CART sezona 1979

CART sezona 1979
Predhodna: -	Naslednja: 1980

CART sezona 1979 je bila prva sezona serije CART, ki je potekala med 11. marcem in 14. oktobrom 1979.

Dirkači in moštva

Moštvo	Šasija	Motor	Gume	Št	Dirkač
Sugaripe Prune	Penske	Cosworth	G	1	Tom Sneva
Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral	Cosworth	G	2	Al Unser
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	G	9	Rick Mears
				12	Bobby Unser
				99	Mario Andretti
Patrick Racing	Penske	Cosworth	G	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Wally Dallenbach
McLaren International	McLaren	Cosworth	G	4	Johnny Rutherford
All American Racers	Eagle	Cosworth	G	36	Mike Mosley
Longhorn Racing	Penske	Cosworth	G	11	Tom Bagley
Hamm	Parnelli	Cosworth	G	21	Lee Kunzman
S-M Electric	Lightning	Offy	G	35	Larry Rice
WASP Racing	McLaren	Offy	G	41	Bill Alsup
Walmotor	McElreath	Cosworth	G	77	Salt Walther
Hoffman Racing	Eagle	Offy	G	69	Joe Saldana
Frantz Racing	Wildcat	DGS	G	28	Tom Frantz
Interscope Racing	Parnelli	Cosworth	G	25	Danny Ongais
Fletcher Racing	Lightning	Cosworth	G	7	Steve Krisiloff
Gehlhausen Racing	Eagle	Offy	G	19	Spike Gehlhausen
				39	Al Loquasto
Sport Magazine	Eagle	Offy	G	92	John Mahler
Alex Foods	Lightning	Offy	G	10	Pancho Carter
Wysard Motor Co.	Wildcat	Offy	G	34	Vern Schuppan
National Engineering	Spirit 78	AMC	G	73	Jerry Sneva
Aero Electrics	Spyder	Offy	G	79	Dick Ferguson
Privatnik	Eagle	Offy	G	69	Tim Richmond
Canon Racing - GTI Engineering	Wildcat	DGS	G	73	Larry Cannon
Wheel Center	Eagle	Offy	G	28	Bill Scott
Sta-On	Eagle	Offy	G	19	Phil Caliva
Mergard Racing	Eagle	Offy	G	42	Herm Johnson

Rezultati

Velike nagrade

Št	Ime	Dirkališče	Datum	Zmagovalec	Zmag. moštvo	Poročilo
1	Arizona Republic / Jimmy Bryan 150	Phoenix, Arizona	11. marec	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Poročilo
2	Gould Twin Dixie 125 - Heat 1	Atlanta, Georgia	22. april	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren	Poročilo
3	Gould Twin Dixie 125 - Heat 2	Atlanta, Georgia	22. april	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren	Poročilo
4	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis, Indiana	27. maj	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Poročilo
5	Trenton Twin Indy - Heat 1	Trenton, New Jersey	10. junij	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
6	Trenton Twin Indy - Heat 2	Trenton, New Jersey	10. junij	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
7	Norton Twin - Heat 1	Brooklyn, Michigan	15. julij	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	Poročilo
8	Norton Twin - Heat 2	Brooklyn, Michigan	15. julij	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
9	Kent Oil 150	Watkins Glen, New York	5. avgust	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
10	Ditzler 150	Trenton, New Jersey	19. avgust	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Poročilo
11	California 500	Ontario, California	2. september	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
12	Gould Grand Prix	Brooklyn, Michigan	15. september	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	Poročilo
13	Rich's Atlantic Classic	Atlanta, Georgia	30. september	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	Poročilo
14	Miller High Life	Phoenix, Arizona	20. oktober	Al Unser	Chaparral	Poročilo

