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.

Qualifying results

  1979 Atlanta 1

Race details
Race 2 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
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

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Best
1		Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	27.166	27.166
DNQ		Tom Frantz	Frantz Racing	Piston
DNQ		Larry Rice	S&M Electric
DNQ		John Mahler	Intercomp	Contact

Race 1

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

Race 2

  1979 Atlanta 2

Race details
Race 3 of 14 in the 1979 IndyCar season
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	N/A	N/A
Time	N/A
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

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

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