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

1979 Michigan Champ Cars

1979 Michigan Champ Cars is 11th CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position and this race. Tom Sneva and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 75 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1979 California 500
Next race: 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars
Race Start: 15th September 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Michigan Champ Cars

7th victory for the Penske Racing team
6th victory for the Bobby Unser
7th podium for the Bobby Unser
4th podium for the Tom Sneva
6th podium for the Rick Mears

Penske PC7 - 1979 Michigan Champ Cars winner

Penske PC7 #12 - 1979 Michigan Champ Cars winner

1979 Michigan Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	300	51m 22s	Penske Racing
2	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	240	51m 32.6s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	210	74 laps Out of fuel	Penske Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	180	74 laps	Team McLaren
5	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	150	74 laps	Longhorn Racing
6	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	120	73 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
7	Steve Krisiloff	Penske PC6, #60	90	73 laps	Patrick Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	75	71 laps	Alex Foods Racing
9	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	60	65 laps	WASP Racing
10	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	45	53 laps Accident	Chaparral Racing
11	Spike Gehlhausen	Lightning ? 1979, #55	30	48 laps Ignition	Fletcher Racing Team
12	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	15	38 laps Suspension	Dayton-Walther
13	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	8	36 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
14	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	8	27 laps Oil leak	Tom Frantz
0	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	0		Wysard Motor Co
0	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1979, #95	0		Cannon Racing Team

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	35.294s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	35.424s	Penske Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	35.436s	Patrick Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	35.726s	Team McLaren
5	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	35.942s	Chaparral Racing
6	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	36.022s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	36.065s	Patrick Racing
8	Spike Gehlhausen	Lightning ? 1979, #55	36.26s	Fletcher Racing Team
9	Salt Walther	Penske PC6, #77	36.698s	Dayton-Walther
10	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	36.915s	Longhorn Racing
11	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	37.607s	WASP Racing
12	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	37.937s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	39.732s	Wysard Motor Co
14	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	40.025s	Tom Frantz
15	Steve Krisiloff	Penske PC6, #60		Patrick Racing
16	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1979, #95		Cannon Racing Team