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Encyclopedia > 1979 CART World Series Season

The 1979 CART World Series Season was the first CART World Series. It began on March 11, 1979 and it ended on October 20 after 14 races. A simple wooden cart in Australia A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 72 days remaining. ...

Contents

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1979 CART World Series. This is a list of teams contesting the Champ Car World Series. ... Current Champ Car World Series Drivers A.J. Allmendinger Sebastien Bourdais Ronnie Bremer Cristiano da Matta Mario Dominguez Timo Glock Ryan Hunter-Reay Bruno Junqueira Rodolfo Lavin Marcus Marshall Nelson Philippe Andrew Ranger Oriol Servia Ricardo Sperafico Alex Tagliani Paul Tracy Jimmy Vasser Justin Wilson Bjorn Wirdheim Former Champ Car... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... A simple wooden cart in Australia A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ...

Team Chassis Engine Tires No Drivers
Sugaripe Prune Penske Cosworth Goodyear 1 Tom Sneva
Chaparral Cars Inc. Chaparral Cosworth Goodyear 2 Al Unser
Team Penske Penske Cosworth Goodyear 9 Rick Mears
12 Bobby Unser
99 Mario Andretti
Patrick Racing Penske Cosworth Goodyear 20 Gordon Johncock
40 Wally Dallenbach
McLaren International McLaren Cosworth Goodyear 4 Johnny Rutherford
All American Racers Eagle Cosworth Goodyear 36 Mike Mosley
Longhorn Racing Penske Cosworth Goodyear 11 Tom Bagley
Hamm Parnelli Cosworth Goodyear 21 Lee Kunzman
S-M Electric Lightning Offy Goodyear 35 Larry Rice
WASP Racing McLaren Offy Goodyear 41 Bill Alsup
Walmotor McElreath Cosworth Goodyear 77 Salt Walther
Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy Goodyear 69 Joe Saldana
Frantz Racing Wildcat DGS Goodyear 28 Tom Frantz
Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth Goodyear 25 Danny Ongais
Fletcher Racing Lightning Cosworth Goodyear 7 Steve Krisiloff
Gehlhausen Racing Eagle Offy Goodyear 19 Spike Gehlhausen
39 Al Loquasto
Sport Magazine Eagle Offy Goodyear 92 John Mahler
Alex Foods Lightning Offy Goodyear 10 Pancho Carter
Wysard Motor Co. Wildcat Offy Goodyear 34 Vern Schuppan
National Engineering Spirit 78 AMC Goodyear 73 Jerry Sneva
Aero Electrics Spyder Offy Goodyear 79 Dick Ferguson
-Private Entry- Eagle Offy Goodyear 69 Tim Richmond
Canon Racing - GTI Engineering Wildcat DGS Goodyear 73 Larry Cannon
Wheel Center Eagle Offy Goodyear 28 Bill Scott
Sta-On Eagle Offy Goodyear 19 Phil Caliva
Mergard Racing Eagle Offy Goodyear 42 Herm Johnson

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Results and standings

Races

Rd Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Arizona Republic Jimmy/Bryan 150 Phoenix, Arizona March 11 Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing Report
2 Gould Twin Dixie 125 - Heat 1 Atlanta, Georgia April 22 Johnny Rutherford McLaren Report
3 Gould Twin Dixie 125 - Heat 2 Atlanta, Georgia April 22 Johnny Rutherford McLaren Report
4 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis, Indiana May 28 Rick Mears Penske Racing Report
5 Trenton Twin Indy - Heat 1 Trenton, New Jersey June 10 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
6 Trenton Twin Indy - Heat 2 Trenton, New Jersey June 10 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
7 Norton Twin - Heat 1 Brooklyn, Michigan July 15 Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing Report
8 Norton Twin - Heat 2 Brooklyn, Michigan July 15 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
9 Kent Oil 150 Watkins Glen, New York August 5 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
10 Ditzler 150 Trenton, New Jersey August 19 Rick Mears Penske Racing Report
11 California 500 Ontario, California September 2 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
12 Gould Grand Prix Brooklyn, Michigan September 15 Bobby Unser Penske Racing Report
13 Rich's Atlantic Classic Atlanta, Georgia September 30 Rick Mears Penske Racing Report
14 Miller High Life Phoenix, Arizona October 20 Al Unser Chaparral Report

