Rex Mays Classic
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
150 Laps/150 Miles
June 10, 1979

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

Points
1 1 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 150 1:22:36.190 108.955 300
2 4 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 22 Leader Card Watson Offy TC 150 Finished 240
3 5 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC 149 Flagged 210
4 6 Larry Dickson 80 King Cola Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 149 Flagged 180
5 10 Jerry Sneva 81 Shade Tree Racing Eagle Offy TC 148 Flagged 150
6 3 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Oberdorfer King Chevy 147 Flagged 120
7 9 Cliff Hucul 29 Hucul Racing McLaren Offy TC 146 Flagged 90
8 12 Frank Weiss 50 Vans by Bivouac Manta Offy TC 128 Flagged 75
9 17 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 60 Tilton Corp Eagle Chevy 124 Rocker gasket 60
10 14 Roger Rager 66 Advance Clean Sweep Eagle Chevy 111 Flagged 45
11 7 Dana Carter 30 Molly-Mate McLaren Offy TC 91 Overheated 30
12 13 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Offy TC 78 Oil leak 15
13 11 Dick Simon 17 Sanyo Vollstedt Offy TC 63 Lost oil pressure 8
14 15 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins Racing Lightning Offy TC 48 Engine 8
15 2 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Offy TC 39 Broken oil line 8
16 19 Phil Threshie 97 Guiffre Crane King 76 Chevy 35 Broken suspension 8
17 8 Roger McCluskey 44 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 26 Broken universal joint 6
18 16 George Snider 27 Vollstedt Vollstedt AMC 10 Engine 6
19 18 Bill Puterbaugh 35 SST Museum Cicada Offy TC 0 Ignition 6
                   
-- -- Jan Sneva X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Blaine Sneva X X Curtis Offy -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
A. J. Foyt 123 4-29, 43-93, 105-150
Sheldon Kinser 13 1-3, 30-39
Larry Dickson 11 94-104
Billy Vukovich, Jr. 2 41-42
Gary Bettenhausen 1 40

 

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