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1978 Norton Twin 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 18 Sunday, July 16, 1978 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:15:02 Average speed: 159.941 mph Pole speed: 211.392 mph Cautions: 3 for 16 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 100 21335 running 53 400 2 1 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 99 14030 running 28 320 3 8 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 98 8873 running 0 280 4 9 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 98 6760 running 0 240 5 7 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 96 6195 out of fuel 0 200 6 4 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 95 4930 out of fuel 17 160 7 20 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 95 4697 running 0 120 8 19 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / Offy 94 4465 out of fuel 0 100 9 18 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 93 3933 running 0 80 10 22 92   Al Loquasto McCord Auto   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 92 3600 running 0 60 11 11 80   Larry Dickson Polak Construction   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 91 3434 engine 0 40 12 17 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 91 3767 running 0 20 13 12 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 82 3101 running 0 10 14 13 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 75 2935 engine 0 10 15 16 84   George Snider Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 65 2769 crash 0 10 16 5 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 62 4269 handling 2 10 17 10 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 51 4202 engine 0 8 18 14 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Cosworth 49 2536 gearbox 0 8 19 6 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 15 2970 piston 0 8 20 15 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 10 2403 crash 0 8 21 21 87   Phil Threshie Machinists Union   (Frank Fiore) Lightning / Offy 10 2370 crash 0 6 22 3 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 1 2336 valve 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Pancho Carter 8 Budweiser Sheldon Kinser 24 Thermo King Cliff Hucul 29 Wendy's Hamburgers Jerry Sneva 30 Smock Material Larry Rice 35 S & M Electric Eldon Rasmussen 58 Rent-A-Racer Mike Mosley 78 Alex Foods Roger Rager 81 Dairy Queen Larry Cannon 85 Natural Lite Beer Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 8 8     9 14 6   #87 accident turn 4   15 30 16     31 34 4   #22 spun turn 4   35 68 34     69 74 6   #84 accident backstretch   75 100 26       Percent of race run under caution: 16.0%             Average green flag run: 21.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tom Sneva 1 28 28   Danny Ongais 29 30 2   A.J. Foyt 31 32 2   Johnny Rutherford 33 35 3   Danny Ongais 36 39 4   Johnny Rutherford 40 43 4   Danny Ongais 44 54 11   Johnny Rutherford 55 100 46 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 2993     2   Al Unser 2428   -565   3   Wally Dallenbach 1998   -995   4   Gordon Johncock 1726   -1267   5   Danny Ongais 1663   -1330   6   Johnny Rutherford 1651   -1342   7   Steve Krisiloff 1625   -1368   8   A.J. Foyt 1354   -1639   9   Larry Dickson 1121   -1872   10   Rick Mears 791   -2202   11   Bobby Unser 668   -2325   12   George Snider 660   -2333   13   Johnny Parsons 601   -2392   14   Tom Bigelow 518   -2475   15   Jim McElreath 430   -2563   16   Dick Simon 381   -2612   17   Salt Walther 371   -2622   18   Bobby Olivero 360   -2633   19   Mike Mosley 328   -2665   20   Tom Bagley 301   -2692   21   Sheldon Kinser 295   -2698