1979 Can-Am season

North American auto racing season February 2025 1979 Can-Am season 1978 1980 The 1979 Can-Am season was the twelfth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype-based series and the third running of the revived series. Formula One legend Jacky Ickx was declared champion,https://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1979/ Can-Am 1979 « OldRacingCars.com www.oldracingcars.com winning five of the ten rounds and finishing second at Road Atlanta.https://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C79A?RaceID=C79A Race not found « OldRacingCars.com www.oldracingcars.com Chevrolet again dominated the season. The top chassis builders were Lola, Prophet, and Spyder, with Vern Schuppan finishing third at Watkins Glen in an Elfinhttps://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C79E?RaceID=C79E Race not found « OldRacingCars.com www.oldracingcars.com and Al Holbert finishing third at Road America in a Hogan. 1979 would also mark the introduction of a second class for prototypes with engines under 2000cc. That class was won by Tim Evans in his Lola T290. Results The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six classified finishers. All results counted. Round Circuit Date Winning driver Team Car 1 USA Road Atlanta May 6 FIN Keke Rosberg USA Newman-Freeman Racing Spyder-Chevrolet 2 USA Charlotte May 20 BEL Jacky Ickx USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet 3 CAN Mosport June 3 BEL Jacky Ickx USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet4 USA Mid-Ohio June 10 AUS Alan Jones USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet 5 USA Watkins Glen July 8 FIN Keke Rosberg USA Newman-Freeman Racing Spyder-Chevrolet 6 USA Road America July 22 BEL Jacky Ickx USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet 7 USA Brainerd August 19 BEL Jacky Ickx USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet 8 CAN Trois-Rivières September 2 USA Elliot Forbes-Robinson USA Newman-Freeman Racing Spyder-Chevrolet 9 USA Laguna Seca October 14 USA Bobby Rahal USA U.S. Racing Prophet-Chevrolet 10 USA Riverside October 28 BEL Jacky Ickx USA Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1979.html WSPR Can-Am 1979 2012-04-02 2011-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606043635/http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1979.html dead FINAL STANDINGS POSITIONDRIVERCOUNTRYGPsWINSPOINTSENTRANTCAR-ENGINE01Jacky IckxBelgium9551Carl A. Haas Racing TeamLola T333CS-Chevrolet02Elliott Forbes-RobinsonUnited States10145Newman-Freeman RacingSpyder NF-11-Chevrolet03Geoff LeesUnited Kingdom10032Racing Team VDSLola T333CS-Chevrolet04Keke RosbergFinland10229Newman-Freeman RacingSpyder NF 11-Chevrolet05Bobby RahalUnited States6125U.S. RacingProphet-Chevrolet06Al HolbertUnited States809Hogan Racing Ltd.Hogan HR 001-Chevrolet06Alan JonesAustralia219Carl A. Haas Racing TeamLola T333CS-Chevrolet08Rocky MoranUnited States906American Spirit RacingLola T333CS-Chevrolet08John MortonUnited States706U.S. Racing; John Morton RacingProphet-Chevrolet; Lola T333CS-Chevrolet08Vern SchuppanAustralia506Theodore Racing TeamElfin MR8A-Chevrolet11Bill TemperoUnited States905Bill Tempero RacingLola T332C-Chevrolet12Bobby BrownUnited States904Bobby Brown RacingLola T333CS-Chevrolet13Tim EvansUnited States1003Diversified Engineering ServicesLola T290-Ford13Horst KrollCanada803Horst Kroll RacingLola T332-Chevrolet; Lola T333CS-Chevrolet13John GunnUnited States703Gunn´s GodiesGG 5-Chevrolet13Randy LewisUnited States303Randy Lewis; Carl