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Full Series Results

Drivers

Pos Driver PHO
R1
ATL
H1
ATL
H2
IND
500
TRE
H1
TRE
H2
MIG
H1
MIG
H2
WKG
INT
TRE
R3
CAL
500
MIG
R3
ATL
R3
PHO
R2
Pts
1 Mears 2 5 2 1 5 7 4 5 2 1 2 3 1 3 4,060
2 B. Unser 5 7 4 5 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3,820
3 Johncock 1 4 9 6 3 5 1 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 2,211
4 Rutherford 3 1 1 18 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 5 4 4 Ret 6 2,163
5 A. Unser 4 6 3 Ret 2 Ret 13 3 5 6 5 Ret 5 1 2,085
6 Ongais Ret Ret 6 4 7 6 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 DNQ Ret Ret 1,473
7 T. Sneva Ret 3 5 15 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 2 8 5 1,360
8 Bagley 8 8 7 9 8 4 6 6 6 7 Ret 5 9 1,208
9 Dallenbach 7 11 8 Ret 4 2 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 4 12 1,149
10 Mosley 6 Ret Ret 3 Ret DNS 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 1,126
11 Andretti 3 DNQ 700
12 Kunzman 9 2 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret 9 490
13 Carter Ret 9 11 Ret 10 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 452
14 Schuppan Ret 12 12 Ret Ret DNS 7 7 DNS Ret 449
15 Alsup (R) 11 Ret Ret 12 9 9 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 10 11 400
16 Saldana 13 Ret 13 16 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 8 Ret DNQ 6 Ret 368
17 Gehlhausen Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 343
18 Walther 12 10 10 12 8 7 Ret Ret 314
19 Krisiloff Ret Ret 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 279
20 Frantz 14 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 236
21 J. Sneva Ret Ret 155
22 Richmond Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret Ret 112
23 Rice 10 14 19 Ret 10 105
24 Johnson 7 13 98
25 Mahler Ret Ret 11 11 12 Ret 74
26 Loquasto Ret 9 Ret 70
27 Cannon Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 56
28 Ferguson 15 Ret Ret DNQ 35
29 Scott Ret 20
30 Caliva Ret 10
- Foyt 2 -
- Holmes 7 -
- Vukovich Jr. 8 -
- McCluskey 13 -
- Bigelow 14 -
- Threshie 17 -
- Dickson Ret -
- Simon Ret -
- Kinser Ret -
- Hucul Ret Ret -
- Parsons Jr. Ret Ret -
- Snider Ret -
- Rasmussen Ret -
- Guthrie Ret -
- McElreath Ret -
- D. Whittington 8 -
- B. Whittington Ret -
- Martin Ret -
- Harkey Ret -
- Firestone Ret -
- Weiss 9 -
Pos Driver PHO
R1
ATL
H1
ATL
H2
IND
500
TRE
H1
TRE
H2
MIG
H1
MIG
H2
WKG
INT
TRE
R3
CAL
500
MIG
R3
ATL
R3
PHO
R2
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not participate
Injured (INJ)
Excluded (EX)

