Norton Twin 125 #1
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
63 Laps/126 Miles
July 15, 1979

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 63 0:44:13 170.976 250
2 7 Mike Mosley 36 Theodore Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 63 Finished 200
3 10 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 63 Finished 175
4 5 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 63 Finished 150
5 4 Wally Dallenbach 40 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 63 Finished 125
6 9 Tom Bagley 11 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 62 Flagged 100
7 12 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC 61 Flagged 75
8 14 Salt Walther 77 Dayton Walther Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 61 Flagged 63
9 16 Bill Alsup 41 Tinsley Manufacturing McLaren Offy TC 61 Flagged 50
10 20 Joe Saldana 59 Hoffman Racing Lightning Offy TC 61 Flagged 38
11 19 Tom Frantz 18 Kent Oil Wildcat DGS 60 Flagged 25
12 17 John Mahler 92 Sport Magazine X Offy TC 60 Flagged 13
13 2 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 59 Flagged 5
14 11 Lee Kunzman 21 Vetter Windjammer Parnelli Cosworth TC 56 Flagged 5
15 18 Dick Ferguson 79 Aero Electronics Spyder Offy TC 51 Flagged 5
16 13 Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard Motors Wildcat DGS 48 Blown engine 5
17 8 Steve Krisiloff 7 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 47 Out of fuel 5
18 6 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope/Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth TC 31 Bent wing 5
19 1 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 21 Engine 5
20 22 Al Loquasto 39 Gehlhausen Eagle Offy TC 17 Broken suspension 5
21 23 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 11 Fire in pits 4
22 15 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Sta-On Car Glaze Eagle Offy TC 8 Overheated 4
23 21 Tim Richmond 69 Schultz Eagle Offy TC 4 Engine 4
-- -- Larry Cannon 95 Cannon Racing Wildcat DGS -- Wrecked qualifying

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Gordon Johncock 20 1-3, 47-63
Lee Kunzman 18 13-30
Al Unser 16 31-46
Bobby Unser 8 4-11
Mike Mosley 1 12

 

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