1979 Atlanta Champ Cars Race 3 in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars is 12th CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Gordon Johncock and Bobby Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (245 km).

Previous race: 1979 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 30th September 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars

8th victory for the Penske Racing team
2nd victory for the Rick Mears
7th podium for the Rick Mears
5th podium for the Gordon Johncock
8th podium for the Bobby Unser

Penske PC7 - 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

Penske PC7 #9 - 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

1979 Atlanta Champ Cars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Rick Mears Penske PC7, #9 300 50m 9s 0 Penske Racing
2 Gordon Johncock Penske PC6, #20 240 99 laps Out of fuel 0 Patrick Racing
3 Bobby Unser Penske PC7, #12 210 99 laps 0 Penske Racing
4 Wally Dallenbach Penske PC6, #40 180 99 laps 0 Patrick Racing
5 Al Unser Chaparral 2K, #2 150 97 laps 0 Chaparral Racing
6 Joe Saldana Eagle 79, #79 120 90 laps 0 Hoffman Racing
7 Herm Johnson Eagle ? 1979, #42 90 90 laps 0 Mergard Racing
8 Tom Sneva McLaren M24, #1 75 88 laps 0 Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
9 Frank Weiss Manta ? 1979, #50 60 86 laps 0 Intercomp Racing
10 Bill Alsup McLaren M16D, #41 45 79 laps 0 WASP Racing
11 Johnny Rutherford McLaren M24B, #4 30 75 laps Engine 0 Team McLaren
12 Larry Cannon Wildcat ? 1979, #95 15 54 laps Oil leak 0 Cannon Racing Team
13 Pancho Carter Lightning ? 1979, #10 8 52 laps Engine 0 Alex Foods Racing
14 Mike Mosley Eagle 79, #36 8 47 laps Rear axle 0 All-American Racers
15 Danny Ongais Parnelli VPJ6B, #25 8 29 laps Magneto 0 Interscope Racing
16 Spike Gehlhausen Lightning ? 1979, #55 8 8 laps Suspension 0 Fletcher Racing Team

List of all cars for the 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars on the Atlanta circuit

McLaren M16D

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Lightning ? 1979

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Eagle ? 1979

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Manta ? 1979

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Penske PC6

Cosworth

Eagle 79

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Parnelli VPJ6B

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McLaren M24

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Eagle 79

Offenhauser

Chaparral 2K

Cosworth

Penske PC7

Cosworth

McLaren M24B

Cosworth

Wildcat ? 1979

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