Kent Oil 150
Watkins Glen International
2.428 Mile Road Course
62 Laps/150.474 Miles
August 5, 1979

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

Points
1 2 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 62 1:14:42 120.889 300
2 4 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 62 Finished 240
3 5 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 62 Finished 210
4 3 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 62 Finished 180
5 1 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 62 Finished 150
6 9 Tom Bagley 11 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 60 Flagged 120
7 8 Vern Schuppan 34 Barrett Motors Wildcat DGS 58 Out of fuel 90
8 15 Tim Richmond 35 S&M Electric Lightning Offy TC 58 Flagged 75
9 10 Bill Alsup 41 Claremont Ford McLaren Offy TC 57 Out of fuel 60
10 6 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 55 Gearbox 45
11 18 Tom Frantz 18 Kent Oil Wildcat DGS 54 Spun out 30
12 13 Mike Mosley 36 Theodore Racing Eagle Cosworth TC 46 Gearbox 15
13 14 Joe Saldana 69 Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy TC 29 Broken oil hose 8
14 11 Wally Dallenbach 40 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 15 Broken shift link 8
15 7 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 9 Engine 8
16 16 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC 6 Clutch 8
17 17 Spike Gehlhausen 19 Sta-On Car Glaze Eagle Offy TC 1 Broken cylinder head 6
18 12 Steve Krisiloff 7 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 0 Broken starter drive 6
                   
-- -- John Mahler 92 X X X -- Wrecked practice

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 36 13-27, 32-37, 48-62
Al Unser 26 1-12, 28-31, 38-47

 

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