1979 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Ditzler 150 Race Results

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1979 - Ditzler 150 Race Results

Race Name - Ditzler 150
Date - 8/19/1979
Race Track - Trenton Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 16
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Bobby Unser / 171.277 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 24 laps
Average Race Speed - 129.807 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rick Mears
Race Number - 10

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	167.874
2	1	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	171.277
3	3	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	168.983
4	7	Wally Dallenbach	Foreman Industries	Penske	Cosworth	164.951
5	6	Johnny Rutherford	Budweiser	McLaren	Cosworth	167.515
6	13	Al Unser	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	160.662
7	10	Tom Bagley	Dairy Queen Kent Oil	Penske	Cosworth	163.523
8	14	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	Eagle	Offenhauser	160.443
9	16	Tom Frantz	Kent Sheraton	Wildcat	Offenhauser	151.618
10	11	Bill Alsup	Claremont Ford	McLaren	Cosworth	161.663
11	8	Spike Gehlhausen	StaOn Car Glaze	Eagle	Offenhauser	164.856
12	12	Tim Richmond	Schultz Associates	Lightning	Offenhauser	161.518
13	4	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	168.089
14	9	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing	Eagle	Cosworth	163.612
15	15	Larry Cannon	Cannon Racing	Wildcat	Offenhauser
16	2	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Penske	Cosworth	169.465