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1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars in CART at the Watkins Glen circuit. Full information

1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars is 8th CART race. Passed at the Watkins Glen circuit. Al Unser won the pole position, Bobby Unser won this race. Rick Mears and Gordon Johncock also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 62 laps (242 km).

Previous race: 1979 Michigan Champ Cars
Next race: 1979 Trenton Champ Cars
Race Start: 5th August 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars

4th victory for the Penske Racing team
4th victory for the Bobby Unser
4th podium for the Bobby Unser
3rd podium for the Rick Mears
4th podium for the Gordon Johncock

Penske PC7 - 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

Penske PC7 #12 - 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars winner

1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	300	1h 14m 42s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	240	1h 15m 1.171s	Penske Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	210	62 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	180	62 laps	Interscope Racing
5	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	150	62 laps	Chaparral Racing
6	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	120	60 laps	Longhorn Racing
7	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	90	58 laps Out of fuel	Wysard Motor Co
8	Tim Richmond	Lightning ? 1979, #35	75	58 laps	Pat Santello
9	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	60	57 laps Out of fuel	WASP Racing
10	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	45	55 laps Gearbox	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
11	Tom Frantz	Wildcat ? 1979, #18	30	54 laps Spun	Tom Frantz
12	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	15	46 laps Gearbox	All-American Racers
13	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #69	8	29 laps Oil line	Hoffman Racing
14	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	8	15 laps Gear linkage	Patrick Racing
15	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	8	9 laps Engine	Team McLaren
16	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	8	6 laps Clutch	Alex Foods Racing
17	Spike Gehlhausen, Steve Krisiloff	Eagle 79, #19	6	1 laps Cylinder head	Spike Gehlhausen

Qualifying Results for the 1979 Watkins Glen Champ Cars on the Watkins Glen circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Chaparral 2K, #2	1m 4.42s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC7, #12	1m 4.88s	Penske Racing
3	Danny Ongais	Parnelli VPJ6B, #25	1m 5.39s	Interscope Racing
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC7, #9	1m 6.03s	Penske Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Penske PC6, #20	1m 6.09s	Patrick Racing
6	Tom Sneva	McLaren M24, #1	1m 6.21s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M24B, #4	1m 7.11s	Team McLaren
8	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Mk2, #34	1m 6.81s	Wysard Motor Co
9	Tom Bagley	Penske PC6, #11	1m 7.54s	Longhorn Racing
10	Bill Alsup	McLaren M16D, #41	1m 8.28s	WASP Racing
11	Wally Dallenbach	Penske PC6, #40	1m 10.21s	Patrick Racing
12	Steve Krisiloff	Lightning ? 1979, #7	1m 10.47s	Fletcher Racing Team
13	Mike Mosley	Eagle 79, #36	1m 11.61s	All-American Racers
14	Joe Saldana	Eagle 79, #69	1m 12.72s	Hoffman Racing
15	Tim Richmond	Lightning ? 1979, #35	1m 13.11s	Pat Santello
16	Pancho Carter	Lightning ? 1979, #10	1m 13.88s	Alex Foods Racing
17	Spike Gehlhausen, Tom Frantz	Eagle 79, #19	1m 15.75s	Spike Gehlhausen