1979 Trenton Champ Cars is 10th CART race. Passed at the Trenton circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Rick Mears won this race. Bobby Unser and Tom Sneva also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (241 km).
Previous race:
1979 Michigan NASCAR
Next race:
1979 California 500
Race Start:
19th August 1979
5th victory for the Penske Racing team
1st victory for the Rick Mears
4th podium for the Rick Mears
5th podium for the Bobby Unser
3rd podium for the Tom Sneva
Penske PC7 #9 - 1979 Trenton Champ Cars winner
Position | Name | Car | Result | Team |
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1 | Bobby Unser | Penske PC7, #12 | 31.528s | Penske Racing |
2 | Gordon Johncock | Penske PC6, #20 | 31.865s | Patrick Racing |
3 | Tom Sneva | McLaren M24, #1 | 31.956s | Sugaripe Prune Racing Team |
4 | Danny Ongais | Parnelli VPJ6B, #25 | 32.126s | Interscope Racing |
5 | Rick Mears | Penske PC7, #9 | 32.167s | Penske Racing |
6 | Johnny Rutherford | McLaren M24B, #4 | 32.236s | Team McLaren |
7 | Wally Dallenbach | Penske PC6, #40 | 32.737s | Patrick Racing |
8 | Spike Gehlhausen | Eagle 79, #19 | 32.756s | Spike Gehlhausen |
9 | Mike Mosley | Eagle 79, #36 | 33.005s | All-American Racers |
10 | Tom Bagley | Penske PC6, #11 | 33.023s | Longhorn Racing |
11 | Bill Alsup | McLaren M16D, #41 | 33.403s | WASP Racing |
12 | Tim Richmond | Lightning ? 1979, #35 | 33.433s | Pat Santello |
13 | Al Unser | Lola T500, #2 | 33.662s | Chaparral Racing |
14 | Joe Saldana | Eagle 79, #69 | 33.657s | Hoffman Racing |
15 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat ? 1979, #95 | Engine | Cannon Racing Team |
16 | Tom Frantz | Wildcat ? 1979, #18 | 35.616s | Tom Frantz |
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