1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series

Rick Mears - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/11/79 Arizona Republic Jimmy Bryan 150 Phoenix 150 PO Gordon Johncock
4/22/79 Gould Twin Dixie 125 #1 Atlanta 124.804 PO Johnny Rutherford
4/22/79 Gould Twin Dixie 125 #2 Atlanta 124.804 PO Johnny Rutherford
5/28/79 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes^ Indianapolis 500 PO Rick Mears
6/10/79 Trenton Twin Indy #1 Trenton 100.5 PO Bobby Unser
6/10/79 Trenton Twin Indy #2 Trenton 100.5 PO Bobby Unser
7/15/79 Norton Twin 125 #1 MIS 126 PO Gordon Johncock
7/15/79 Norton Twin 125 #2 MIS 126 PO Bobby Unser
8/5/79 Kent Oil 150 Watkins Glen 150.474 RC Bobby Unser
8/19/79 Ditzler 150 Trenton 150 PO Rick Mears
9/2/79 California 500 Ontario 500 PO Bobby Unser
9/15/79 Gould Grand Prix MIS 150 PO Bobby Unser
9/30/79 Rich's Atlanta Classic Atlanta 152.2 PO Rick Mears
10/20/79 Miller High Life 150 Phoenix 150 PO Al Unser

^Race sanctioned by USAC but counted in CART points standings

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Rick Mears 14 0 3 4 2 1 3 2 4060
2 Bobby Unser 14 0 6 2 1 1 2 7 3820
3 Gordon Johncock 14 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 2211
4 Johnny Rutherford 14 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 2163
5 Al Unser 14 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 2085
6 Danny Ongais 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1473
7 Tom Sneva 14 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1360
8 Tom Bagley 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1208
9 Wally Dallenbach 14 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1149
10 Mike Mosley 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1121
11 Mario Andretti 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 700
12 Lee Kunzman 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 485
13 Pancho Carter 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 452
14 Vern Schuppan 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 449
15 Bill Alsup 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 400
16 Joe Saldana 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 368
17 Spike Gehlhausen 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 343
18 Salt Walther 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 314
19 Steve Krisiloff 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 279
20 Tom Frantz 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 236
21 Jerry Sneva 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 155
22 Tim Richmond 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 112
23 Larry Rice 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 105
24 Herm Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 98
25 John Mahler 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 74
26 Al Loquasto 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 70
27 Larry Cannon 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 56
28 Dick Ferguson 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 35
29 Billy Scott 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 20
30 Phil Caliva 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 10
NR A. J. Foyt 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
NR Howdy Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Billy Vukovich, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Don Whittington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Frank Weiss 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Bill Whittington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Roger McCluskey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Roger Mears 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Tom Bigelow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Phil Threshie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR John Martin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Eldon Rasmussen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Larry Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Dick Simon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0
NR Sheldon Kinser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
NR Bob Harkey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0
NR Cliff Hucul 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0
NR Dennis Firestone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0
NR Johnny Parsons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0
NR George Snider 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0
NR Janet Guthrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0
NR Jim McElreath 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0
NR Gary Bettenhausen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Neil Bonnett 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Earle Canavan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Dana Carter 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Engelhart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ed Finley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Woody Fisher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Todd Gibson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Hurley Haywood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Henderson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Hurtubise 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jerry Karl 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Larry McCoy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jerry Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jan Opperman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Puterbaugh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Roger Rager 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Bill Alsup
Neil Bonnett
Phil Caliva
Earle Canavan
Dennis Firestone
Woody Fisher
Hurley Haywood
Bill Henderson
Howdy Holmes
Jerry Miller
Tim Richmond
Bill Whittington