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CART in the 1979 season. Full information

1st season of CART, started 11th March and ended at 20th October 1979

Beginners of the season: Dick Ferguson , Herm Johnson , Bill Alsup , Tim Richmond , Phil Caliva

Participated in training: Steve Krisiloff , Vern Schuppan , Larry Cannon , Pancho Carter , Mario Andretti , Dick Ferguson , Joe Saldana , Danny Ongais

List of races and tracks in the 1979 season

Race Winner Track Race Start
Phoenix Champ Cars 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars Race 1 Gordon Johncock
Penske PC6, #20
Phoenix 11th March 1979
Atlanta Champ Cars 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 1 Johnny Rutherford
McLaren M24B, #4
Atlanta 22nd April 1979
Atlanta Champ Cars 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 2 Johnny Rutherford
McLaren M24B, #4
Atlanta 22nd April 1979
Trenton Champ Cars 1979 Trenton Champ Cars Race 1 Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Trenton 10th June 1979
Trenton Champ Cars 1979 Trenton Champ Cars Race 2 Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Trenton 10th June 1979
Michigan Champ Cars 1979 Michigan Champ Cars Race 1 Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Michigan 15th July 1979
Michigan Champ Cars 1979 Michigan Champ Cars Race 2 Gordon Johncock
Penske PC6, #20
Michigan 15th July 1979
Watkins Glen Champ Cars 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Watkins Glen 5th August 1979
Trenton Champ Cars 1979 Trenton Champ Cars Race 3 Rick Mears
Penske PC7, #9
Trenton 19th August 1979
California 500 1979 California 500 Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Ontario 2nd September 1979
Michigan Champ Cars 1979 Michigan Champ Cars Race 3 Bobby Unser
Penske PC7, #12
Michigan 15th September 1979
Atlanta Champ Cars 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 3 Rick Mears
Penske PC7, #9
Atlanta 30th September 1979
Phoenix Champ Cars 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars Race 2 Al Unser
Chaparral 2K, #2
Phoenix 20th October 1979

Drivers championship 1979

Rick Mears

United States

Champion

Points: 4060 Wins: 2 Poles: 1

Bobby Unser

United States

2nd place

Points: 3820 Wins: 6 Poles: 7

Gordon Johncock

United States

3rd place

Points: 2211 Wins: 2 Poles: 2

List of all drivers for the 1979 season

Name Points
Rick Mears 4060
Bobby Unser 3820
Gordon Johncock 2211
Johnny Rutherford 2163
Al Unser 2085
Danny Ongais 1473
Tom Sneva 1360
Tom Bagley 1208
Wally Dallenbach 1149
Mike Mosley 1121
Mario Andretti 700
Lee Kunzman 485
Pancho Carter 452
Vern Schuppan 449
Bill Alsup 400
Joe Saldana 368
Spike Gehlhausen 343
Salt Walther 314
Steve Krisiloff 279
Tom Frantz 236
Jerry Sneva 155
Tim Richmond 112
Larry Rice 105
Herm Johnson 98
John Mahler 74
Al Loquasto 70
Larry Cannon 56
Dick Ferguson 35
Bill Scott 20
Phil Caliva 10

List of all cars in the 1979 season

Penske PC7

Cosworth

Points: 5670 Wins: 8 Poles: 8

Penske PC6

Cosworth

Points: 5657 Wins: 2 Poles: 2

McLaren M24B

Cosworth

Points: 2393 Wins: 2 Poles: 2

McLaren M24

Cosworth

Points: 1500 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chaparral 2K

Cosworth

Points: 1495 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Parnelli VPJ6B

Cosworth

Points: 873 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lightning ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 756 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola T500

Cosworth TC

Points: 575 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Parnelli VPJ6C

Cosworth

Points: 530 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Wildcat Mk2

Offenhauser

Points: 434 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle 79

Cosworth

Points: 421 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McLaren M16D

Offenhauser

Points: 400 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle 79

Offenhauser

Points: 297 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Wildcat ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 292 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lightning ? 1979

Cosworth

Points: 197 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Eagle ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 197 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Wildcat Mk3

Cosworth

Points: 90 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Bear ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 64 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Manta ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Penske ? 1979

Cosworth

Points: 25 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McLaren ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Spyder ? 1979

Offenhauser

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McLaren ? 1979

Cosworth

Points: 5 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lola ? 1979

Cosworth

Points: 5 Wins: 0 Poles: 0