| series | Champcar complete |
| race | Milwaukee |
| year | 1979 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| AJ Foyt | 14 | Gilmore Racing | AJ Foyt | | 1 | 1 | Parnelli VPJ6CT [005] | Cosworth DFX | 123 | |
| Leader Card | 22 | Leader Card | Billy Vukovich | | 4 | 2 | Watson 77 [1] | Offy Drake tc | 2 | |
| AMI Racing | 43 | Armstrong Mould | Tom Bigelow | | 5 | 3 | Lola T500B [HU04] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Polak Racing | 80 | King Cola | Larry Dickson | | 6 | 4 | Penske PC-5/77 [001] | Cosworth DFX | 11 | |
| Wayne Woodward | 81 | Shade Tree Racing | Jerry Sneva | | 10 | 5 | Eagle 74 [7411] | Offy 159 tc | ||
| Grant King Racers | 98 | Oberdorfer | Gary Bettenhausen | | 3 | 6 | Kingfish 73 [7] | Chevy M/T 355 V8 | 1 | |
| Hucul Racing | 29 | Hucul/Hunter | Cliff Hucul | | 9 | 7 | McLaren M16E [E-2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| BFM Enterprises | 50 | Vans By Bivouac | Frank Weiss | | 12 | 8 | Antares 72 [2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Robert W. LaWarre | 60 | Tilton Corp. | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | | 17 | 9 | Eagle 68 [406] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Rager | 66 | Advance Clean Sweep | Roger Rager | | 14 | 10 | Eagle 68 [405] | Chevy 355 V8 | ||
| Thunder Racing | 30 | MollyMate | Dana Carter | | 7 | 11 | McLaren M16C/D [B-3] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| William R Compton | 38 | Tonco Trailer | Jerry Karl | | 13 | 12 | McLaren M16C/D [C/D-6] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Vollstedt | 17 | Sanyo | Dick Simon | | 11 | 13 | Vollstedt 77 [14] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Lindsey Hopkins | 15 | Lindsey Hopkins | Johnny Parsons Jr | | 15 | 14 | Lightning X-15 Laydown [1] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| Leader Card | 24 | Genesee Beer | Sheldon Kinser | | 2 | 15 | Watson 78 [1] | Offy Drake tc | 13 | |
| Grant King Racers | 97 | Giuffre Brothers Crane | Phil Threshie | | 19 | 16 | Kingfish 73 [8] | Chevy M/T 355 V8 | ||
| AMI Racing | 44 | Armstrong Mould | Roger McCluskey | | 8 | 17 | Lola T500B [HU05] | Cosworth DFX | ||
| Vollstedt | 27 | Vollstedt Racing | George Snider | | 16 | 18 | Vollstedt 73 [13] | AMC 209 V8 tc | ||
| Medlin Racing | 35 | SST Museum | Bill Puterbaugh | | 18 | 19 | Cicada Mk.IV [2] | Offy Drake tc | ||
| AMI Racing | 46 | Armstrong Mould | Greg Leffler | | DNS | Wildcat Mk.II [2] | DGS |
