1979 California 500 - Results
Track Ontario Motor Speedway
City Ontario, CA
Type Oval
Length 2.485 mi
| P | Driver | Nat | L | Time | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Unser | 200 | 3:24:22.000 | ||
| 2 | Rick Mears | 200 | 0:00:00.000 +-12262.000 | +-12262.000 | |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 200 | 0:00:00.000 +-12262.000 | +0.000 | |
| 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 199 | 0:00:00.000 +1 lap | +1 lap | |
| 5 | Al Unser | 197 | 0:00:00.000 +3 laps | +2 laps | |
| 6 | Danny Ongais | 196 | 0:00:00.000 +4 laps | +1 lap | |
| 7 | Vern Schuppan | 192 | 0:00:00.000 +8 laps | +4 laps | |
| 8 | Don Whittington | 190 | 0:00:00.000 +10 laps | +2 laps | |
| 9 | Lee Kunzman | 188 | 0:00:00.000 +12 laps | +2 laps | |
| 10 | Jerry Sneva | 170 | 0:00:00.000 +30 laps | +18 laps | |
| 11 | Tom Frantz | 152 | 0:00:00.000 +48 laps | +18 laps | |
| 12 | Bill Whittington | 139 | 0:00:00.000 +61 laps | +13 laps | |
| 13 | Roger Mears | 135 | 0:00:00.000 +65 laps | +4 laps | |
| 14 | Larry Cannon | 128 | 0:00:00.000 +72 laps | +7 laps | |
| 15 | Gordon Johncock | 119 | 0:00:00.000 +81 laps | +9 laps | |
| 16 | Dick Ferguson | 118 | 0:00:00.000 +82 laps | +1 lap | |
| 17 | Tom Sneva | 108 | 0:00:00.000 +92 laps | +10 laps | |
| 18 | John Martin | 107 | 0:00:00.000 +93 laps | +1 lap | |
| 19 | Billy Scott | 74 | 0:00:00.000 +126 laps | +33 laps | |
| 20 | Salt Walther | 69 | 0:00:00.000 +131 laps | +5 laps | |
| 21 | Al Loquasto | 69 | 0:00:00.000 +131 laps | +0.000 | |
| 22 | Bill Alsup | 59 | 0:00:00.000 +141 laps | +10 laps | |
| 23 | Steve Krisiloff | 47 | 0:00:00.000 +153 laps | +12 laps | |
| 24 | Wally Dallenbach | 46 | 0:00:00.000 +154 laps | +1 lap | |
| 25 | Spike Gehlhausen | 46 | 0:00:00.000 +154 laps | +0.000 | |
| 26 | Tim Richmond | 39 | 0:00:00.000 +161 laps | +7 laps | |
| 27 | Phil Caliva | 23 | 0:00:00.000 +177 laps | +16 laps | |
| 28 | Pancho Carter | 21 | 0:00:00.000 +179 laps | +2 laps | |
| 29 | Bob Harkey | 17 | 0:00:00.000 +183 laps | +4 laps | |
| 30 | Joe Saldana | 14 | 0:00:00.000 +186 laps | +3 laps | |
| 31 | Dennis Firestone | 10 | 0:00:00.000 +190 laps | +4 laps | |
| 32 | Tom Bagley | 7 | 0:00:00.000 +193 laps | +3 laps | |
| 33 | Johnny Parsons Jr. | 4 | 0:00:00.000 +196 laps | +3 laps | |
| 34 | Mike Mosley | 2 | 0:00:00.000 +198 laps | +2 laps | |
| 35 | Cliff Hucul | 2 | 0:00:00.000 +198 laps | +0.000 |