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1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 2 in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars is 4th CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position and this race. Rick Mears and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 82 laps (201 km).

Previous race: 1979 Martinsville NASCAR
Next race: 1979 Trenton 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
2nd podium for the Rick Mears
1st podium for the Al Unser

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	45m 40s	Team McLaren
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	200	82 laps	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2	175	82 laps	Chaparral Racing
4	Bobby Unser	Penske PC6, #12	150	82 laps	Penske Racing
5	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	125	81 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	100	81 laps	Interscope Racing
7	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	75	81 laps	Longhorn Racing
8	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	63	80 laps	Patrick Racing
9	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	50	80 laps	Patrick Racing
10	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	38	79 laps	Dayton-Walther
11	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	25	78 laps	Alex Foods Racing
12	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	13	74 laps Out of fuel	Wysard Motor Co
13	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	5	72 laps	Hoffman Racing
14	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	5	62 laps	Pat Santello
15	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	5	52 laps Overheating	WASP Racing
16	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	5	13 laps Oil leak	Spike Gehlhausen
17	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	5	3 laps Engine	All-American Racers
18	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	5	3 laps Gearbox	Conquest Racing Team

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4		Team McLaren
2	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	Gearbox	Conquest Racing Team
3	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1		Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
4	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20		Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9		Penske Racing
6	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2		Chaparral Racing
7	Bobby Unser	Penske PC6, #12		Penske Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11		Longhorn Racing
9	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10		Alex Foods Racing
10	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77		Dayton-Walther
11	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40		Patrick Racing
12	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	Out of fuel	Wysard Motor Co
13	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69		Hoffman Racing
14	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25		Interscope Racing
15	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	Overheating	WASP Racing
16	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	Engine	All-American Racers
17	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	Oil leak	Spike Gehlhausen
18	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35		Pat Santello