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

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars is 13th CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Bobby Unser and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars
Next race: 1980 Ontario Champ Cars
Race Start: 20th October 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars

1st victory for the Chaparral Racing team
1st victory for the Al Unser
4th podium for the Al Unser
9th podium for the Bobby Unser
8th podium for the Rick Mears

Chaparral 2K - 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #2 - 1979 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1979 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	300	1h 13m 3s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	240	1h 13m 8.76s	Penske Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	210	148 laps	Penske Racing
4	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	180	148 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	150	147 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	120	146 laps	Team McLaren
7	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	90	145 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Spike Gehlhausen	Lightning ? 1979, #55	75	144 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
9	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	60	144 laps	Longhorn Racing
10	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	45	139 laps	All-American Racers
11	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	30	138 laps	WASP Racing
12	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	15	136 laps Spun	Patrick Racing
13	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1979, #42	8	130 laps	Mergard Racing
14	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	8	96 laps Mechanical	Wysard Motor Co
15	Tim Richmond	Lightning ? 1979, #35	8	65 laps Oil leak	Pat Santello
16	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1979, #95	8	44 laps Oil pressure	Cannon Racing Team
17	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	6	11 laps Turbocharger	Interscope Racing
18	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #79	6	4 laps Piston	Hoffman Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	24.33s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	24.355s	Chaparral Racing
3	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	25.188s	Patrick Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	25.214s	Penske Racing
5	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	25.301s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
6	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	25.337s	Team McLaren
7	Spike Gehlhausen	Lightning ? 1979, #55	25.658s	Fletcher Racing Team
8	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	25.829s	Interscope Racing
9	Tim Richmond	Lightning ? 1979, #35	26.076s	Pat Santello
10	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	26.405s	Alex Foods Racing
11	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #79	26.81s	Hoffman Racing
12	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	28.184s	WASP Racing
13	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1979, #95	28.381s	Cannon Racing Team
14	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36		All-American Racers
15	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11		Longhorn Racing
16	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	Mechanical	Wysard Motor Co
17	Herm Johnson	Eagle ? 1979, #42		Mergard Racing
18	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20		Patrick Racing