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Question: Name the most points for years before 1979 and chassis of alfa romeo 177
Columns: ['Year', 'Entrant', 'Chassis', 'Engine', 'Points']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'real']
Sample row: [1974.0, 'Beta Tools / March Engineering', 'March 741', 'Cosworth V8', 1.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("Points") FROM "Table" WHERE "Chassis" = 'alfa romeo 177' AND "Year" < 1979.0;