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1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 1 in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars is 2nd CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position and this race. Lee Kunzman and Tom Sneva also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 82 laps (201 km).

Previous race: 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars
Race Start: 22nd April 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars

2nd victory for the Team McLaren team
2nd victory for the Johnny Rutherford
3rd podium for the Johnny Rutherford
1st podium for the Lee Kunzman
1st podium for the Tom Sneva

McLaren M24B - 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

McLaren M24B #4 - 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	250	47m 28s	Team McLaren
2	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	200	47m 29s	Conquest Racing Team
3	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	175	82 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
4	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	150	82 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	125	82 laps	Penske Racing
6	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2	100	82 laps	Chaparral Racing
7	Bobby Unser	Penske PC6, #12	75	82 laps	Penske Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	63	81 laps	Longhorn Racing
9	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	50	81 laps	Alex Foods Racing
10	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	38	80 laps	Dayton-Walther
11	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	25	79 laps	Patrick Racing
12	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	13	75 laps	Wysard Motor Co
13	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	5	58 laps Fire	Hoffman Racing
14	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	5	56 laps Fuel line	Interscope Racing
15	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	5	53 laps Transmission	Fletcher Racing Team
16	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	5	42 laps Overheating	WASP Racing
17	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	5	20 laps Gearbox	All-American Racers
18	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	5	12 laps Ignition	Spike Gehlhausen
0	John Mahler	Eagle ? 1979, #92	0		Intercomp Racing
0	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	0		Pat Santello
0	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	0		Hoffman Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars on the Atlanta circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	27.166s	Team McLaren
2	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	27.512s	Patrick Racing
3	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	27.611s	All-American Racers
4	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	27.705s	Interscope Racing
5	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	27.717s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	27.906s	Patrick Racing
7	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2	28.224s	Chaparral Racing
8	Bobby Unser	Penske PC6, #12	28.341s	Penske Racing
9	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	28.792s	Conquest Racing Team
10	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	28.812s	Penske Racing
11	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	27.879s	Fletcher Racing Team
12	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	28.601s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	29.079s	Dayton-Walther
14	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	29.097s	Hoffman Racing
15	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	29.276s	Longhorn Racing
16	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	29.315s	WASP Racing
17	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	29.995s	Wysard Motor Co
18	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	30.127s	Spike Gehlhausen
19	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18		Hoffman Racing
20	John Mahler	Eagle ? 1979, #92		Intercomp Racing
21	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35		Pat Santello