California 500
Ontario Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
September 2, 1979

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

Points
1 3 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 200 3:24:22.0 146.794 1,000
2 1 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 200 Finished 800
3 4 Mario Andretti 99 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 200 Finished 700
4 13 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 199 Flagged 600
5 2 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 197 Flagged 500
6 8 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope/Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth TC 196 Flagged 400
7 30 Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard Motors Wildcat DGS 192 Flagged 300
8 29 Don Whittington 94 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 190 Flagged
9 14 Lee Kunzman 21 Vetter Windjammer Parnelli Cosworth TC 188 Flagged 200
10 25 Jerry Sneva 72 Hodgdon Racing McLaren Cosworth TC 170 Blown engine 150
11 31 Tom Frantz 18 Kent Oil Wildcat Offy TC 152 Flagged 100
12 24 Bill Whittington 98 Road Atlanta Parnelli Cosworth TC 139 Broken intake manifold
13 17 Roger Mears 60 Patrick Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 135 Engine
14 35 Larry Cannon 95 Cannon Racing Wildcat Offy TC 128 Broken piston 25
15 12 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 119 Broken fuel pump 25
16 15 Dick Ferguson 23 Aero Electronics Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 118 Broken valve 25
17 5 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 108 Broken oil pump 20
18 23 John Martin 30 Paramount Printing McLaren Offy TC 107 Engine
19 32 Billy Scott 28 Wheel Center Eagle Offy TC 74 Engine 20
20 20 Salt Walther 77 Walmotor Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 69 Broken transmission 20
21 27 Al Loquasto 69 Biane Winery Eagle Offy TC 69 Broken piston 15
22 22 Bill Alsup 41 WASP Racing McLaren Offy TC 59 Cracked cylinder 15
23 7 Steve Krisiloff 71 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 47 Broken valve 15
24 16 Wally Dallenbach 40 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 46 Engine 15
25 10 Spike Gehlhausen 55 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 46 Broken half shaft 10
26 18 Tim Richmond 35 S&M Electric Lightning Offy TC 39 Broken transmission 10
27 28 Phil Caliva 19 Sta-On Eagle Offy TC 23 Oil leak 10
28 19 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC 21 Broken camshaft 10
29 26 Bob Harkey 15 Alex Foods Lightning Offy TC 17 Wrecked
30 33 Joe Saldana 59 Hoffman Racing Lightning Offy TC 14 Broken oil pump 5
31 21 Dennis Firestone 86 AMS/Oil Lola Cosworth TC 10 Oil leak
32 9 Tom Bagley 11 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 7 Wrecked 5
33 6 Johnny Parsons 32 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 4 Broken valve
34 11 Mike Mosley 36 Theodore Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 2 Engine 5
35 34 Cliff Hucul 79 Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy TC 2 Broken transmission

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 97 48-51, 72-106, 116-125, 140-150, 156-161, 166-183, 188-200
Al Unser 62 1-25, 31-47, 52-71
Rick Mears 34 107-115, 126-138, 151-155, 162-164, 184-187
Tom Sneva 5 26-30
Johnny Rutherford 2 139, 165

 

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