1979 Trenton Twin Indy

Race 5 of 14

Trenton
67 laps
Time of race: 0:49:50
Average speed of winner: 129.677 mph
Margin of victory: unknown
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 20 laps
Lap leaders: Johncock 1-44, B. Unser 45-67

Race notes: First win for Bobby Unser. First pole for Gordon Johncock.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	2	Bobby Unser	12	Norton Spirit	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	171.581	67	1	23	flagged	200
2	3	Al Unser	2	Pennzoil	Chaparral	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hall	170.621	67	0	0	flagged	160
3	1	Gordon Johncock	20	North American Van Lines	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	172.298	67	1	44	flagged	140
4	7	Wally Dallenbach	40	Foreman Industries	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	167.827	66	0	0	flagged	120
5	6	Rick Mears	9	Gould Charge	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	168.093	66	0	0	flagged	100
6	4	Tom Sneva	1	Sugaripe Prune	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	O Connell	169.067	66	0	0	flagged	80
7	10	Danny Ongais	25	Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Interscope	166.051	66	0	0	flagged	60
8	8	Tom Bagley	11	Dairy Queen - Kent Oil	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hillin	166.692	65	0	0	flagged	50
9	12	Steve Krisiloff	7	Frosty/Winton	Lightning	Cosworth	Goodyear	Fletcher	161.396	64	0	0	flagged	40
10	13	Pancho Carter	10	Alex XLNT Foods	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Morales	161.102	64	0	0	flagged	30
11	15	John Mahler	92	Intercomp		DGS	Goodyear	Sport Magazine	156.903	63	0	0	flagged	20
12	17	Bill Alsup	41	Tinsley	McLaren	Offenhauser	Goodyear	WASP	150.791	60	0	0	flagged	10
13	9	Mike Mosley	36	Theodore Racing	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Theodore	166.220	51	0	0	engine	5
14	11	Lee Kunzman	21	Conqueste	Parnelli	Cosworth	Goodyear	Hamm	163.137	24	0	0	engine	5
15	5	Johnny Rutherford	4	Budweiser	McLaren	Cosworth	Goodyear	McLaren	168.829	16	0	0	valve	5
16	14	Larry Rice	35	S&M Electric	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Santello	158.158	8	0	0	handling	5
17	18	Joe Saldana	69	Snyder Industries	Lightning	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Hoffman		5	0	0	engine	5
18	16	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Sta-On Car Glaze	Eagle	Offenhauser	Goodyear	Gehlhausen	154.683	0	0	0	oil pressure	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Rick Mears	1665	5	1	1	3
2	Bobby Unser	1075	5	1	1	1
3	Gordon Johncock	1040	5	1	1	2
4	Mike Mosley	835	5	0	0	1
5	Danny Ongais	773	5	0	0	0
6	Johnny Rutherford	735	5	1	2	3
7	Al Unser	630	5	0	0	2
8	Tom Bagley	463	5	0	0	0
9	Tom Sneva	411	5	0	0	1
10	Wally Dallenbach	308	5	0	0	0
11	Lee Kunzman	275	5	0	0	1
12	Spike Gehlhausen	171	5	0	0	0
13	Steve Krisiloff	153	4	0	0	0
14	Salt Walther	141	4	0	0	0
15	Pancho Carter	131	5	0	0	0
16	Larry Rice	75	4	0	0	0
17	Bill Alsup	50	4	0	0	0
18	Joe Saldana	48	5	0	0	0
19	Vern Schuppan	46	4	0	0	0
20	John Mahler	36	3	0	0	0
21	Tom Frantz	8	1	0	0	0
22	Jerry Sneva	5	1	0	0	0
23	A.J. Foyt	0	1	0	0	1
24	Howdy Holmes	0	1	0	0	0
25	Bill Vukovich, Jr.	0	1	0	0	0