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 Lap Team
1 Gordon Johncock Penske PC6, #20 250 44m 13s 0 Patrick Racing
2 Mike Mosley Eagle 79, #36 200 44m 17s 0 All-American Racers
3 Johnny Rutherford McLaren M24B, #4 175 63 laps 0 Team McLaren
4 Rick Mears Penske PC7, #9 150 63 laps 0 Penske Racing
5 Wally Dallenbach Penske PC6, #40 125 63 laps 0 Patrick Racing
6 Tom Bagley Penske PC6, #11 100 62 laps 0 Longhorn Racing
7 Pancho Carter Lightning ? 1979, #10 75 61 laps 0 Alex Foods Racing
8 Salt Walther Penske PC6, #77 63 61 laps 0 Dayton-Walther
9 Bill Alsup McLaren M16D, #41 50 61 laps 0 WASP Racing
10 Joe Saldana Lightning ? 1979, #59 38 61 laps 0 Hoffman Racing
11 Tom Frantz Wildcat ? 1979, #18 25 60 laps 0 Tom Frantz
12 John Mahler Bear ? 1979, #92 13 60 laps 0 Intercomp Racing
13 Al Unser Chaparral 2K, #2 5 59 laps 0 Chaparral Racing
14 Lee Kunzman Parnelli VPJ6C, #21 5 56 laps 0 Conquest Racing Team
15 Dick Ferguson Spyder ? 1979, #79 5 51 laps 0 Aero Electronics
16 Vern Schuppan Wildcat Mk2, #34 5 48 laps Engine 0 Wysard Motor Co
17 Steve Krisiloff Lightning ? 1979, #7 5 47 laps Out of fuel 0 Fletcher Racing Team
18 Danny Ongais Parnelli VPJ6B, #25 5 31 laps Wing 0 Interscope Racing
19 Bobby Unser Penske PC7, #12 5 21 laps Engine 0 Penske Racing
20 Al Loquasto Eagle ? 1979, #39 5 17 laps Suspension 0 Spike Gehlhausen
21 Tom Sneva McLaren M24, #1 4 11 laps Fire 0 Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
22 Spike Gehlhausen Eagle 79, #19 4 8 laps Overheating 0 Spike Gehlhausen
23 Tim Richmond, Larry Cannon Eagle ? 1979, #69 4 4 laps Engine 0 Robert J Schultz & Associates

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

Penske PC7

Cosworth

Wildcat ? 1979

Offenhauser

Spyder ? 1979

Offenhauser

Parnelli VPJ6C

Cosworth

Eagle ? 1979

Offenhauser

Penske PC6

Cosworth

Parnelli VPJ6B

Cosworth

McLaren M24

Cosworth

Chaparral 2K

Cosworth

McLaren M24B

Cosworth

Bear ? 1979

Offenhauser

McLaren M16D

Offenhauser

Lightning ? 1979

Offenhauser

Wildcat Mk2

Offenhauser

Eagle 79

Cosworth

Eagle 79

Offenhauser