1979 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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1979 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/27/1979
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 35
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Rick Mears / 193.736 mph
Cautions - 6 cautions for 34 laps
Average Race Speed - 158.899 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 9 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Bobby Unser
Race Number - 4

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Rick Mears	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	193.736
2	6	AJ Foyt	Gilmore Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	189.613
3	12	Mike Mosley	Theodore Racing	Eagle	Cosworth	186.278
4	27	Danny Ongais	Interscope/Panasonic	Parnelli	Cosworth	188.009
5	4	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	189.913
6	5	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines	Penske	Cosworth	189.753
7	13	Howdy Holmes	Armstrong Molding	Wildcat	Offenhauser	185.864
8	34	Bill Vukovich Jr	Hubler/WNDE	Watson	Offenhauser	187.042
9	15	Tom Bagley	Dairy QueenKent	Penske	Cosworth	185.414
10	31	Spike Gehlhausen	StaOn Car Glaze	Wildcat	Cosworth	185.061
11	28	Steve Krisiloff	Frosty Acres	Lightning	Cosworth	186.287
12	16	Salt Walther	DaytonWalther	Penske	Cosworth	184.162
13	25	Roger McCluskey	National Engineering	McLaren	Cosworth	183.908
14	30	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Molding	Lola	Cosworth	185.147
15	2	Tom Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	192.998
16	26	Joe Saldana	KBHLFM	Eagle	Cosworth	188.778
17	29	Phil Threshie	Guiffre Bros	King	Chevrolet	185.72
18	8	Johnny Rutherford	Budweiser	McLaren	Cosworth	188.137
19	23	Larry Rice	SM Electric	Lightning	Offenhauser	184.219
20	17	Pancho Carter	Alex XLNT Foods	Lightning	Cosworth	185.806
21	22	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Motors	Wildcat	DGS	184.341
22	3	Al Unser	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	192.503
23	33	Eldon Rasmussen	Bivouac Vans	Antares	Offenhauser	183.927
24	24	Larry Dickson	Polak Construction	Penske	Cosworth	184.181
25	32	John Mahler	Sport Magazine	Eagle	Offenhauser	184.322
26	20	Dick Simon	Sanyo	Vollstedt	Offenhauser	185.071
27	7	Wally Dallenbach	Foreman Industries	Penske	Cosworth	188.285
28	10	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer	Watson	Offenhauser	186.674
29	18	Cliff Hucul	Hucul Racing	McLaren	Offenhauser	186.2
30	11	Lee Kunzman	VetterWindjammer	Parnelli	Cosworth	186.403
31	21	Jerry Sneva	National Engineering	Spirit	AMC	184.379
32	9	Johnny Parsons	HopkinsGoodyear	Lightning	DGS	187.813
33	35	George Snider	KBHL	Lightning	Offenhauser	185.319
34	14	Janet Guthrie	Texaco Star	Lola	Cosworth	185.72
35	19	Jim McElreath	AMAX Coalar	Penske	Cosworth	185.883