1979 Trenton Twin Indy

The 1979 Trenton Twin Indy were the fifth and sixth rounds of the 1979 IndyCar season, held on June 10, at Trenton Speedway, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, near Trenton, New Jersey

Race 1

  1979 Trenton 1

Race details
Race 5 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
Trento Speedway
Date	June 10, 1979
Official name	Trenton Twin Indy
Location	Trenton Speedway, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, near Trenton, New Jersey Course = Oval
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.41 km
Distance	67 laps, 100.5 mi / 161.704 km
Weather	Unknown
Pole position
Driver	Gordon Johncock	Team Patrick
Time	31.341
Fastest lap
Driver	Unknown	Unknown
Time	Unknown (on lap Unknown of 67)
Podium
First	Bobby Unser	Team Penske
Second	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars
Third	Gordon Johncock	Team Patrick

Results

Pos	Sta	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	2	12	Bobby Unser	Team Patrick	67	0:49:50	23	200
2	3	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars	67		0	160
3	1	20	Gordon Johncock	Team Patrick	67		44	140
4	7	40	Wally Dallenbach	Team Patrick	66	+1 Lap	0	120
5	6	9	Rick Mears	Team Penske	66	+1 Lap	0	100
6	4	1	Tom Sneva	Team O'Connoell	66	+1 Lap	0	80
7	10	25	Danny Ongais	Team Field	66	+1 Lap	0	60
8	8	11	Tom Bagley	Team Hillin	65	+2 Lap	0	50
9	12	7	Steve Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	64	+3 Laps	0	40
10	13	10	Pancho Carter	Team Morales	64	+3 Laps	0	30
11	15	92	John Mahler	Intercomp	63	+4 Laps	0	20
12	17	41	Bill Alsup	Private	60	+7 Laps	0	10
13	9	36	Mike Mosley	Team Gurney	51	engine	0	5
14	11	21	Lee Kunzman	Conqueste Racing Team	24	engine	0	5
15	5	4	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	16	valve	0	5
16	14	35	Larry Rice	S&M Electric	8	handling	0	5
17	18	69	Joe Salanda	Hoffman Racing	5	engine	0	5
18	16	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Private	0	oil pressure	0	5

Lap Leader Breakdown

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Gordon Johncock	1	44	44
Bobby Unser	45	67	23

Race 2

  1979 Trenton 2

Race details
Race 6 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
Trenton Speedway
Date	June 10, 1979
Official name	Trenton Twin Indy
Location	Trenton Speedway, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, near Trenton, New Jersey Course = Oval
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.41 km
Distance	67 laps, 100.5 mi / 161.704 km
Weather	Unknown
Pole position
Driver	Bobby Unser	Team Penske
Time	Winner Race 1
Fastest lap
Driver	Unknown	Unknown
Time	Unknown (on lap Unknown of 67)
Podium
First	Bobby Unser	Team Penske
Second	Wally Dallenbach	Team Patrick
Third	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren

Results

Pos	Sta	No	Driver	Owner	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	1	12	Bobby Unser	Roger Penske	67	0:40:46	62	200
2	4	40	Wally Dallenbach	Pat Patrick	67		0	160
3	13	4	Johnny Rutherford	Bruce McLaren	67		0	140
4	8	11	Tom Bagley	Bobby Hillin	67		0	120
5	3	20	Gordon Johncock	Pat Patrick	66	+1 Lap	0	100
6	7	25	Danny Ongais	Ted Field	66	+1 Lap	0	80
7	5	12	Rick Mears	Roger Penske	66	+1 Lap	0	60
8	10	10	Pancho Carter	Alex Morales	65	+2 Laps	5	50
9	12	41	Bill Alsup	Private	62	+5 Laps	0	40
10	14	35	Larry Rice	Private	60	+7 Laps	0	30
11	11	92	John Mahler	Private	60	+7 Laps	0	20
12	2	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars	52	universal joint	0	10
13	16	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Carl Gehlhausen	52	oil line	0	5
14	9	7	Steve Krisiloff	Fletcher Racing	50	oil leak	0	5
15	6	1	Tom Sneva	Jerry O'Connell	41	suspension	0	5
16	15	69	Joe Saldana	Hoffman Racing	2	lost power	0	5

Lap leader breakdown

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Bobby Unser	1	26	26
Pancho Carder	27	31	5
Bobby Unser	32	67	36

Points standings after the Race

Note: Only top 10 are listed

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff	Change
1	Rick Mears	1725		=0
2	Bobby Unser	1275	-450	-1
3	Gordon Johncock	1140	-585	+1
4	Johnny Rutherford	875	-850	-1
5	Danny Ongais	853	-872	-1
6	Mike Mosley	835	-890	+2
7	Al Unser	640	-1085	=0
8	Tom Bagley	583	-1142	=0
9	Wally Dallenbach	468	-1257	-2
10	Tom Sneva	416	-1309	+1

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results