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    Rick Mears had the most successful season in 1979, winning 3 races and 2 poles and earning 4060 total points. Bobby Unser had the second most successful season, winning 6 races and 7 poles for 3820 total points. A.J. Foyt had a strong season with 5 wins and 5 poles, earning 3320 total points despite only running 7 races. The top drivers that season were Rick Mears, Bobby Unser, and A.J. Foyt based on their race wins, poles, and total points earned.

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    Rick Mears had the most successful season in 1979, winning 3 races and 2 poles and earning 4060 total points. Bobby Unser had the second most successful season, winning 6 races and 7 poles for 3820 total points. A.J. Foyt had a strong season with 5 wins and 5 poles, earning 3320 total points despite only running 7 races. The top drivers that season were Rick Mears, Bobby Unser, and A.J. Foyt based on their race wins, poles, and total points earned.

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    1979 Championship Driver Summary: Race Miles Laps Purse Points Driver Laps Led Races Led Wins Poles

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    Rick Mears had the most successful season in 1979, winning 3 races and 2 poles and earning 4060 total points. Bobby Unser had the second most successful season, winning 6 races and 7 poles for 3820 total points. A.J. Foyt had a strong season with 5 wins and 5 poles, earning 3320 total points despite only running 7 races. The top drivers that season were Rick Mears, Bobby Unser, and A.J. Foyt based on their race wins, poles, and total points earned.

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    1979 Championship Driver Summary

    Laps Races
    Driver Race Wins Poles Points Laps Miles Purse Led Led
    Rick Mears 14 3 2 4060.0 1455 2,445.808 408,551 142 6
    Bobby Unser 14 6 7 3820.0 1416 2,365.786 248,814 582 13
    A.J. Foyt 7 5 5 3320.0 926 1,846.000 248,661 553 6
    Gordon Johncock 14 2 2 2211.0 1236 2,014.742 123,853 158 6
    Johnny Rutherford 14 2 2 2163.0 1269 2,202.258 112,966 129 4
    Al Unser 14 1 1 2085.0 1317 2,126.742 116,921 327 5
    Billy Vukovich 7 0 0 1770.0 1002 1,889.500 66,364 2 0
    Danny Ongais 14 0 0 1473.0 1160 2,158.652 88,214 73 1
    Tom Sneva 14 0 0 1360.0 1148 1,920.522 89,772 38 3
    Tom Bigelow 7 0 1 1305.0 930 1,737.500 63,464 121 3
    Larry Dickson 6 0 0 1225.0 593 1,194.000 58,017 30 2
    Tom Bagley 13 0 0 1208.0 1138 1,775.064 74,435 0 0
    Wally Dallenbach 14 0 0 1149.0 1056 1,603.676 70,688 0 0
    Mike Mosley 12 0 0 1121.0 756 1,157.540 98,382 2 1
    Gary Bettenhausen 6 0 0 1008.0 739 1,238.500 27,434 31 2
    Jerry Sneva 8 0 0 1001.0 700 1,320.000 51,828 0 0
    Jim McElreath 5 0 0 975.0 376 890.000 62,946 0 0
    Dick Simon 6 0 0 766.0 502 1,084.000 41,031 0 0
    Roger McCluskey 6 1 0 716.0 686 1,326.500 54,068 28 1
    Mario Andretti 1 0 0 700.0 200 500.000 24,450 0 0
    Sheldon Kinser 7 0 0 673.0 475 988.500 41,831 13 0
    Cliff Hucul 8 0 0 658.0 520 1,010.500 45,786 3 1
    Johnny Parsons 7 0 0 603.0 382 587.500 45,734 6 1
    Howdy Holmes 2 0 0 600.0 385 962.500 46,615 1 0
    Lee Kunzman 8 0 0 485.0 518 943.370 43,928 30 2
    Pancho Carter 13 0 0 452.0 800 1,345.642 50,238 5 0
    Vern Schuppan 9 0 0 449.0 656 1,178.278 43,812 0 0
    Bill Alsup 13 0 0 400.0 918 1,296.806 33,601 1 1
    Joe Saldana 13 0 0 368.0 814 1,370.840 52,661 0 0
    George Snider 6 0 0 361.0 290 514.500 34,008 3 0
    Spike Gehlhausen 14 0 0 343.0 599 1,086.226 53,221 0 0
    Salt Walther 8 0 0 314.0 717 1,348.998 44,852 13 1
    Steve Krisiloff 10 0 0 279.0 520 1,014.166 45,333 0 0
    Frank Weiss 5 0 0 278.0 427 506.392 15,361 0 0
    Don Whittington 1 0 0 250.0 190 475.000 8,360 0 0
    Tom Frantz 7 0 0 236.0 517 827.500 20,407 0 0
    Janet Guthrie 3 0 0 225.0 264 369.000 25,913 0 0
    Al Loquasto 4 0 0 220.0 290 694.500 13,850 0 0
    Herm Johnson 3 0 0 198.0 384 430.980 8,282 0 0
    Tony, Jr Bettenhausen 5 0 0 185.0 372 651.000 14,813 0 0
    Dana Carter 4 0 0 165.0 237 435.000 13,372 0 0
    Phil Threshie 4 0 0 153.0 382 857.500 35,247 0 0
    Todd Gibson 2 0 0 130.0 147 320.500 4,800 0 0
    Jerry Karl 5 0 0 113.0 270 488.000 15,164 0 0
    Tim Richmond 5 0 0 112.0 226 260.500 15,353 0 0
    Larry Rice 5 0 0 105.0 415 694.364 28,114 0 0
    Eldon Rasmussen 4 0 0 85.0 232 574.500 27,909 0 0
    Dick Ferguson 5 0 0 83.0 251 571.500 12,149 0 0
    Jerry Miller 1 0 0 80.0 151 151.000 2,260 0 0
    John Mahler 6 0 0 74.0 281 521.500 25,297 0 0
    Roger Rager 3 0 0 65.0 149 164.000 6,813 0 0
    Larry Cannon 5 0 0 56.0 243 471.688 12,096 0 0
    John Martin 3 0 0 50.0 224 560.000 10,986 0 0
    Bill Whittington 1 0 0 50.0 139 347.500 6,330 0 0
    Bob Harkey 3 0 0 28.0 38 95.000 9,431 0 0
    Roger Mears 1 0 0 25.0 135 337.500 6,140 0 0
    Billy Scott 1 0 0 20.0 74 185.000 5,330 0 0
    Bill Puterbaugh 2 0 0 16.0 69 69.000 4,879 0 0
    Phil Caliva 1 0 0 10.0 23 57.500 4,290 0 0
    Ken Nichols 1 0 0 10.0 68 170.000 2,227 0 0
    Jan Sneva 1 0 0 8.0 0 1,432 0 0
    Dennis Firestone 1 0 0 5.0 10 25.000 3,740 0 0

    Prepared by Phil Harms

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