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1978 Datsun Twin 200s Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 18 Sunday, March 26, 1978 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 80 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:13:42 Average speed: 162.81 mph Pole speed: 202.384 mph Cautions: 3 for 9 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 80 19725 running 37 400 2 1 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 80 13375 running 10 320 3 5 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 80 8730 running 0 280 4 9 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / 1st National Travelers Checks   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 80 7745 running 0 240 5 13 80   Larry Dickson Polak Construction   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 79 5230 running 1 200 6 11 17   Dick Simon Rolla Vollstedt Vollstedt / Offy 79 4610 running 0 160 7 17 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / Offy 78 4500 running 0 120 8 19 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 76 3995 running 0 100 9 7 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 75 3985 running 0 80 10 16 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 75 3375 running 0 60 11 15 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / DGS 71 3225 running 0 40 12 18 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 56 3065 running 0 20 13 3 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 47 3515 valve 13 10 14 10 40   Steve Krisiloff Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 41 2760 valve 1 10 15 2 7   Mario Andretti Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 35 3205 engine 18 10 16 23 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Lightning / Cosworth 25 3115 engine 0 10 17 14 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 24 2950 engine 0 8 18 12 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 8 2385 rear end 0 8 19 6 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 7 2825 engine 0 8 20 21 74   Roger McCluskey National Engineering   (Warner Hodgdon) Eagle / AMC 5 2465 valve 0 8 21 22 27   Jerry Karl Rolla Vollstedt Vollstedt / Offy 4 2235 oil pressure 0 6 22 20 99   Bob Harkey Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Eagle / Offy 2 2205 fuel pump 0 6 23 8 19   Spike Gehlhausen PV Corp   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 2 1740 engine 0 6 24 24 57   Chuck Gurney Crower Cams   (Crower Engineering) Eagle / Crower 0 1740 rear end 0 6

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 5 2   #19 tow-in   6 24 19     25 27 3   #77 tow-in   28 38 11     39 42 4   #6 lost wheel turn 2   43 80 38       Percent of race run under caution: 11.3%             Average green flag run: 17.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mario Andretti 1 18 18   Danny Ongais 19 23 5   Steve Krisiloff 24 24 1   Tom Sneva 25 33 9   Johnny Rutherford 34 46 13   Danny Ongais 47 64 18   Tom Sneva 65 65 1   Larry Dickson 66 66 1   Danny Ongais 67 80 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 450     2   Danny Ongais 415   -35   3   Dick Simon 340   -110   4   Tom Sneva 325   -125   4   Al Unser 325   -125   6   Gordon Johncock 308   -142   7   Steve Krisiloff 250   -200   8   Sheldon Kinser 220   -230   9   Larry Dickson 206   -244   10   Rick Mears 150   -300   11   Tom Bigelow 128   -322   12   Bobby Olivero 120   -330   13   Cliff Hucul 90   -360   14   Wally Dallenbach 88   -362   15   Tom Bagley 83   -367   16   Salt Walther 48   -402   17   Jerry Karl 36   -414   18   Gary Bettenhausen 25   -425   19   Johnny Rutherford 18   -432   20   Bobby Unser 16   -434   21   Roger McCluskey 14   -436