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)

Summary

Gordon Johncock won the pole for the race, with Bobby Unser starting second, Al Unser starting third, Tom Sneva starting fourth, and Johnny Rutherford starting fifth.

In the race, Johncock held the lead for the first 44 laps, before Bobby Unser took the lead on lap 45 after Johncock entered the pits. Johncock fell further to third after he spun out on lap 49. [1] Al Unser moved up to second, and was two seconds behind Bobby Unser when a caution came out on lap 57, but when the green flag flew again Bobby Unser won over his brother. Johncock finished third, Wally Dallenbach finished fourth, and Rick Mears finished fifth.

Results

Pos	Sta	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	2	12	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	67	0:49:50	23	200
2	3	2	Al Unser	Chaparral Cars	67		0	160
3	1	20	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	67		44	140
4	7	40	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	66	+1 Lap	0	120
5	6	9	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	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)

Summary

Starting positions for the race were determined by finishes in the first race, putting Bobby Unser on the pole. In the race itself, Unser briefly lost the lead to Gordon Johncock on the first lap, [1] but he took it back and except for 5 laps led by Pancho Carter controlled the rest of the race. Wally Dallenbach finished second, Johnny Rutherford in third, Tom Bagley in fourth, and Gordon Johncock in fifth.

Results

Pos	Sta	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Led	Pts
1	1	12	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	67	0:40:46	62	200
2	4	40	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	67		0	160
3	13	4	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren	67		0	140
4	8	11	Tom Bagley	Bobby Hillin	67		0	120
5	3	20	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	66	+1 Lap	0	100
6	7	25	Danny Ongais	Ted Field	66	+1 Lap	0	80
7	5	12	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	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

References

1. "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on June 11, 1979 · Page 18". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results