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The Races of 1979
Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears
CART Racing (replaced USAC): Rick Mears won the season championship
Formula One Champion - Jody Scheckter of South Africa
Richard Petty won the Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Klaus Ludwig / Bill Whittington / Don Whittington win driving a Porsche 935
Rally racing - the team of Bernard Darniche / Alain Mahe win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Stratos HF
Touring car racing - Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their second consecutive Bathurst 1000, driving a Holden Torana
Drag racing:
Rob Bruins won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.
Don Garlits won Top Fuel at the [NHRA] World Finals
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