1979 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1979 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 27, 1979.
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9 |  Rick Mears |
193.736 | 1 | 200 | 25 | Running |
| 2 | 6 | 14 | A.J. Foyt |
189.613 | 6 | 200 | 1 | Running |
| 3 | 12 | 36 | Mike Mosley |
186.278 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 27 | 25 | Danny Ongais |
188.009 | 10 | 199 | 0 | Flagged |
| 5 | 4 | 12 | Bobby Unser |
189.913 | 4 | 199 | 89 | Flagged |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Gordon Johncock |
189.753 | 5 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
| 7 | 13 | 46 | Howdy Holmes |
185.864 | 19 | 195 | 0 | Flagged |
| 8 | 34 | 22 | Bill Vukovich II |
187.042 | 12 | 194 | 0 | Flagged |
| 9 | 15 | 11 | Tom Bagley |
185.414 | 23 | 193 | 0 | Flagged |
| 10 | 31 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen |
185.061 | 27 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 11 | 28 | 7 | Steve Krisiloff |
186.287 | 15 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 12 | 16 | 77 | Salt Walther |
184.162 | 33 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
| 13 | 25 | 72 | Roger McCluskey |
183.908 | 35 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
| 14 | 30 | 44 | Tom Bigelow |
185.147 | 25 | 190 | 0 | Flagged |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Tom Sneva |
192.999 | 2 | 188 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 16 | 26 | 69 | Joe Saldana |
188.778 | 7 | 186 | 0 | Flagged |
| 17 | 29 | 97 | Phil Threshie |
185.855 | 20 | 172 | 0 | Flagged |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford |
188.137 | 9 | 168 | 0 | Flagged |
| 19 | 23 | 31 | Larry Rice |
184.218 | 31 | 142 | 0 | Crash T2 |
| 20 | 17 | 10 | Pancho Carter |
185.806 | 21 | 129 | 0 | Wheel Bearing |
| 21 | 22 | 34 |  Vern Schuppan |
184.341 | 29 | 111 | 0 | Transmission |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Al Unser |
192.503 | 3 | 104 | 85 | Transmission |
| 23 | 33 | 50 |  Eldon Rasmussen |
183.927 | 34 | 89 | 0 | Header Pipe |
| 24 | 24 | 80 | Larry Dickson |
184.181 | 32 | 86 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 25 | 32 | 92 | John Mahler |
184.322 | 30 | 66 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 26 | 20 | 17 | Dick Simon |
185.071 | 26 | 57 | 0 | Clutch |
| 27 | 7 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach, Sr. |
188.285 | 8 | 43 | 0 | Lost Wheel |
| 28 | 10 | 24 | Sheldon Kinser |
186.674 | 13 | 40 | 0 | Piston |
| 29 | 18 | 29 | Cliff Hucul |
186.200 | 17 | 22 | 0 | Rod |
| 30 | 11 | 89 | Lee Kunzman |
186.403 | 14 | 18 | 0 | Scavenger Pump |
| 31 | 21 | 73 | Jerry Sneva |
184.379 | 28 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
| 32 | 9 | 15 | Johnny Parsons |
187.813 | 11 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
| 33 | 35 | 59 | George Snider |
185.319 | 24 | 7 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 34 | 14 | 45 | Janet Guthrie |
185.720 | 22 | 3 | 0 | Piston |
| 35 | 19 | 23 | Jim McElreath |
185.880 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Valves |
Failed to Qualify: Bill Alsup (#19, #41, #68 - Disqualified), Gary Bettenhausen (#44, #98), Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. (#23, #26), Neil Bonnett (#73), Earle Canavan, Larry Cannon (#95), Dana Carter (#30), Billy Engelhart (#83), Dick Ferguson (#81), Ed Finley (#62), Woody Fisher (#52), Tom Frantz (#16), Todd Gibson (#75), Bob Harkey (#19), Hurley Haywood (#51), Jim Hurtubise (#56), Jerry Karl (#38), Al Loquasto (#39), John Martin (#20), Larry McCoy (#93), Jerry Miller (#97), Jan Opperman, Bill Puterbaugh (#35), Roger Rager (#66), Billy Scott (#28), Frank Weiss (#50)
- Qualifying closed with 33 cars in the field. However, the day before the race a special qualifying session was held to allow certain entries a last chance to qualify, who were unable to do so due to a controversy with the CART series. Two cars were thus added to the field.
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CART World Series 1979 season |
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