| series | Champcar current |
| race | Atlanta II |
| year | 1979 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Penske | 9 | Gould Charge | Rick Mears | | 2 | 1 | Penske PC-7/79 | Cosworth DFX | 30 | |
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 10 | 2 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | 2 | |
| Penske | 12 | Norton Spirit | Bobby Unser | | 1 | 3 | Penske PC-7/79 | Cosworth DFX | 48 | |
| Patrick | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wally Dallenbach | | 9 | 4 | Penske PC-6/78 [b] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Hall Racing | 2 | Pennzoil | Al Unser | | 3 | 5 | Chaparral 2K [01] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Hoffman | 69 | Hoffman Racing | Joe Saldana | | 16 | 6 | Spyder Eagle [7223] | Offy Drake tc | 25 | |
| Mergard | 42 | Mergard Racing | Herm Johnson | | 11 | 7 | Eagle 72 [7204] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| O'Connell | 1 | Sugaripe Prune | Tom Sneva | | 7 | 8 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| BFM Enterprises | 50 | Vans By Bivouac | Frank Weiss | | 13 | 9 | Antares 72 [2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Alsup Racing | 41 | WASP | Bill Alsup | | 14 | 10 | McLaren M16C/D [C-4] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| McLaren | 4 | Budweiser | Johnny Rutherford | | 5 | 11 | McLaren M24B [002] | Cosworth DFX | 20 | |
| Cannon Racing | 95 | Cannon Racing | Larry Cannon | | 12 | 12 | Wildcat Mk.I [1] | DGS | ||
| Morales | 10 | Alex Foods | Pancho Carter | | 15 | 13 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Offy tc | ||
| All American Racers | 36 | Theodore Racing | Mike Mosley | | 6 | 14 | Eagle 78 MkII [7802A] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope/Panasonic | Danny Ongais | | 4 | 15 | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Fletcher | 55 | Frosty Acres/Winton Sales | Spike Gehlhausen | | 8 | 16 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Cosworth DFX |
