1979 Indianapolis 500
Race results

1979 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Race results
Table Section Text: None

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Laps	Status	Points

1	1	9	United States Rick Mears	193.736	200	Running	1000

2	6	14	United States A. J. Foyt (W)	189.613	200	Running	800

3	12	36	United States Mike Mosley	186.278	200	Running	700

4	27	25	United States Danny Ongais	188.009	199	Flagged	600

5	4	12	United States Bobby Unser (W)	189.913	199	Flagged	500

6	5	3	United States Gordon Johncock (W)	189.753	197	Flagged	400

7	13	46	United States Howdy Holmes (R)	185.864	195	Flagged	300

8	34	22	United States Bill Vukovich II	187.042	194	Flagged	250

9	15	11	United States Tom Bagley	185.414	193	Flagged	200

10	31	19	United States Spike Gehlhausen	185.061	192	Flagged	150

11	28	7	United States Steve Krisiloff	186.287	192	Flagged	100

12	16	77	United States Salt Walther	184.162	191	Flagged	50

13	25	72	United States Roger McCluskey	183.908	191	Flagged	25

14	30	44	United States Tom Bigelow	185.147	190	Flagged	25

15	2	1	United States Tom Sneva	192.999	188	Crash T4	25

16	26	69	United States Joe Saldana	188.778	186	Flagged	25

17	29	97	United States Phil Threshie	185.855	172	Flagged	20

18	8	4	United States Johnny Rutherford (W)	188.137	168	Flagged	20

19	23	31	United States Larry Rice	184.218	142	Crash T2	20

20	17	10	United States Pancho Carter	185.806	129	Wheel Bearing	20

21	22	34	Australia Vern Schuppan	184.341	111	Transmission	15

22	3	2	United States Al Unser (W)	192.503	104	Transmission	15

23	33	50	Canada Eldon Rasmussen	183.927	89	Header Pipe	15

24	24	80	United States Larry Dickson	184.181	86	Fuel Pump	10

25	32	92	United States John Mahler	184.322	66	Fuel Pump	10

26	20	17	United States Dick Simon	185.071	57	Clutch	10

27	7	6	United States Wally Dallenbach Sr.	188.285	43	Lost Wheel	10

28	10	24	United States Sheldon Kinser	186.674	40	Piston	10

29	18	29	Canada Cliff Hucul	186.200	22	Rod	5

30	11	89	United States Lee Kunzman	186.403	18	Scavenger Pump	5

31	21	73	United States Jerry Sneva	184.379	16	Piston	5

32	9	15	United States Johnny Parsons	187.813	16	Piston	5

33	35	59	United States George Snider	185.319	7	Fuel Pump	5

34	14	45	United States Janet Guthrie	185.720	3	Piston	0

35	19	23	United States Jim McElreath	185.880	0	Valves	0

Sentence(s)

Rick Mears' lap of 193.736 won the Indy 500.

final_sentence: Rick Mears' lap of 193.736 won the Indy 500.