A. Haas Racing TeamLola T332-Chevrolet13Geoff BrabhamAustralia203Hogan Racing Ltd.Hogan HR 001-Chevrolet13George FollmerUnited States203U.S. RacingProphet-Chevrolet13Howdy HolmesUnited States103Newman-Freeman RacingSpyder NF 11-Chevrolet20Michael AllenUnited States601Don WeberLola T332CS-Chevrolet20Tony CicaleUnited States401Cicale Champion RacingRalt RT1 1/2-HartNCGary GoveUnited States1000Pete Lovely VolkswagenChevron B26-FordNCRandolph TownsendUnited States600Newman-Freeman RacingSpyder NF 11-ChevroletNCS. Peter SmithUnited States600Red Roof InnsBobsy 2L-FordNCDuane EitelUnited States500E-K RacingChevron B28-ChevroletNCRobert J. NelkinUnited States500Robert J. NelkinLola T333CS-ChevroletNCDean DietrichUnited States400Dean DietrichDRL Hawke 79NCE. B. LunkenUnited States400E. B. LunkenMarch 73S-BMWNCHoward KellyCanada400Howard KellyLola T332 RNF-ChevroletNCLeonard JankeUnited States400Janke Auto CompanyLola T332-ChevroletNCMichael BraytonUnited States400Michael BraytonWolf Brayton 001-ChevroletNCChris StrongUnited States300Chris StrongChevron B36-FordNCGerre PayvisUnited States300Gerre PayvisLola T333CS-ChevroletNCJohn McCormackAustralia300John McCormackMcLaren M23-RepcoNCJohn SorbelloUnited States300John SorbelloSorbello GM5-ChevroletNCBertil RoosSuécia200Bertil RoosChevron B27-FordNCCharlie KempUnited States200Charlie KempLola T332-ChevroletNCChuck SmithUnited States200Chuck SmithChevron B19/21-FordNCGary HirschCanada200Gary HirschPorsche 908/02NCHurley HaywoodUnited States200Vasek Polak RacingChevron B21-BMWNCJeff MillerUnited States200Jeff MillerLola T496-FordNCJohn TimkenUnited States200Essex Racing ServiceLola T296-FordNCMike HallUnited States200United RacingLola T294-FordNCPrice CobbUnited States200Price CobbLola T332-ChevroletNCRick VillateUnited States200RVR Inc.Lola T294-FordNCRoman PechmannCanada200Roman Pechmann RacingLola T290-FordNCBob AllenUnited States100Bob AllenSSE 003-FordNCBob NagelUnited States100Nagel Racing EnterprisesLola T333CS-ChevroletNCBrad FrisselleUnited States100Brad FrisselleFrissbee-ChevroletNCDanny JohnsonUnited States100Danny JohnsonChevron B24-ChevroletNCDave HooverUnited States100Dave HooverLola T300-ChevroletNCGarth PollardUnited States100N.S.F.RacingLola T294/6-FordNCGordon HamiltonUnited States100Ticker Tape RacingChevron B36-FordNCHal WhippleUnited States100Hal WhippleSpartan MK3-B-ChevroletNCJames WoodruffUnited States100Titan-Woodruff BrothersLola T430-ChevroletNCJerry HansenUnited States100Midwest FederalLola T333CS-ChevroletNCJim GustafsonUnited States100Jim Gustafson Racing TeamJackal 79-ChevroletNCJim GutfreundUnited States100Great Plains Motor RacingLola T292-FordNCJoe SalyerUnited States100Joe SalyerChevron B26/31-FordNCMike RocheUnited States100Roche RacingLola T332-ChevroletNCPatrick GaillardFrance100Patrick GaillardSchkee DB2-ChevroletNCRick KnoopUnited States100Rick KnoopLola T332CS-ChevroletNCRobert L. DouglasUnited States100Robert L. DouglasLola T212-FordNCSteven Payne-HerbertUnited States100Steven Payne-HerbertLola T294-FordNCTom SpaldingUnited States100Tom SpaldingSchkee DB2-ChevroletNCBill HenryUnited States000Bill HenryLola T296-FordNCDon KehrUnited States000Don KehrChevron B28-ChevroletNCHugh KleinpeterUnited States000Hugh KleinpeterRalt CCKNCJay JacobsUnited States000Genoa RacingChevron B21/23-FordNCPatrick McGonegleUnited States000Patrick McGonegleLola T332-ChevroletNCRichard GuiderUnited States000Richard GuiderChevron B25-FordNCRobert E. DugoUnited States000Robert E. DugoLola B.A.D. 1-Chevrolet References Can-Am Category:Can-Am seasons Can-Am Can-Am