1979 Indianpolis 500
28 May Indianpolis - : 804.500 km (4.023 km x 200 Laps)
500.000 Miles (2.5 Miles x 200 Laps)



Results:

1   Rick Mears         PC-6/78 CoswTC     200 laps
2   A.J. Foyt          Parnelli CoswTC    200 laps
3   Mike Mosley        Eagle CoswTC       200 laps
4   Danny Ongais       Parnelli CoswTC    199 laps
5   Bobby Unser        PC-7/79 CoswTC     199 laps
6   Gordon Johncock    PC-6/78 CoswTC     197 laps
7   Howdy Holmes       Wildcat OffyTC     195 laps
8   Billy Vukovich     Watson OffyTC      193 laps
9   Tom Bagley         PC-6/78 CoswTC     193 laps
10  Spike Gehlhausen   Wildcat CoswTC     192 laps
11  Steve Krisiloff    Lightning CoswTC   192 laps
12  Salt Walther       PC-6/78 CoswTC     191 laps
13  Roger McCluskey    McLaren CoswTC     191 laps
14  Tom Bigelow        Lola 79 CoswTC     190 laps
15r Tom Sneva Sugaripe McLaren CoswTC     188 Accident
16  Joe Saldana        Eagle CoswTC       186 laps
17  Phil Threshie      King 76 Chevy      172 laps
18  Johnny Rutherford  McLaren CoswTC     168 laps

Did Not Finish:

    Larry Rice         Lightning OffyTC   142 Accident
    Pancho Carter      Lightning CoswTC   129 Wheel bearing
    Vern Schuppan      Wildcat DGS        111 Transmission
    Al Unser           Chaparral CoswTC   104 Transmission
    Eldon Rasmussen    Antares OffyTC      89 Broken header
    Larry Dickson      PC-5 77 CoswTC      86 Broken fuel pump
    John Mahler        Eagle OffyTC        66 Broken fuel pump
    Dick Simon         Vollstedt OffyTC    57 Clutch
    Wally Dallenbach   PC-6/78 CoswTC      43 Lost wheel
    Sheldon Kinser     Watson OffyTC       40 Burned piston
    Cliff Hucul        McLaren OffyTC      22 Broken valve
    Lee Kunzman        Parnelli CoswTC     18 Brkn scavanger pump
    Jerry Sneva        Spirit 78 AMC V8    16 Burned piston
    Johnny Parsons     Lightning DGS       16 Burned piston
    George Snider      Lightning OffyTC     7 Burned valve
    Janet Guthrie      Lola 79 CoswTC       3 Burned piston
    Jim McElreath      PC-6/78 CoswTC       0 Bent valve

Note: 
1: Offy - Offenhauser