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

1979 Michigan Champ Cars

1979 Michigan Champ Cars is 7th CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Gordon Johncock won this race. Mike Mosley and Johnny Rutherford also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 63 laps (203 km).

Previous race: 1979 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars
Race Start: 15th July 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Michigan Champ Cars

2nd victory for the Patrick Racing team
2nd victory for the Gordon Johncock
3rd podium for the Gordon Johncock
1st podium for the Mike Mosley
5th podium for the Johnny Rutherford

Penske PC6 - 1979 Michigan Champ Cars winner

Penske PC6 #20 - 1979 Michigan Champ Cars winner

1979 Michigan Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	250	44m 13s	Patrick Racing
2	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	200	44m 17s	All-American Racers
3	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	175	63 laps	Team McLaren
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	150	63 laps	Penske Racing
5	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	125	63 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	100	62 laps	Longhorn Racing
7	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	75	61 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	63	61 laps	Dayton-Walther
9	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	50	61 laps	WASP Racing
10	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #59	38	61 laps	Hoffman Racing
11	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	25	60 laps	Tom Frantz
12	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	13	60 laps	Intercomp Racing
13	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	5	59 laps	Chaparral Racing
14	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	5	56 laps	Conquest Racing Team
15	Dick Ferguson	Spyder ? 1979, #79	5	51 laps	Aero Electronics
16	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	5	48 laps Engine	Wysard Motor Co
17	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	5	47 laps Out of fuel	Fletcher Racing Team
18	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	5	31 laps Wing	Interscope Racing
19	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	5	21 laps Engine	Penske Racing
20	Al Loquasto	Eagle ? 1979, #39	5	17 laps Suspension	Spike Gehlhausen
21	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	4	11 laps Fire	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
22	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	4	8 laps Overheating	Spike Gehlhausen
23	Tim Richmond, Larry Cannon	Eagle ? 1979, #69	4	4 laps Engine	Robert J Schultz & Associates

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	35.315s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	35.781s	Chaparral Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	35.957s	Patrick Racing
4	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	36.078s	Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	36.08s	Penske Racing
6	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	36.109s	Interscope Racing
7	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	36.405s	All-American Racers
8	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	36.637s	Fletcher Racing Team
9	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	36.699s	Longhorn Racing
10	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	36.702s	Team McLaren
11	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	37.124s	Conquest Racing Team
12	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	37.537s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	37.973s	Wysard Motor Co
14	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	37.977s	Dayton-Walther
15	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	37.985s	Spike Gehlhausen
16	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	38.262s	WASP Racing
17	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	38.72s	Intercomp Racing
18	Dick Ferguson	Spyder ? 1979, #79	38.761s	Aero Electronics
19	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	39.852s	Tom Frantz
20	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #59	40.531s	Hoffman Racing
21	Tim Richmond	Eagle ? 1979, #69	40.963s	Robert J Schultz & Associates
22	Al Loquasto	Eagle ? 1979, #39	41.044s	Spike Gehlhausen
23	Tom Sneva, Larry Cannon	McLaren M24, #1	36.605s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team