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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rick Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American race car driver. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Robert William Bobby Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was a U.S. automobile racer. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Gordon Johncock (born 5th August 1937, Coldwater, Michigan) is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and 1976 Champcar champion. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Johnny Rutherford (born March 12, 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas) was a U.S. automobile racer. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Alfred Unser (born May 29, 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a former U.S. automobile racer. ... 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Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona dIstria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racing driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lee Kunzman (born November 29, 1944, Guttenberg, Iowa), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Duane Pancho Carter, Jr. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Vern Schuppan (born 19 March 1943) was a racing driver from Australia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bill Alsup was a racecar driver. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Joe Saldana (born November 14, 1944, Lincoln, Nebraska), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... 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Tim Richmond (June 7, 1955 - August 13, 1989) was a NASCAR race car driver who had his career cut short when he contracted HIV and died of complications from AIDS. Wich resulted in Richmond only racing for 7 years. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Larry Rice (born March 24, 1946, Linden, Indiana), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Herm Johnson (born March 4, 1953 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John Mahler (born November 16, 1936, Bettendorf, Iowa), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Al Loquasto (June 21, 1940 - July 31, 1991), was a Sicilian-Mexican-American racecar driver, a descendant of Libertino lo Guasto of Serradifalco, Caltanissetta, Sicily. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Larry Cannon (April 13, 1937 - November 6, 1995), was an American racecar driver. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Dick Ferguson (born March 16, 1950 in Los Angeles, California), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Billy Scott (born October 10, 1948, San Bernardino, California), is a former American racecar driver. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A. J. Foyt (born January 16, 1935) is considered by many as the greatest race car driver of all time. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Dick Simon (born September 21, 1933 in Sandy, Utah) is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sheldon Kinser (December 9, 1944 - August 1, 1988), was an American racecar driver. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Cliff Hucul (born August 21, 1948, Prince George, British Columbia), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... George Snider is a retired American race car driver. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada_(bordered). ... Eldon Rasmussen (born July 7, 1936, Edmonton, Alberta), is a former driver in the USAC Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jim McElreath (born February 18, 1928, Arlington, Texas), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Don Whittington is a former American racing driver who won the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans together with his brother Bill Whittington and Klaus Ludwig on a Porsche 935. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bill Whittington is a former American racing driver who won the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans together with his brother Don Whittington and Klaus Ludwig on a Porsche 935. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Driver Breakdown

Pos Driver Team Entries Wins Podiums Top 5's Top 10's Poles Points
1 Mears Team Penske 14 3 9 13 14 2 4,060
2 B. Unser Team Penske 14 6 9 12 13 7 3,820
3 Johncock Patrick Racing 14 2 5 9 11 2 2,211
4 Rutherford McLaren International 14 2 5 8 9 2 2,163
5 A. Unser Chaparral Cars Inc. 14 1 4 8 10 1 2,085
6 Ongais Interscope Racing 13 0 0 2 6 0 1,473
7 T. Sneva Sugaripe Prune 14 0 2 6 8 0 1,360
8 Bagley Longhorn Racing 13 0 0 2 12 0 1,208
9 Dallenbach Patrick Racing 14 0 1 5 8 0 1,149
10 Mosley All American Racers 12 0 2 2 3 0 1,126
11 Andretti Team Penske 1 0 1 1 1 0 700
12 Kunzman Hamm 8 0 1 1 3 0 490
13 Carter Alex Foods 13 0 0 0 6 0 452
14 Schuppan Wysard Motor Co. 8 0 0 0 2 0 449
15 Alsup (R) WASP Racing 13 0 0 0 6 0 400
16 Saldana Hoffman Racing 13 0 0 0 4 0 368
17 Gehlhausen Gehlhausen Racing 14 0 0 0 2 0 343
18 Walther Walmotor 8 0 0 0 4 0 314
19 Krisiloff Fletcher Racing 10 0 0 0 2 0 279
20 Frantz Frantz Racing 7 0 0 0 1 0 236
21 J. Sneva National Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 155
22 Richmond -Private Entry- 5 0 0 0 1 0 112
23 Rice S-M Electric 5 0 0 0 2 0 105
24 Johnson Mergard Racing 2 0 0 0 1 0 98
25 Mahler Sport Magazine 6 0 0 0 0 0 74
26 Loquasto Gehlhausen Racing 3 0 0 0 1 0 70
27 Cannon Canon Racing - GTI Engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 56
28 Ferguson Aero Electrics 3 0 0 0 0 0 35
29 Scott Wheel Center 1 0 0 0 0 0 20
30 Caliva Sta-On 1 0 0 0 0 0 10


 
 

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