# March 79B (Formula Atlantic)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-79b/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: March
- Discipline: formula, historic-racing
- Series: junior-formula
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/march-79b/ (0 live listings right now)

The 79B is Formula Atlantic's March chapter: the 1979 customer car of the North American ladder — the BDA-screamer grids — the marque's Atlantic-market answer in the category's golden years.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 1.6 Cosworth BDA |
| Power | ~200 hp |
| Formula | Formula Atlantic (golden years) |
| House | March (Atlantic chapter) |
| Ledger | 1979-80 continental campaigns |
| Diligence | Identity law + BDA custody |
| Years | 1979–1980 |
| Class | Vintage Atlantic screamer |

## History

March served Formula Atlantic's golden years with the 79B (1979): the North American ladder's customer chapter — the Atlantic formula's grammar (the 1.6 BDA-powered category the continent's premier ladder rung — the screamer class where the era's IndyCar generation apprenticed), the ground-effect-era design language (the venturi lessons the senior formulas taught reaching the customer tier), and the market war (the March-Ralt battle for the Atlantic fleets the junior-business contest) — racing the continental map: the North American championship seasons (the Canadian-and-American rounds' deep grids), the Gilles-legacy aura (the Villeneuve-era Atlantic legend the category's romance — the class that made the era's names), and the customer careers the fleet ran until the ladder's eighties evolutions.

The golden-years economics frame the type: the BDA-custody grammar (the Cosworth four's specialist world the class's engine law), the annual-evolution market the customer business ran, and the ladder-function stakes (the IndyCar apprenticeships the category's purpose).

The Atlantic identity structures the market: the vintage-Atlantic movement's welcome (the American historic grids' category classes), the register scholarship per the production, and the golden-era romance the Villeneuve legend lends the whole class.

The present is vintage-Atlantic custody: chassis-identity law, BDA economics, and the ladder-legend colour throughout.

## Palmarès

North American Formula Atlantic campaigns through the 1979-80 seasons — the golden-era grids' honours in the ladder's screamer years.

## What to check before you buy

Atlantic-chapter law: chassis-identity documentation first (the 79B production's per-car scholarship — the period campaign biographies the vintage market's spine), BDA custody (the Cosworth four's specialist rebuild world the class's engine economics — the relationships priced into ownership), ground-effect-era originality per the venturi hardware, and vintage-eligibility fit (the American historic-Atlantic classes the racing home). The golden-era romance prices the category: the class that made the Villeneuve generation trades on its legend — the March chapter's iron at the vintage market's confident stakes.

## Did you know

- The class made the names: Atlantic apprenticeships launching the era's IndyCar generation.
- The Villeneuve legend lifts everything: Gilles's Atlantic years the category's eternal romance.
- The BDA was the scream: Cosworth's 1.6 four the ladder's five-figure-rpm law.

## Related entries

- March 85B (Formula Atlantic) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-85b/
- Ralt RT4 (Formula Atlantic/Pacific) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/ralt-rt4/
- March 793 (F3) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-793/
- Cosworth BDA engine — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/cosworth-bda/