Tony Bettenhausen 200
The Milwaukee Mile
1 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/200 Miles
August 12, 1979

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

Points
1 3 Roger McCluskey 44 Armstrong Moulding Lola Cosworth TC 200 1:42:26.77 117.135 400
2 1 Tom Bigelow 43 Armstrong Moulding Lola 79 Cosworth TC 200 Finished 320
3 6 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 22 Leader Card Watson Offy TC 196 Flagged 280
4 5 Johnny Parsons 15 Hopkins Racing Lightning Offy TC 196 Flagged 240
5 8 Janet Guthrie 45 Texaco Star Lola 79 Cosworth TC 194 Flagged 200
6 7 Gary Bettenhausen 46 Armstrong Moulding Wildcat DGS 193 Flagged 160
7 9 Frank Weiss 50 Bivouac Vans Manta Offy TC 190 Flagged 120
8 15 Herm Johnson 42 Mergard Racing Eagle Offy TC 164 Flagged 100
9 16 Jerry Miller 97 Guiffre Crane King Chevy 151 Broken differential 80
10 11 Jerry Sneva 81 Rubbermaid Eagle Offy TC 122 Overheated 60
11 10 George Snider 98 Oberdorfer King Chevy 98 Clutch 40
12 2 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Parnelli Cosworth TC 96 Broken fuel pump 20
13 18 Bill Puterbaugh 35 SST Museum Cicada Offy TC 69 Broken universal joint 10
14 4 Sheldon Kinser 24 Genesee Beer Watson Offy TC 32 Magneto 10
15 17 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 86 Tilton McLaren Offy TC 29 Broken valve 10
16 14 Roger Rager 66 Advance Clean Sweep Eagle Chevy 23 Clutch 10
17 12 Dick Simon 17 Vollstedt Vollstedt Offy TC 20 Clutch 8
18 13 Jerry Karl 38 Tonco Trailer McLaren Offy TC 16 Ignition 8
19 20 Cliff Hucul 29 Hucul Racing McLaren Offy TC 14 Turbocharger seal 8
20 19 Jan Sneva 93 Rubbermaid Marathon Chevy 0 Broken suspension 8
-- -- Larry Dickson 80 Polak Penske PC-6 Cosworth TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Jim McElreath 26 McElreath Racing Eagle Chevy -- Engine trouble, practice

Lap Leaders Total Laps
A. J. Foyt 91 1-71, 77-96
Tom Bigelow 87 72-76, 97-178
Roger McCluskey 22 179-200

 

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