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
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 #9 - 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars winner
Position | Name | Car | Result | Team |
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1 | Bobby Unser | Penske PC7, #12 | 26.975s | Penske Racing |
2 | Rick Mears | Penske PC7, #9 | 27.344s | Penske Racing |
3 | Al Unser | Chaparral 2K, #2 | 27.444s | Chaparral Racing |
4 | Danny Ongais | Parnelli VPJ6B, #25 | 27.45s | Interscope Racing |
5 | Johnny Rutherford | McLaren M24B, #4 | 27.522s | Team McLaren |
6 | Mike Mosley | Eagle 79, #36 | 27.54s | All-American Racers |
7 | Tom Sneva | McLaren M24, #1 | 27.772s | Sugaripe Prune Racing Team |
8 | Spike Gehlhausen | Lightning ? 1979, #55 | 27.966s | Fletcher Racing Team |
9 | Wally Dallenbach | Penske PC6, #40 | 28.287s | Patrick Racing |
10 | Gordon Johncock | Penske PC6, #20 | 28.511s | Patrick Racing |
11 | Herm Johnson | Eagle ? 1979, #42 | 28.845s | Mergard Racing |
12 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat ? 1979, #95 | 29.847s | Cannon Racing Team |
13 | Frank Weiss | Manta ? 1979, #50 | 29.869s | Intercomp Racing |
14 | Bill Alsup | McLaren M16D, #41 | WASP Racing | |
15 | Pancho Carter | Lightning ? 1979, #10 | Engine | Alex Foods Racing |
16 | Joe Saldana | Eagle 79, #79 | Hoffman Racing |
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