Coors 200
Texas World Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
April 8, 1979

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

Points

1 1 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 100 1:32:36.63 129.574 400
2 8 Gary Bettenhausen 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat DGS 100 Finished 320
3 14 Larry Dickson 30 Gilmore Auto Parts McLaren Offy TC 98 Flagged 280
4 4 Cliff Hucul 29 Hucul Racing McLaren Offy TC 98 Flagged 240
5 15 George Snider 45 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 97 Flagged 200
6 10 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 22 Leader Card Watson Offy TC 96 Flagged 160
7 5 Todd Gibson 75 Gibson Racing Eagle Offy TC 94 Flagged 120
8 7 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Offy TC 86 Broken valve 100
9 11 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 26 Vita Fresh Eagle Chevy 81 Engine 80
10 13 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Offy TC 76 Lost oil pressure 60
11 12 Dick Ferguson 81 Molly Mate Eagle Offy TC 59 Fuel system 40
12 3 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC 28 Wrecked 20
13 9 Jerry Sneva 57 Crower Cams Eagle Chevy 22 Broken piston 10
14 6 Jim McElreath 23 McElreath Racing Eagle Offy TC 19 Blown tire 10
15 16 Eldon Rasmussen 58 Rent-A-Racer Rascar Foyt 11 Broken valve 10
16 2 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins Racing Lightning DGS 3 Engine 10

Lap Leaders Total Laps
A. J. Foyt 83 1-21, 27-33, 37-55, 58-62, 67-90, 94-100
Gary Bettenhausen 11 22-23, 56-57, 63-66, 91-93
George Snider 3 24-26
Cliff Hucul 3 34-36

 

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