 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wa1979 wakanga wakazadzwa negakava panhandare uye kunze kwayo. Munguva yemwaka wepakati, varidzi vemotokari dzeIndy vakasiya USAC, uye vakaumba Makwikwi eChikwata cheMotokari, sangano idzva rekutonga kutonga mutambo wemotokari yemotokari yeIndy. USAC yakaramba ichibvumira Gold Crown Championship yavo, zvichiita kuti pave nemakwikwi maviri emarudzi akafanana nokuda kwe1979. Gakava pamusoro pekuparadzana kwokutanga mumakwikwi emotokari eIndy rakauya kumugumo waro wokutanga pamakwikwi eIndianapolis 500 muna 1979, apo USAC yakaramba kupinda kwevamwe varidzi veCART. Varidzi vakawana murairo wedare wokubvumidzwa kumhanya, uye gare gare, imwe gakava rakaputika, panguva ino raibatanidza pombi dzokudzinga dzisina kutenderwa. 