Gould Twin Dixie 125 #1
Atlanta Motor Speedway
1.522 Mile Paved Oval
82 Laps/124.804 Miles
April 22, 1979
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car
# |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
1 |
1 |
Johnny
Rutherford |
4 |
Budweiser |
McLaren |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
0:47:28
157.758 |
250 |
2 |
9 |
Lee Kunzman |
21 |
Conqueste |
Parnelli |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
200 |
3 |
5 |
Tom Sneva |
1 |
Sugaripe Prune |
McLaren |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
175 |
4 |
2 |
Gordon Johncock |
20 |
North American Van
Lines |
Penske
PC-6 |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
150 |
5 |
11 |
Rick Mears |
9 |
Gould Charge |
Penske
PC-6 |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
125 |
6 |
7 |
Al Unser |
2 |
Pennzoil |
Chaparral |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
100 |
7 |
8 |
Bobby Unser |
12 |
Norton Spirit |
Penske
PC-6 |
Cosworth
TC |
82 |
Finished |
75 |
8 |
16 |
Tom Bagley |
11 |
Kent Oil |
Penske
PC-6 |
Cosworth
TC |
81 |
Flagged |
63 |
9 |
13 |
Pancho Carter |
10 |
Alex XLNT Foods |
Lightning |
Cosworth
TC |
81 |
Flagged |
50 |
10 |
14 |
Salt Walther |
77 |
Dayton-Walther |
Penske
PC-6 |
Cosworth
TC |
80 |
Flagged |
38 |
11 |
6 |
Wally Dallenbach |
40 |
Patrick Racing |
Lightning |
Cosworth
TC |
79 |
Flagged |
25 |
12 |
18 |
Vern Schuppan |
34 |
Wysard Motors |
Wildcat |
Offy
TC |
75 |
Flagged |
13 |
13 |
15 |
Joe Saldana |
69 |
Snyder Industries |
Lightning |
Offy
TC |
58 |
Car
on fire |
5 |
14 |
4 |
Danny Ongais |
25 |
Interscope/Panasonic |
Parnelli |
Cosworth
TC |
56 |
Broken
fuel line |
5 |
15 |
12 |
Steve Krisiloff |
7 |
Frosty Acres |
Lightning |
Cosworth
TC |
53 |
Broken
transmission |
5 |
16 |
17 |
Bill Alsup |
41 |
WASP Racing |
McLaren |
Offy
TC |
42 |
Overheated |
5 |
17 |
3 |
Mike Mosley |
36 |
Theodore Racing |
Eagle |
Cosworth
TC |
20 |
Broken
gearbox |
5 |
18 |
10 |
Spike Gehlhausen |
19 |
Sta-On KJ |
Eagle |
Offy
TC |
12 |
Transmission |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
-- |
Tom Frantz |
18 |
Frantz-Hoffman |
Wildcat |
DGS |
-- |
Burned
piston practice |
|
-- |
-- |
John Mahler |
92 |
Sport Magazine |
Eagle |
Offy
TC |
-- |
Wrecked
practice |
|
-- |
-- |
Larry Rice |
35 |
S&M Electric |
Lightning |
Offy
TC |
-- |
DNS,
too slow |
|
Lap Leaders |
Total |
Laps |
Gordon Johncock |
32 |
11-42 |
Johnny Rutherford |
30 |
1-10, 43-60, 81-82 |
Lee Kunzman |
12 |
69-80 |
Tom Sneva |
7 |
62-68 |
Bobby Unser |
1 |
61 |
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