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 | ![]() |
193.736 | 1 | 200 | 25 | Running |
2 | 6 | 14 | ![]() |
189.613 | 6 | 200 | 1 | Running |
3 | 12 | 36 | ![]() |
186.278 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
4 | 27 | 25 | ![]() |
188.009 | 10 | 199 | 0 | Flagged |
5 | 4 | 12 | ![]() |
189.913 | 4 | 199 | 89 | Flagged |
6 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
189.753 | 5 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
7 | 13 | 46 | ![]() |
185.864 | 19 | 195 | 0 | Flagged |
8 | 34 | 22 | ![]() |
187.042 | 12 | 194 | 0 | Flagged |
9 | 15 | 11 | ![]() |
185.414 | 23 | 193 | 0 | Flagged |
10 | 31 | 19 | ![]() |
185.061 | 27 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
11 | 28 | 7 | ![]() |
186.287 | 15 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
12 | 16 | 77 | ![]() |
184.162 | 33 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
13 | 25 | 72 | ![]() |
183.908 | 35 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
14 | 30 | 44 | ![]() |
185.147 | 25 | 190 | 0 | Flagged |
15 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
192.999 | 2 | 188 | 0 | Crash T4 |
16 | 26 | 69 | ![]() |
188.778 | 7 | 186 | 0 | Flagged |
17 | 29 | 97 | ![]() |
185.855 | 20 | 172 | 0 | Flagged |
18 | 8 | 4 | ![]() |
188.137 | 9 | 168 | 0 | Flagged |
19 | 23 | 31 | ![]() |
184.218 | 31 | 142 | 0 | Crash T2 |
20 | 17 | 10 | ![]() |
185.806 | 21 | 129 | 0 | Wheel Bearing |
21 | 22 | 34 | ![]() |
184.341 | 29 | 111 | 0 | Transmission |
22 | 3 | 2 | ![]() |
192.503 | 3 | 104 | 85 | Transmission |
23 | 33 | 50 | ![]() |
183.927 | 34 | 89 | 0 | Header Pipe |
24 | 24 | 80 | ![]() |
184.181 | 32 | 86 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
25 | 32 | 92 | ![]() |
184.322 | 30 | 66 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
26 | 20 | 17 | ![]() |
185.071 | 26 | 57 | 0 | Clutch |
27 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
188.285 | 8 | 43 | 0 | Lost Wheel |
28 | 10 | 24 | ![]() |
186.674 | 13 | 40 | 0 | Piston |
29 | 18 | 29 | ![]() |
186.200 | 17 | 22 | 0 | Rod |
30 | 11 | 89 | ![]() |
186.403 | 14 | 18 | 0 | Scavenger Pump |
31 | 21 | 73 | ![]() |
184.379 | 28 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
32 | 9 | 15 | ![]() |
187.813 | 11 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
33 | 35 | 59 | ![]() |
185.319 | 24 | 7 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
34 | 14 | 45 | ![]() |
185.720 | 22 | 3 | 0 | Piston |
35 | 19 | 23 | ![]() |
185.880 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Valves |
- 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 controversey with the CART series. Two cars were thus added to the field.
1978 Indianapolis 500 Al Unser |
1979 Indianapolis 500 Rick Mears |
1980 Indianapolis 500 Johnny Rutherford |
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