The 1979 USAC Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Ontario, California on March 25 and concluding in West Allis, Wisconsin on August 12. The USAC National Champion was A. J. Foyt and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. With the exception of the Indianapolis 500, most top drivers instead competed in races sanctioned by CART.
During the summer of 1979, after the California 500 switched alliances mid-season to become a CART series race, USAC proposed a Labor Day weekend race meet that would consist of a USAC Stock Car/Championship Car doubleheader at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A 250-mile stock car race on Saturday would be followed by a 250-mile Indy car race on Sunday. However, the plan never materialized.
Confirmed entries
Schedule and results
All races running on Oval/Speedway.
^A Non-USAC drivers
^B Originally scheduled as a USAC race, but was switched mid-season to a CART series race.
Final points standings
The CART drivers were not eligible for points.
See also
- 1979 Indianapolis 500
- 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series
Footnotes
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1979". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- "1979 USAC National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 212-213)
