Music 500 at Pocono Presented by Musicland and Sam Goody
Pocono International Raceway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
June 24, 1979

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

Points
1 1 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 200 3:42:13.78 134.995 1,000
2 13 Jim McElreath 26 McElreath Racing Eagle Offy TC 198 Flagged 800
3 6 Larry Dickson 80 R. P. Racing Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC 197 Out of fuel 700
4 24 Jerry Sneva 81 Shade Tree Racing Eagle Offy TC 192 Flagged 600
5 14 Dick Simon 17 Vollstedt Racing Vollstedt Offy TC 191 Flagged 500
6 19 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 22 Leader Card Watson Offy TC 190 Flagged 400
7 7 Howdy Holmes 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat DGS 190 Flagged 300
8 5 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC 184 Radiator 250
9 12 Gary Bettenhausen 98 Oberdorfer King Chevy 181 Blew engine, spun 200
10 20 Al Loquasto 86 American Rustproof McLaren Offy TC 160 Flagged 150
11 11 Cliff Hucul 29 Hucul Racing McLaren Offy TC 158 Piston 100
12 2 Danny Ongais 25 Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 148 Engine
13 22 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 60 Tilton Corp. Eagle Chevy 120 Broken transaxle gear 25
14 10 Roger McCluskey 44 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 102 Broken rear bulkhead 25
15 9 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Offy TC 100 Engine 25
16 15 Phil Threshie 97 Guiffre Bros. King 76 Chevy 85 Blew engine, spun 25
17 23 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Offy TC 84 Spun out 20
18 8 John Martin 20 Scientific Drilling McLaren Offy TC 67 Piston 20
19 4 Janet Guthrie 45 Texaco Star Lola 79 Offy TC 67 Clutch 20
20 25 Eldon Rasmussen 58 Vans by Bivouac Rascar Chevy 58 Wrecked 20
21 3 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins Racing Lightning Offy TC 35 Piston 15
22 16 Dana Carter 30 Molly-Mate McLaren Offy TC 27 Broken block 15
23 18 Frank Weiss 50 1st National Bank Manta Offy TC 18 Broken header 15
24 21 Bob Harkey 27 Vollstedt Vollstedt AMC 16 Engine 15
25 17 George Snider 51 Hopkins Racing Lightning X 0 Cracked block 10
-- -- Roger Rager X X Eagle X -- Did not arrive
-- -- Larry McCoy X X X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jerry Sneva 57 Crower Cams Eagle Chevy -- Blown engine practice

 

Lap Leaders Total Laps
A. J. Foyt 128 29-40, 47, 49-67, 75-82, 84-95, 114-136, 148-200
Danny Ongais 40 1-11, 17-19, 21-28, 68-74, 137-147
Larry Dickson 19 83, 96-113
Roger McCluskey 6 41-46
Johnny Parsons 5 12-16
Tom Bigelow 1 20
Howdy Holmes 1 48

 

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