1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150
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| Race details | ||
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| Race 1 of 14 in the 1979 CART World Series season. | ||
| Date | March 11, 1979 | |
| Official name | Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150 | |
| Location | Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona, United States |
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| Course | Tri-Oval 1.000 mi / 1.610 km |
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| Distance | 150 laps, 150.000 mi / 241.500 km | |
| Weather | Unknown | |
| Pole | ||
| Driver |  Bobby Unser |
Team Penske |
| Time | 24.714 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Unknown | Unknown |
| Time | Unknown (on lap Unknown of 150) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Gordon Johncock |
Patrick Racing |
| Second | Rick Mears |
Team Penske |
| Third | Johnny Rutherford |
Mclaren International |
The 1979 Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150 was the first round of the 1979 CART World Series Season, held on March 11, at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona.
[edit] Qualifying results
| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Best |
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| 1 | |
Bobby Unser | Team Penske | 24.714 | 24.714 |
[edit] Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Gordon Johncock |
Patrick Racing | 150 | 1:15:23.016 |
| 2 | 9 | Rick Mears |
Team Penske | 150 | - |
| 3 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford |
McLaren International | 150 | - |
| 4 | 2 | Al Unser |
Chapparal | 150 | - |
| 5 | 12 | Bobby Unser |
Team Penske | 149 | + 1 Lap |
| 6 | 36 | Mike Mosley |
All American Racers | 148 | + 2 Laps |
| 7 | 40 | Wally Dallenbach |
Patrick Racing | 147 | + 3 Laps |
| 8 | 11 | Tom Bagley |
Longhorn Racing | 145 | + 5 Laps |
| 9 | 21 | Lee Kunzman |
Hamm | 143 | + 7 Laps |
| 10 | 35 | Larry Rice |
S-M Electric | 143 | + 7 Laps |
| 11 | 41 | Bill Alsup |
WASP Racing | 141 | + 9 Laps |
| 12 | 77 | Salt Walther |
Walmotor | 139 | + 11 Laps |
| 13 | 69 | Joe Saldana |
Hoffman Racing | 139 | + 11 Laps |
| 14 | 28 | Tom Frantz |
Frantz Racing | 139 | + 11 Laps |
| 15 | 25 | Danny Ongais |
Interscope Racing | 128 | Engine |
| 16 | 7 | Steve Krisiloff |
Fletcher Racing | 63 | Gearbox |
| 17 | 1 | Tom Sneva |
Sugaripe Prune | 43 | Engine |
| 18 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen |
Gehlhausen Racing | 12 | Water Line |
| 19 | 92 | John Mahler |
Sport Magazine | 12 | Piston |
| 20 | 10 | Pancho Carter |
Alex Foods | 7 | Gearbox |
| 21 | 34 |  Vern Schuppan |
Wysard Motor Co. | 2 | U-Joint |
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