The 1979 Stock Car Brasil Championship was the first iteration of the Stock Car Brasil touring car series. The series was created as an alternative to the former Division 1 championship that competed with Chevrolet Opala and Ford Maverick. The season would begin at the Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã on April 22, with José Carlos Palhares taking pole position and Affonso Giaffone Jr. becoming the first winner in the category. The season would then conclude at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo in January 25, 1980

Giaffone proved the dominant driver throughout the first half of the season, taking four wins from the first six races. However, a string of inconsistent results allowed Paulo Gomes to usurp him and become the series' maiden championship winner.

Calendar The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 1979 championship. RoundCircuit (Event)DatesMap 1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã April 22 2 Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé April 29 3 Autódromo de Interlagos May 13 4 Autódromo de Jacarepaguá May 27 5 Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia June 10 6 Autódromo Internacional de Brasília June 17 7 Autódromo Internacional Virgílio Távora July 15 8 Autódromo de Interlagos September 30 9 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã October 14 10 Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia October 29 11 Autódromo de Jacarepaguá November 4 12 Autódromo de Jacarepaguá November 25 13 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel December 9 14 Autódromo de Interlagos January 25

Teams and drivers All teams and drivers were Brazilian-registered. All entrants ran the Chevrolet Opala car. Entrant Tire Driver Rounds Valvoline Team 3 Raul Boesel All 77 Paulo Totaro 2 Castrol Racing 6 Reinaldo Campello All Agip-Blindex Racing 7 Julio Tedesco All Equipe Johnson 12 Ricardo Fontanari 1, 10 17 Ingo Hoffmann 2–14 Equipe Havoline-Texaco 14 Olimpio Alencar Jr. All 97 Leonardo Sánchez 3, 7–8 Macarrão Eme-Gê Autosport 15 José Cantanhede All Águia Autosport 18 Ricardo Baptista 6 Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil 22 Paulo Gomes All 53 Márcio Mauro 2, 7, 12 Caster Competições 26 Luiz Alberto Pereira All 38 Nelson Lacerda 2–14 Boettger Competições 35 Edgar Mello Filho 2–14 82 Mauro Turcatel All Spinelli Racing 37 Walter Spinelli All 93 Joannis Likoroupoulos 2–14 Fabidan Company 39 Camilo Christófaro Jr All Carretas FG Racing 40 Sylvio de Barros 5–6, 9–14 99 Marciano Testa 2–14 Team Metalpó-Combustol 42 Alfredo Guaraná Menezes All Bastos Racing Team 45 Carlos Eduardo Andrade All Team Metalpó 54 Mauro Sá Motta 2–14 74 Guilherme Mottur 4, 6, 8 WB Motorsports 56 José Moraes Neto All 79 Sidney Alves All Verde e Amarelo Motorsport 62 José Luiz Nogueira All Ashford Motorsports 65 Fernando Tradt 12 Net Oz SuperAuto 68 René de Nigris 2–14 Benson & Hedges Racing 70 Paulo Valiengo 2–14 Charm Equipe 71 Rodrigo Mello 3 Renocap Team 76 Walter Travaglini All Camel Grand Prix 80 João Carlos Palhares All Chesterfield Racing 81 Luiz Aladino Osorio All Giaffone Motorsport 89 Affonso Giaffone Jr. All 91 Zeca Giaffone All Dimep Grand Prix 92 Arthur Bragantini 2–14

Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Tarumã 22 April João Carlos Palhares Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Giaffone Motorsport 2 Guaporé 29 April Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Giaffone Motorsport 3 Interlagos 13 May Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Affonso Giaffone Jr. Giaffone Motorsport 4 Jacarepaguá 27 May Zeca Giaffone Affonso Giaffone Jr. Zeca Giaffone Giaffone Motorsport 5 Goiânia 10 June Olimpio Alencar Jr. Raul Boesel Olimpio Alencar Jr. Equipe Havoline-Texaco 6 Brasília 17 June Paulo Gomes Ingo Hoffmann Affonso Giaffone Jr. Giaffone Motorsport 7 Virgílio Távora 15 July Olimpio Alencar Jr. Paulo Gomes Olimpio Alencar Jr. Equipe Havoline-Texaco 8 Interlagos 30 September Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil 9 Tarumã 14 October Olimpio Alencar Jr. Julio Tedesco Raul Boesel Valvoline Team 10 Goiânia 29 October Raul Boesel Raul Boesel Raul Boesel Valvoline Team 11 Jacarepaguá 4 November Paulo Gomes João Carlos Palhares Olimpio Alencar Jr. Equipe Havoline-Texaco 12 Jacarepaguá 25 November Olimpio Alencar Jr. Raul Boesel Paulo Gomes Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil 13 Cascavel 9 December Zeca Giaffone Olimpio Alencar Jr. Raul Boesel Valvoline Team 14 Interlagos 25 January Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Equipe Coca-Cola Brasil