Dirkači

Poz Dirkač PHO R1 ATL H1 ATL H2 IND 500 TRE H1 TRE H2 MIG H1 MIG H2 WKG INT TRE R3 CAL 500 MIG R3 ATL R3 PHO R2 Toč 1 Mears 2 5 2 1 5 7 4 5 2 1 2 3 1 3 4,060 2 B. Unser 5 7 4 5 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3,820 3 Johncock 1 4 9 6 3 5 1 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 2,211 4 Rutherford 3 1 1 18 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 5 4 4 Ret 6 2,163 5 A. Unser 4 6 3 Ret 2 Ret 13 3 5 6 5 Ret 5 1 2,085 6 Ongais Ret Ret 6 4 7 6 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 DNQ Ret Ret 1,473 7 T. Sneva Ret 3 5 15 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 2 8 5 1,360 8 Bagley 8 8 7 9 8 4 6 6 6 7 Ret 5 9 1,208 9 Dallenbach 7 11 8 Ret 4 2 5 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 4 12 1,149 10 Mosley 6 Ret Ret 3 Ret DNS 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 1,126 11 Andretti 3 DNQ 700 12 Kunzman 9 2 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret 9 490 13 Carter Ret 9 11 Ret 10 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 452 14 Schuppan Ret 12 12 Ret Ret DNS 7 7 DNS Ret 449 15 Alsup 11 Ret Ret 12 9 9 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 10 11 400 16 Saldana 13 Ret 13 16 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 8 Ret DNQ 6 Ret 368 17 Gehlhausen Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 343 18 Walther 12 10 10 12 8 7 Ret Ret 314 19 Krisiloff Ret Ret 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 279 20 Frantz 14 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 236 21 J. Sneva Ret Ret 155 22 Richmond Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret Ret 112 23 Rice 10 14 19 Ret 10 105 24 Johnson 7 13 98 25 Mahler Ret Ret 11 11 12 Ret 74 26 Loquasto Ret 9 Ret 70 27 Cannon Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 56 28 Ferguson 15 Ret Ret DNQ 35 29 Scott Ret 20 30 Caliva Ret 10 - Foyt 2 - - Holmes 7 - - Vukovich Jr. 8 - - McCluskey 13 - - Bigelow 14 - - Threshie 17 - - Dickson Ret - - Simon Ret - - Kinser Ret - - Hucul Ret Ret - - Parsons Jr. Ret Ret - - Snider Ret - - Rasmussen Ret - - Guthrie Ret - - McElreath Ret - - D. Whittington 8 - - B. Whittington Ret - - Martin Ret - - Harkey Ret - - Firestone Ret - - Weiss 9 - Poz Dirkač PHO R1 ATL H1 ATL H2 IND 500 TRE H1 TRE H2 MIG H1 MIG H2 WKG INT TRE R3 CAL 500 MIG R3 ATL R3 PHO R2 Toč

Barva Rezultat Zlata Zmagovalec Srebrna Drugouvrščeni Bronasta Tretjeuvrščeni Zelena Uvrščen v točkah Modra Uvrščen izven točk Vijolična Ni uvrščen (Ret) Rdeča Ni kvalificiran (DNQ) Ni predkvalificiran (DNPQ) Črna Diskvalificiran (DSQ) Bela Ni startal (DNS) Svetlo modra Le treniral (PO) Petkov testni dirkač (TD) Prazna Ni treniral (DNP) Poškodovan (Inj) Izločen (EX) Ni prišel (DNA) Ni dirkal

Poz	Dirkač	Moštvo	Nastopi	Zmage	Stopničke	Top 5	Top 10	Poli	Toč
1	Mears	Team Penske	14	3	9	13	14	2	4,060
2	B. Unser	Team Penske	14	6	9	12	13	7	3,820
3	Johncock	Patrick Racing	14	2	5	9	11	2	2,211
4	Rutherford	McLaren International	14	2	5	8	9	2	2,163
5	A. Unser	Chaparral Cars Inc.	14	1	4	8	10	1	2,085
6	Ongais	Interscope Racing	13	0	0	2	6	0	1,473
7	T. Sneva	Sugaripe Prune	14	0	2	6	8	0	1,360
8	Bagley	Longhorn Racing	13	0	0	2	12	0	1,208
9	Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	14	0	1	5	8	0	1,149
10	Mosley	All American Racers	12	0	2	2	3	0	1,126
11	Andretti	Team Penske	1	0	1	1	1	0	700
12	Kunzman	Hamm	8	0	1	1	3	0	490
13	Carter	Alex Foods	13	0	0	0	6	0	452
14	Schuppan	Wysard Motor Co.	8	0	0	0	2	0	449
15	Alsup	WASP Racing	13	0	0	0	6	0	400
16	Saldana	Hoffman Racing	13	0	0	0	4	0	368
17	Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	14	0	0	0	2	0	343
18	Walther	Walmotor	8	0	0	0	4	0	314
19	Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	10	0	0	0	2	0	279
20	Frantz	Frantz Racing	7	0	0	0	1	0	236
21	J. Sneva	National Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	0	155
22	Richmond	Privatnik	5	0	0	0	1	0	112
23	Rice	S-M Electric	5	0	0	0	2	0	105
24	Johnson	Mergard Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	98
25	Mahler	Sport Magazine	6	0	0	0	0	0	74
26	Loquasto	Gehlhausen Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	70
27	Cannon	Canon Racing - GTI Engineering	4	0	0	0	0	0	56
28	Ferguson	Aero Electrics	3	0	0	0	0	0	35
29	Scott	Wheel Center	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
30	Caliva	Sta-On	1	0	0	0	0	0	10