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1979 Phoenix Champ Cars Race 1 in CART at the Phoenix circuit. Full information

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars is 1st CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Gordon Johncock won this race. Rick Mears and Johnny Rutherford also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Next race: 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars
Race Start: 11th March 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars

1st victory for the Patrick Racing team
1st victory for the Gordon Johncock
1st podium for the Gordon Johncock
1st podium for the Rick Mears
1st podium for the Johnny Rutherford

Penske PC6 - 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

Penske PC6 #20 - 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	300	1h 15m 23.016s	Patrick Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	240	1h 15m 24s	Penske Racing
3	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	210	150 laps	Team McLaren
4	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2	180	150 laps	Chaparral Racing
5	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	150	149 laps	Penske Racing
6	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	120	148 laps	All-American Racers
7	Wally Dallenbach	Wildcat Mk3, #40	90	147 laps	Patrick Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	75	145 laps	Longhorn Racing
9	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	60	143 laps	Conquest Racing Team
10	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	45	143 laps	Pat Santello
11	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	30	141 laps	WASP Racing
12	Salt Walther	McLaren M24, #77	15	139 laps	Dayton-Walther
13	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #69	8	139 laps	Hoffman Racing
14	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #28	8	139 laps	Tom Frantz
15	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	8	128 laps Engine	Interscope Racing
16	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	8	63 laps Gearbox	Fletcher Racing Team
17	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	6	43 laps Engine	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
18	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	6	12 laps Water pipe	Spike Gehlhausen
19	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	6	12 laps Engine	Intercomp Racing
20	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	6	7 laps Gearbox	Alex Foods Racing
21	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	5	2 laps Uv joint	Wysard Motor Co

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	24.714s	Penske Racing
2	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	24.937s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	24.958s	Team McLaren
4	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	24.975s	Interscope Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	25.032s	Penske Racing
6	Wally Dallenbach	Wildcat Mk3, #40	25.071s	Patrick Racing
7	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	25.267s	All-American Racers
8	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	25.336s	Patrick Racing
9	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	25.838s	Longhorn Racing
10	Al Unser	Lola T500, #2	25.869s	Chaparral Racing
11	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	25.892s	Fletcher Racing Team
12	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	26.037s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #69	26.109s	Hoffman Racing
14	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	26.204s	Spike Gehlhausen
15	Salt Walther	McLaren M24, #77	26.302s	Dayton-Walther
16	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	26.43s	Intercomp Racing
17	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	26.509s	Conquest Racing Team
18	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #28	27.415s	Tom Frantz
19	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	27.816s	Pat Santello
20	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	Uv joint	Wysard Motor Co
21	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41		WASP Racing