Championship standings Pos Driver TAR1 GUA INT1 RIO1 GOI1 BRA VIR INT2 TAR2 GOI2 RIO2 RIO3 CAS INT3 Pts 1 Paulo Gomes 7 4 2 2 5 3 5 1 5 Ret 2 1 Ret 1 212 2 Olimpio Alencar Jr. 3 5 6 6 1 19 1 4 8 4 1 3 21 14 158 3 Affonso Giaffone Jr. 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 28† 11 7 3 5 2 13 157 4 Raul Boesel 6 2 4 17 3 6 3 15 1 1 5 21 1 11 141 5 Zeca Giaffone Ret 16 3 1 6 15 6 27† Ret 27 8 6 5 5 98 6 João Carlos Palhares 2 6 Ret 15 26 17 7 5 4 5 4 4 13 9 97 7 Ingo Hoffmann Ret Ret 7 7 2 9 Ret 3 3 21 Ret 6 3 90 8 Mauro Sá Motta 21 Ret 12 9 5 4 2 7 2 7 7 10 6 78 9 Sidney Alves 10 9 7 9 16 11 14 7 9 6 6 2 3 8 67 10 Walter Spinelli 5 8 Ret 18 2 4 19 12 2 24 9 Ret 14 21 57 11 Reinaldo Campello NC 17 9 5 14 25 8 3 16 9 12 19 7 2 41 12 Carlos Eduardo Andrade 8 3 18 24† 11 8 18 19 14 12 19 Ret Ret 15 36 13 Paulo Valiengo 19 14 4 10 12 17 21 27† 17 17 11 4 4 34 14 Luiz Aladino Osorio 4 7 10 Ret 15 10 11 6 28† 19 10 12 Ret 28† 20 15 José Luiz Nogueira 13 13 5 20 13 Ret 22 20 19 10 20 14 17 27† 10 16 Walter Travaglini 11 10 19 10 12 14 13 10 6 Ret 18 9 16 12 8 17 Julio Tedesco Ret 15 Ret Ret 23 16 8 15 13 27 18 8 7 7 18 Alfredo Guaraná Menezes 14 11 Ret 16 8 7 15 9 Ret 20 22 22† Ret 18 6 19 José Cantanhede 15 14 12 8 22 26 26 13 10 8 13 Ret 9 10 5 20 Camilo Christófaro Jr 12 24 8 14 21 Ret 10 Ret 26 16 Ret 15 Ret DNS 5 21 Marciano Testa Ret 13 22 20 Ret 12 11 18 22 15 10 Ret 19 4 22 Arthur Bragantini Ret 17 13 19 16 Ret 18 22 25 26 Ret 15 17 2 23 Luiz Alberto Pereira 9 Ret 20† Ret 18 18 24 24 17 18 24 Ret 20 20 2 24 Nelson Lacerda 15 Ret Ret Ret 22 25 16 20 Ret 11 8 11 29† 1 25 René de Nigris 20 21† 21 17 9 27 17 12 11 29 Ret 12 16 0 26 Joannis Likoroupoulos 22 11 11 23 20 23 22 21 15 23 17 22 24 0 27 José Moraes Neto 16 12 Ret Ret 24 Ret 20 14 13 23 25 13 18 26 0 28 Edgar Mello Filho 18 DNS 19 27 13 21 26 23 14 14 16 19 22 0 29 Mauro Turcatel Ret 23 16 23 25 24 Ret 25 24 26 28 20 23 25 0 30 Sylvio de Barros 28 21 25 21 16 Ret Ret 23 0 31 Márcio Mauro Ret Ret 0 32 Leonardo Sánchez DSQ Ret 23 0 33 Ricardo Fontanari Ret Ret 0 34 Guilherme Mottur DNQ DNQ Ret 0 35 Paulo Totaro Ret 0 36 Ricardo Baptista Ret 0 37 Fernando Tradt Ret 0 38 Rodrigo Mello Ret 0 Pos Driver TAR1 GUA INT1 RIO1 GOI1 BRA VIR INT2 TAR2 GOI2 RIO2 RIO3 CAS INT3 Pts Source: Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified

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