International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 27, 1979

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 1 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 200 3:08:47.97 158.889 1,000
2 6 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 200 3:09:33.66 158.260 800
3 12 Mike Mosley 36 Theodore Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 200 3:09:36.00 158.228 700
4 27 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope/Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth TC 199 Flagged 158.086 600
5 4 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 199 Flagged 158.023 500
6 5 Gordon Johncock 3 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 197 Flagged 156.449 400
7 13 Howdy Holmes 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat Offy TC 195 Flagged 154.619 300
8 34 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 22 Hubler/WNDE Watson Offy TC 193 Flagged 153.253 250
9 15 Tom Bagley 11 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 193 Flagged 153.233 200
10 31 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Sta-On Car Glaze Wildcat Cosworth TC 192 Flagged 152.453 150
11 28 Steve Krisiloff 7 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 192 Flagged 152.425 100
12 16 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 191 Flagged 151.640 50
13 25 Roger McCluskey 72 National Engineering McLaren Cosworth TC 191 Flagged 151.616 25
14 30 Tom Bigelow 44 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC 190 Flagged 150.813 25
15 2 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 188 Wrecked NW 25
16 26 Joe Saldana 69 KBHL-FM Eagle Cosworth TC 186 Flagged 147.463 25
17 29 Phil Threshie 97 Guiffre Bros. King 76 Chevy 172 Flagged 136.319 20
18 8 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 168 Flagged 133.411 20
19 23 Larry Rice 31 S&M Electric Lightning Offy TC 142 Wrecked SE 20
20 17 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Cosworth TC 129 Wheel bearing 20
21 22 Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard Motors Wildcat DGS 111 Transmission 15
22 3 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 104 Transmission seal 15
23 33 Eldon Rasmussen 50 Bivouac Vans Antares Offy TC 89 Broken header 15
24 24 Larry Dickson 80 Polak Construction Penske PC-5 Cosworth TC 86 Broken fuel pump 15
25 32 John Mahler 92 Sport Magazine Eagle Offy TC 66 Broken fuel pump 10
26 20 Dick Simon 17 Sanyo Vollstedt Offy TC 57 Clutch 10
27 7 Wally Dallenbach 6 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 43 Lost wheel 10
28 10 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Offy TC 40 Burned piston 10
29 18 Cliff Hucul 29 Hucul Racing McLaren Offy TC 22 Broken valve 5
30 11 Lee Kunzman 89 Vetter-Windjammer Parnelli Cosworth TC 18 Broken scavenger pump 5
31 21 Jerry Sneva 73 National Engineering Spirit 78 AMC V8 16 Burned piston 5
32 9 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins-Goodyear Lightning DGS 16 Burned piston 5
33 35 George Snider 59 KBHL Lightning Offy TC 7 Burned valve 5
34 14 Janet Guthrie 45 Texaco Star Lola 79 Cosworth TC 3 Burned piston 5
35 19 Jim McElreath 23 AMAX Coal Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 0 Bent valve 5
-- -- Bill Alsup 41 Insley Excavator Special McLaren Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Neil Bonnett 73 National Engineering Spirit 78 AMC V8 -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jan Opperman 81 Aero Electronics Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Alsup 68 Penske Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC -- Disqualified
-- -- Bill Alsup 19 Hubler/Sta-On Eagle Offy TC -- Wrecked qualifying
-- -- Dana Carter 30 Molly-Mate McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Earle Canavan X Kosin’s Auto Parts McLaren M16 Offy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 98 Oberdorfer King Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 44 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Cannon 95 That's My Racer Wildcat Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Pancho Carter 78 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 23 McElreath Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 26 McElreath Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Engelhart 83 Beaudoin Racing Wildcat DGS -- Wrecked SW twice
-- -- Dick Ferguson 81 Aero Electronics Eagle Offy TC -- Disqualified
-- -- Ed Finley 62 Bob Olmstead's V-12 Eagle X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Frantz 16 Freight Train Wildcat DGS -- Did not qualify
-- -- Woody Fisher 52 Eagle Magnetic of Indy X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Spike Gehlhausen 19 Sta-On/WIRE McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Spike Gehlhausen 90 Foreman Industries Wildcat Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Todd Gibson 75 Gibson Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Wrecked NW practice
-- -- Bob Harkey 19 Sta-On/WIRE McLaren Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Hurley Haywood 51 Hopkins Lightning Offy TC -- Blew engine practice  
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Moran Electric of Indy Mallard Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Gordon Johncock 90 Foreman Industries Wildcat Cosworth -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Al Loquasto 39 American Rustproof Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jerry Miller 97 Guiffre Crane King Chevy -- Failed rookie test
-- -- Jim McElreath 23 McElreath Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim McElreath 26 McElreath Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Martin 20 Scientific Drilling McLaren Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Larry McCoy 93 O'Hanlon Racing March F178 Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Roger McCluskey 73 National Engineering Spirit 78 AMC V8 -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 35 Medlin Cicada Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Frank Weiss 50 Bivouac Vans Antares Offy TC -- Failed rookie orientation
-- -- Eldon Rasmussen 58 Bivouac/WFMS Rascar Foyt TC -- Wrecked NE practice
-- -- Johnny Rutherford 64 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Roger Rager 66 Advance Cleen Sweep Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Roger Rager 66 Advance Cleen Sweep Wildcat Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Scott 28 Wheel Center Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dick Simon 27 Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt AMC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jerry Sneva 57 Crower/Smock Special Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Joe Saldana 69 KBHL Lightning Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Joe Saldana 59 KBHL Lightning Offy TC -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 89 70-73, 97-181
Al Unser 85 1-24, 29-69, 77-96
Rick Mears 25 25-27, 74-76, 182-200
A. J. Foyt 1 28

 

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