1979 Gould Twin Dixie 125

The 1979 Gould Dixie Twin 125 were the second and third rounds of the 1979 IndyCar season, held on April 22, at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia.

Race 1

  1979 Atlanta 1

Race details
Race 2 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
Atlanta International Speedway until 1996
Date	April 22, 1979
Official name	Gould Dixie Twin 125
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia, United States
Course	Oval 1.540 mi / 2.450 km
Distance	82 laps, 126.28 mi / 200.900 km
Weather	Unknown
Pole position
Driver	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren
Time	27.166
Fastest lap
Driver	Unknown	Unknown
Time	Unknown (on lap Unknown of 82)
Podium
First	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren
Second	Lee Kunzman	Conqueste Racing Team
Third	Tom Sneva	Jerry O'Connell Racing

Results

Pos	Sta	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	1	4	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	82	47:28.000	30	250
2	9	21	Lee Kunzman	Conqueste Racing Team	82	-	12	200
3	5	1	Tom Sneva	Jerry O'Connell Racing	82	-	7	175
4	2	20	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	82	-	32	150
5	11	9	Rick Mears	Team Penske	82	-	0	125
6	7	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars	82	-	0	100
7	8	12	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	82	-	1	75
8	16	11	Tom Bagley	Longhorn Racing	81	+ 1 Laps	0	63
9	13	10	Pancho Carter	Morales Motorsports	81	+ 1 Laps	0	50
10	14	77	Salt Walther	Walmotor	80	+ 2 Laps	0	38
11	6	40	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	79	+ 3 Laps	0	25
12	18	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Racing	75	+ 7 Laps	0	13
13	15	69	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	58	Fire	0	5
14	4	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	56	Fuel Line	0	5
15	12	7	Steve Krisiloff	Bob Fletcher Racing	53	Transmission	0	5
16	17	41	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing	42	Over-Heating	0	5
17	3	36	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	20	Gearbox	0	5
18	10	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	12	Ignition	0	5

Lap Leader Breakdown

Leader	Form Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Johnny Rutherford	1	10	10
Gordon Johncock	11	42	32
Johnny Rutherford	43	60	18
Bobby Unser	61	61	1
Tom Sneva	62	68	7
Lee Kunzman	69	80	12
Johnny Rutherford	81	82	2

Race 2

  1979 Atlanta 2

Race details
Race 3 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
Atlanta International Speedway until 1996
Date	April 22, 1979
Official name	Gould Dixie Twin 125
Location	Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia, United States
Course	Oval 1.540 mi / 2.450 km
Distance	82 laps, 126.28 mi / 200.900 km
Weather	Unknown
Pole position
Driver	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren
Time	Winner of Race 1
Fastest lap
Driver	Unknown	Unknown
Time	Unknown (on lap Unknown of 82)
Podium
First	Johnny Rutherford	Team Mclaren
Second	Rick Mears	Team Penske
Third	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars

Results

Pos	St	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	1	4	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	82	45:40.000	61	250
2	5	9	Rick Mears	Team Penske	82	-	1	200
3	6	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars	82	-	0	175
4	7	12	Bobby Unser	Team Penske	82	-	7	150
5	3	1	Tom Sneva	Jerry O'Connell Racing	81	+ 1 Lap	0	125
6	14	25	Tom Bagley	Longhorn Racing	81	+ 1 Laps	0	100
7	8	11	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	81	+ 1 Lap	0	75
8	11	40	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	80	+ 2 Laps	0	63
9	4	20	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	80	+ 2 Laps	0	50
10	10	77	Salt Walther	Walmotor	79	+ 3 Laps	13	38
11	9	10	Pancho Carter	Morales Motorsports	78	+ 4 Laps	0	25
12	12	34	Vern Schuppan	Wysard Racing	74	Out of Fuel	0	13
13	13	69	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	72	+ 10 Laps	0	5
14	18	35	Larry Rice	S&M Electric	62	+ 20 Laps	0	5
15	15	41	Bill Alsup	WASP Racing	52	Over-Heating	0	5
16	17	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Gehlhausen Racing	13	Oil Leak	0	5
17	16	36	Mike Mosley	All American Racers	3	Engine	0	5
18	2	21	Lee Kunzman	Conqueste Racing Team	3	Gearbox	0	5

Lap Leader Breakdown

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Johnny Rutherford	1	7	7
Bobby Unser	8	14	7
Johnny Rutherford	15	25	11
Salt Walther	26	38	13
Johnny Rutherford	39	68	30
Rick Mears	69	69	1
Johnny Rutherford	70	82	13

Points standings after this race

Note: Only top ten are listed

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff	Pos Change
1	Johnny Rutherford	710		-2
2	Rick Mears	565	-145	=0
3	Gordon Johncock	500	-210	+2
4	Al Unser	455	-255	=0
5	Bobby Unser	375	-335	-1
6	Tom Sneva	306	-404	-13
7	Lee Kunzman	265	-445	-2
8	Tom Bagley	213	-497	=0
9	Wally Dallenbach	178	-532	+2
10	Mike Mosley	130	-580	+4

External links

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