Gould Grand Prix
Michigan International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
75 Laps/150 Miles
September 15, 1979

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

Points
1 1 Bobby Unser 12 Norton Spirit Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 75 0:51:22 175.211 300
2 6 Tom Sneva 1 Sugaripe Prune McLaren Cosworth TC 75 Finished 240
3 2 Rick Mears 9 Gould Charge Penske PC-7 Cosworth TC 74 Out of fuel 210
4 4 Johnny Rutherford 4 Budweiser McLaren Cosworth TC 74 Flagged 180
5 10 Tom Bagley 11 Dairy Queen/Kent Oil Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 74 Flagged 150
6 7 Wally Dallenbach 40 Foreman Industries Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 73 Engine 120
7 14 Steve Krisiloff 60 Patrick Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC X Flagged 90
8 12 Pancho Carter 10 Alex XLNT Foods Lightning Offy TC 71 Flagged 75
9 11 Bill Alsup 41 WASP Racing McLaren Cosworth TC

65

 Flagged 60
10 5 Al Unser 2 Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth TC 53 Wrecked 45
11 8 Spike Gehlhausen 55 Frosty Acres Lightning Cosworth TC 48 Ignition 30
12 9 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 38 Broken rear end link 15
13 3 Gordon Johncock 20 North American Van Lines Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 36 Engine 8
14 11 Tom Frantz 18 Kent Oil Wildcat DGS 27 Oil leak 8
-- -- Larry Cannon 95 Cannon Racing Wildcat Offy TC -- Did not start
-- -- Mario Andretti 99 Gould Charge Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Danny Ongais 25 Interscope/Panasonic Parnelli Cosworth TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Joe Saldana 69 Hoffman Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Lost oil pressure, practice
-- -- Vern Schuppan 34 Wysard-Barrett Wildcat DGS -- Did not start

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Bobby Unser 49 1-9, 36-75
Gordon Johncock 25 10-28, 30-35
Tom Sneva 1 29

 

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