Rich's Atlanta Classic
Atlanta Motor Speedway
1.522 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/152.2 Miles
September 30, 1979

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

Points
1 2 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 100 0:50:09 182.094 300
2 10 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 99 Out of fuel 240
3 1 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 99 Flagged 210
4 9 Wally Dallenbach 40 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 99 Flagged 180
5 3 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 97 Flagged 150
6 16 Joe Saldana 79 Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy TC 90 Flagged 120
7 11 Herm Johnson 42 Mergard 20th Century Eagle Offy TC 90 Flagged 90
8 7 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 88 Flagged 75
9 13 Frank Weiss 50 Intercomp-Bivouac Vans Manta Offy TC 86 Flagged
10 14 Bill Alsup 41 WASP Racing McLaren Offy TC 79 Flagged 45
11 5 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 75 Engine 30
12 12 Larry Cannon 95 Cannon Racing Wildcat Offy TC 54 Oil leak 15
13 15 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC 52 Engine 8
14 6 Mike Mosley 36 Theodore Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 47 Broken transaxle 8
15 4 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 29 Magneto 8
16 8 Spike Gehlhausen 55 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 8 Broken rear suspension 8

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 48 1-36, 43-54
Rick Mears 30 37-40, 75-100
Johnny Rutherford 20 55-74
Gordon Johncock 2 41-42

 

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