| series | Champcar current |
| race | Trenton |
| year | 1979 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Penske | 12 | Norton Spirit | Bobby Unser | | 2 | 1 | Penske PC-7/79 | Cosworth DFX | 23 | |
| Hall Racing | 2 | Pennzoil | Al Unser | | 3 | 2 | Chaparral 2K [01] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick | 20 | North American Van Lines | Gordon Johncock | | 1 | 3 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | 44 | |
| Patrick | 40 | Foreman Industries | Wally Dallenbach | | 7 | 4 | Penske PC-6/78 [b] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Penske | 9 | Gould Charge | Rick Mears | | 6 | 5 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| O'Connell | 1 | Sugaripe Prune | Tom Sneva | | 4 | 6 | McLaren M24 [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Interscope | 25 | Interscope/Panasonic | Danny Ongais | | 10 | 7 | Parnelli VPJ6C | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Longhorn | 11 | Kent Oil | Tom Bagley | | 8 | 8 | Penske PC-6/78 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Fletcher | 7 | Frosty Acres/Winton Sales | Steve Krisiloff | | 12 | 9 | Lightning Mk1/77 | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Morales | 10 | Alex Foods | Pancho Carter | | 13 | 10 | Lightning Mk1/77 [d] | Offy Drake tc | 13 | |
| Intercomp | 92 | Sport Magazine | John Mahler | | 15 | 11 | Eagle 72 Fleagle | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Alsup Racing | 41 | Insley | Bill Alsup | | 17 | 12 | McLaren M16C/D [C-4] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| All American Racers | 36 | Theodore Racing | Mike Mosley | | 9 | 13 | Eagle 78 MkII [7801A] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Larry Hamm Racing | 21 | Conqueste | Lee Kunzman | | 11 | 14 | Parnelli VPJ6CT [114] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| McLaren | 4 | Budweiser | Johnny Rutherford | | 5 | 15 | McLaren M24B [001] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Patrick Santello | 35 | S&M Electric | Larry Rice | | 14 | 16 | Lightning Mk1/77 [b] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Hoffman | 69 | Snyder Industries | Joe Saldana | | 18 | 17 | Lightning Mk1/77 [ROMLIN/7] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Gehlhausen | 19 | Sta-On Glaze | Spike Gehlhausen | | 16 | 18 | Eagle 74 Fletcher Laydown | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Morales | 10 | Alex Foods | Pancho Carter | | DNS | Lightning Mk1/77 [ROMLIN/4] | Offy DT160 V8 | 13 | ||
| Tom Frantz | 18 | Kent Oil | Bill Henderson | | DNS | Wildcat Mk.I [2] | DGS |
