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1979 Milwaukee Indycars in USAC at the Milwaukee circuit. Full information

1979 Milwaukee Indycars

1979 Milwaukee Indycars is 344th USAC race. Passed at the Milwaukee circuit. AJ Foyt jr won the pole position and this race. Billy Vukovich and Tom Bigelow also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (249 km).

Previous race: 1979 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 1979 Pocono 500
Race Start: 10th June 1979

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1979 Milwaukee Indycars

21st victory for the Gilmore Racing Team team
64th victory for the AJ Foyt jr
115th podium for the AJ Foyt jr
23rd podium for the Billy Vukovich
1st podium for the Tom Bigelow

Parnelli VPJ6C - 1979 Milwaukee Indycars winner

Parnelli VPJ6C #14 - 1979 Milwaukee Indycars winner

1979 Milwaukee Indycars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	300	1h 22m 36.19s	Gilmore Racing Team
2	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1979, #22	240	150 laps	Leader Card Racers
3	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500B, #43	210	149 laps	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
4	Larry Dickson	Penske PC6, #80	180	149 laps	RP Racing
5	Jerry Sneva	Eagle ? 1979, #81	150	148 laps	Shade Tree Racing
6	Gary Bettenhausen	King ? 1979, #98	120	147 laps	JC Agajanian
7	Cliff Hucul	McLaren M16C, #29	90	146 laps	Hucul Racing
8	Frank Weiss	Manta ? 1979, #50	75	128 laps	Intercomp Racing
9	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1979, #60	60	124 laps Gasket	Robert LaWarre
10	Roger Rager	Eagle ? 1979, #66	45	111 laps	Roger Rager
11	Dana Carter	McLaren M16C, #30	30	91 laps Overheating	Thunder Racing
12	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16C, #38	15	78 laps Oil leak	William R Compton
13	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1979, #17	8	63 laps Oil pressure	Vollstedt Enterprises
14	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1979, #15	8	48 laps Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
15	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1979, #24	8	39 laps Oil line	Leader Card Racers
16	Phil Threshie	King ? 1979, #97	8	35 laps Suspension	Grant King Racers
17	Roger McCluskey	Lola T500B, #44	6	26 laps Uv joint	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
18	George Snider	Vollstedt ? 1979, #27	6	10 laps Engine	Vollstedt Enterprises
19	Bill Puterbaugh	Cicada ? 1979, #35	6	Ignition	Walter Medlin

Qualifying Results for the 1979 Milwaukee Indycars on the Milwaukee circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	AJ Foyt jr	Parnelli VPJ6C, #14	28.312s	Gilmore Racing Team
2	Sheldon Kinser	Watson ? 1979, #24	Oil line	Leader Card Racers
3	Gary Bettenhausen	King ? 1979, #98		JC Agajanian
4	Billy Vukovich	Watson ? 1979, #22		Leader Card Racers
5	Tom Bigelow	Lola T500B, #43		Armstrong Mould Racing Team
6	Larry Dickson	Penske PC6, #80		RP Racing
7	Dana Carter	McLaren M16C, #30	Overheating	Thunder Racing
8	Roger McCluskey	Lola T500B, #44	Uv joint	Armstrong Mould Racing Team
9	Cliff Hucul	McLaren M16C, #29		Hucul Racing
10	Jerry Sneva	Eagle ? 1979, #81		Shade Tree Racing
11	Dick Simon	Vollstedt ? 1979, #17	Oil pressure	Vollstedt Enterprises
12	Frank Weiss	Manta ? 1979, #50		Intercomp Racing
13	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16C, #38	Oil leak	William R Compton
14	Roger Rager	Eagle ? 1979, #66		Roger Rager
15	Johnny Parsons jr	Lightning ? 1979, #15	Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
16	George Snider	Vollstedt ? 1979, #27	Engine	Vollstedt Enterprises
17	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Eagle ? 1979, #60	Gasket	Robert LaWarre
18	Bill Puterbaugh	Cicada ? 1979, #35	Ignition	Walter Medlin
19	Phil Threshie	King ? 1979, #97	Suspension	Grant King Racers