA Sprite Grand Prix
August 5 Portland International Raceway 1979 IMSA G.I. Joe´s Grand Prix
August 26 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course I Lumbermens 500
September 2 Road America I Elkhart Lake 500 Miles
September 23 Road Atlanta Motorsports Center 1979 IMSA 100 Mile Road Atlanta 2
November 25 Daytona International Speedway 1979 IMSA 250 Mile Daytona Finale

Standings

1 Peter Gregg 205
2 Charles Mendez 132
3 Ted Field 122
4 Don Whittington 117
5 David Hobbs 111
6 Hurley Haywood 97
7 Bill Whittington 84
8 Danny Ongais 56
9 Paul Miller 48
9 Bob Akin 48
11 Rob McFarlin 44
12 John Paul 43
13 Milt Minter 42
14 Jim Busby 41
15 Derek Bell 38
16 Bruce Canepa 35
17 Roy Woods 30
18 Gianpiero Moretti 28
19 Preston Henn 25
19 Rick Mears 25
21 Brian Redman 24
22 Dennis Aase 22
23 Bob Garretson 20
24 Al Holbert 18
25 Rolf Stommelen 17
26 Gary Belcher 16
27 Monte Shelton 15
28 Norm Ridgely 14
29 George Follmer 12
29 Jürgen Barth 12
29 Bob Bondurant 12
29 Maurice Carter 12
33 Glenn Bunch 10
33 Johnny Rutherford 10
35 Hal Shaw Jr. 8
35 Klaus Ludwig 8
37 Kees Nierop 7
38 Amos Johnson 6
38 Phil Currin 6
38 Roger Mandeville 6
38 Luis Sereix 6
38 Jim Downing 6
38 Javier García 6
44 Bruce Leven 5
45 Walt Bohren 4
45 Ricardo Londono 4
45 James Besmer 4
45 Skeeter McKitterick 4
49 Peter Smith 3
49 Stephen Earle 3
51 Dale Whittington 2
51 Dan Furey 2
51 Randolph Townsend 2
51 Tom Frank 2
51 Ralph Kent-Cooke 2
56 Carlo Facetti 1
56 Gerry Wellik 1