| series | Champcar current |
| race | Atlanta /b |
| year | 1979 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| McLaren | 4 | Budweiser | Johnny Rutherford | | 1 | 1 | McLaren M24B [002] | Cosworth DFX | 61 | |
| Penske | 9 | Gould Charge | Rick Mears | | 5 | 2 | Penske PC-7/79 | Cosworth DFX | 1 | |
| Hall Racing | 2 | Pennzoil | Al Unser | | 6 | 3 | Lola T500 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Penske | 12 | Norton Spirit | Bobby Unser | | 7 | 4 | Penske PC-7/79 | Cosworth DFX | 7 | |
| O'Connell | 1 | Sugaripe Prune | Tom Sneva | | 3 | 5 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Longhorn | 11 | Kent Oil | Tom Bagley | | 8 | 6 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope/Panasonic | Danny Ongais | | 14 | 7 | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wally Dallenbach | | 11 | 8 | Wildcat Mk.V [1] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 4 | 9 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Dayton-Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | Salt Walther | | 10 | 10 | McLaren M24 [004] | Cosworth DFX | 13 | |
| Morales | 10 | Alex Foods | Pancho Carter | | 9 | 11 | Lightning Mk1/77 [d] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Wysard | 34 | Thomas W. Barrett III | Vern Schuppan | | 12 | 12 | Wildcat Mk.II [4] | DGS | ||
| Hoffman | 69 | Hoffman Racing | Joe Saldana | | 13 | 13 | Eagle 72 [7221] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Patrick Santello | 35 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Larry Rice | | 18 | 14 | Lightning Mk1/77 [b] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Alsup Racing | 41 | Insley | Bill Alsup | | 15 | 15 | McLaren M16C/D [C-4] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Gehlhausen | 19 | Sta-On Glaze | Spike Gehlhausen | | 17 | 16 | Eagle 74 Gehlhausen | Offy Drake tc | ||
| All American Racers | 36 | Theodore Racing | Mike Mosley | | 16 | 17 | Eagle 78 MkII [7801A] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Larry Hamm Racing | 21 | Conqueste | Lee Kunzman | | 2 | 18 | Parnelli VPJ6CT [114] | Cosworth DFX |
