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

1979 Trenton Champ Cars

1979 Trenton Champ Cars is 4th CART race. Passed at the Trenton circuit. Gordon Johncock won the pole position, Bobby Unser won this race. Al Unser and Gordon Johncock also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 67 laps (162 km).

Previous race: 1979 Atlanta Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Trenton Champ Cars
Race Start: 10th June 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Trenton Champ Cars

2nd victory for the Penske Racing team
2nd victory for the Bobby Unser
2nd podium for the Bobby Unser
2nd podium for the Al Unser
2nd podium for the Gordon Johncock

Penske PC7 - 1979 Trenton Champ Cars winner

Penske PC7 #12 - 1979 Trenton Champ Cars winner

1979 Trenton Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	200	49m 50s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	160	49m 51.5s	Chaparral Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	140	67 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	120	66 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	100	66 laps	Penske Racing
6	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	80	66 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	60	66 laps	Interscope Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	50	65 laps	Longhorn Racing
9	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	40	64 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
10	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	30	64 laps	Alex Foods Racing
11	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	20	63 laps	Intercomp Racing
12	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	10	60 laps	WASP Racing
13	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	5	51 laps Engine	All-American Racers
14	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	5	24 laps Engine	Conquest Racing Team
15	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	5	16 laps Valve	Team McLaren
16	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	5	8 laps Handling	Pat Santello
17	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	5	5 laps Engine	Hoffman Racing
18	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	5	Oil pressure	Spike Gehlhausen

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	31.341s	Patrick Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	31.472s	Penske Racing
3	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	31.649s	Chaparral Racing
4	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	31.94s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
5	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	31.985s	Team McLaren
6	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	32.093s	Penske Racing
7	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	32.176s	Patrick Racing
8	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	32.395s	Longhorn Racing
9	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	32.487s	All-American Racers
10	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	32.52s	Interscope Racing
11	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	33.101s	Conquest Racing Team
12	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	33.458s	Fletcher Racing Team
13	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	33.519s	Alex Foods Racing
14	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	34.143s	Pat Santello
15	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	34.416s	Intercomp Racing
16	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	34.91s	Spike Gehlhausen
17	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	35.811s	WASP Racing
18	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	Engine	Hoffman Racing