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

1979 Trenton Champ Cars

1979 Trenton Champ Cars is 5th CART race. Passed at the Trenton circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position and this race. Wally Dallenbach and Johnny Rutherford also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 67 laps (162 km).

Previous race: 1979 Trenton Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Michigan 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
1st podium for the Wally Dallenbach
4th podium for the Johnny Rutherford

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	40m 46s	Penske Racing
2	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	160	40m 52s	Patrick Racing
3	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	140	67 laps	Team McLaren
4	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	120	67 laps	Longhorn Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	100	66 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	80	66 laps	Interscope Racing
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC6, #9	60	66 laps	Penske Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	50	65 laps	Alex Foods Racing
9	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	40	62 laps	WASP Racing
10	Larry Rice	Lightning ? 1979, #35	30	60 laps	Pat Santello
11	John Mahler	Bear ? 1979, #92	20	60 laps	Intercomp Racing
12	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	10	52 laps Uv joint	Chaparral Racing
13	Spike Gehlhausen	Eagle 79, #19	5	52 laps Oil line	Spike Gehlhausen
14	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	5	50 laps Oil leak	Fletcher Racing Team
15	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	5	41 laps Suspension	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
16	Joe Saldana	Lightning ? 1979, #69	5	2 laps Clutch	Hoffman Racing
0	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	0		All-American Racers
0	Lee Kunzman	Parnelli VPJ6C, #21	0		Conquest Racing Team

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

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