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1976 Benihana World Series of Auto Racing Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 12 of 13 Sunday, October 31, 1976 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:19:50 Average speed: 150.315 mph Pole speed: 206.718 mph Cautions: 4 for 28 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1976 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 2   Johnny Rutherford Hy-Gain   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 100 12308 running 9 400 2 7 20   Gordon Johncock Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 100 7798 running 24 320 3 15 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 99 4958 running 0 280 4 4 68   Mario Andretti Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 99 3583 running 1 240 5 19 5   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 99 3428 running 4 200 6 3 40   Wally Dallenbach Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 97 2798 engine 6 160 7 16 18   George Snider Spirit of Truth   (Bobby Hillin) Eagle / Offy 96 2608 running 0 120 8 17 80   Larry Dickson Polak Racing   (Russ Polak) McLaren / Offy 96 2418 running 0 100 9 20 90   Rick Mears Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 96 2228 running 0 80 10 5 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Earle Jorgensen) Eagle / Offy 94 2038 running 0 60 11 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 81 3443 crash 56 40 12 14 19   Spike Gehlhausen Spirit of Indiana   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 76 1848 engine 0 20 13 2 73   Lloyd Ruby California-Oklahoma   (Fred Carrillo) Eagle / AMC 74 1753 oil leak 0   14 12 24   Tom Bigelow Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 65 1658 water line 0   15 11 93   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Loquasto) Eagle / Offy 56 1563 suspension 0   16 18 8   Todd Gibson Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 46 1506 engine 0   17 8 3   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 43 1468 engine 0   18 13 69   Larry Cannon Hoffman Racing   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 29 1430 crash 0   19 9 7   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Hopkins / Offy 24 1392 suspension 0   20 22 6   Bill Simpson Simpson Safety Equipment   (Bill Simpson) McLaren / Offy 12 1354 engine 0   21 21 45   Steve Krisiloff Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 2 1335 engine 0   22 10 12   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 1 1316 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Lee Kunzman 65 S & M Electric Tom Frantz 72 Custom Motor Home Bobby Olivero 78 Alex Foods Al Loquasto 86 Frostie Root Beer Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 14 14     15 19 5   #6 tow-in   20 30 11     31 38 8   #69 accident   39 44 6     45 49 5   #3 tow-in   50 81 32     82 91 10   #14 accident   92 100 9       Percent of race run under caution: 28.0%             Average green flag run: 14.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 32 32   Johnny Rutherford 33 33 1   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 34 37 4   Wally Dallenbach 38 40 3   A.J. Foyt 41 46 6   Wally Dallenbach 47 49 3   Gordon Johncock 50 56 7   A.J. Foyt 57 74 18   Mario Andretti 75 75 1   Gordon Johncock 76 92 17   Johnny Rutherford 93 100 8 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 4220     2   Gordon Johncock 4000   -220   3   Wally Dallenbach 2925   -1295   4   Al Unser 2720   -1500   5   Mike Mosley 2120   -2100   6   Bobby Unser 2080   -2140   7   A.J. Foyt 1720   -2500   8   Tom Sneva 1570   -2650   9   Mario Andretti 990   -3230   10   Johnny Parsons 980   -3240   11   Pancho Carter 920   -3300   12   Tom Bigelow 820   -3400   13   Roger McCluskey 805   -3415   14   Jan Opperman 580   -3640   15   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 540   -3680   16   Steve Krisiloff 370   -3850   17   Salt Walther 340   -3880   18   Rick Mears 330   -3890   19   George Snider 320   -3900   20   Bill Puterbaugh 300   -3920   20   John Martin 300   -3920