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1976 Bobby Ball 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 13 of 13 Sunday, November 7, 1976 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:23:34 Average speed: 107.695 mph Pole speed: 141.287 mph Cautions: 3 for 35 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1976 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 150 10206 running 62 300 2 2 20   Gordon Johncock Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 150 7361 running 72 240 3 3 68   Mario Andretti Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 150 4032 running 1 210 4 7 40   Wally Dallenbach Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 149 3031 running 0 180 5 11 7   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Hopkins / Offy 149 2721 running 0 150 6 8 5   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 148 2436 running 0 120 7 13 17   Dick Simon Payne Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 147 2293 running 0 90 8 21 83   Bill Puterbaugh McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Eagle / Offy 144 2151 running 0 75 9 18 90   Rick Mears Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 144 2009 running 0 60 10 9 18   George Snider Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Eagle / Offy 143 1866 running 0 45 11 22 65   Lee Kunzman S&M Electric   (Patrick Santello) Eagle / Offy 141 1795 running 0 30 12 16 86   Al Loquasto Frostie Root Beer   (Al Loquasto) McLaren / Offy 139 1723 running 0 15 13 20 8   Todd Gibson Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 138 1652 running 0   14 17 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 134 1581 running 0   15 19 80   Larry Dickson Polak Racing   (Russ Polak) McLaren / Offy 128 1510 running 0   16 6 2   Johnny Rutherford Hy-Gain   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 111 1967 oil line 0   17 15 45   Steve Krisiloff Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 61 1439 engine 0   18 4 24   Tom Bigelow Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 46 1410 crash 0   19 12 19   Spike Gehlhausen Spirit of Indiana   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 45 1381 crash 0   20 14 93   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 41 1353 engine 0   21 1 3   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 32 2527 intake 15   22 5 73   Lloyd Ruby California-Oklahoma   (Fred Carrillo) Eagle / AMC 21 1324 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ed Crombie Bill Simpson 6 Nikon Mike Mosley 12 Sugaripe Prune Janet Guthrie 27 Ken Nichols 43 Hoffman Tom Sneva 57 Crower Cams Tom Frantz 72 Custom Motor Home WD A.J. Foyt 14 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 22 22     23 27 5   #73 accident   28 46 19     47 61 15   #24,19 accident   62 110 49     111 125 15   #2 oil on track   126 150 25       Percent of race run under caution: 23.3%             Average green flag run: 28.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 15 15   Gordon Johncock 16 48 33   Mario Andretti 49 49 1   Gordon Johncock 50 88 39   Al Unser 89 150 62 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Gordon Johncock 4240     2   Johnny Rutherford 4220   -20   3   Wally Dallenbach 3105   -1135   4   Al Unser 3020   -1220   5   Mike Mosley 2120   -2120   6   Bobby Unser 2080   -2160   7   A.J. Foyt 1720   -2520   8   Tom Sneva 1570   -2670   9   Mario Andretti 1200   -3040   10   Johnny Parsons 980   -3260   11   Roger McCluskey 955   -3285   12   Pancho Carter 920   -3320   13   Tom Bigelow 820   -3420   14   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 660   -3580   15   Jan Opperman 580   -3660   16   Rick Mears 390   -3850   17   Bill Puterbaugh 375   -3865   18   Steve Krisiloff 370   -3870   19   George Snider 365   -3875   20   Salt Walther 340   -3900   21   Dick Simon 330   -3910