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1978 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 18
Sunday, May 28, 1978 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:05:55
Average Speed: 161.363 mph
Pole Speed: 202.156 mph

Cautions: 6 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1978 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	2	Al Unser	1st National City Travelers Checks (Chaparral Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	200	284,840	running	121	1000
2	1	1	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	200	108,598	running	3	800
3	6	20	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	199	60,141	running	0	700
4	13	40	Steve Krisiloff	Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	198	38,728	running	5	600
5	7	6	Wally Dallenbach	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	195	34,769	out of fuel	0	500
6	19	48	Bobby Unser	ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Cosworth	195	29,000	running	0	400
7	20	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore / Citicorp (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	191	30,530	running	0	300
8	23	84	George Snider	Gilmore / Citicorp (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	191	25,891	running	0	250
9	15	51	Janet Guthrie	Texaco Star (Janet Guthrie)	Wildcat / DGS	190	23,253	running	0
10	8	16	Johnny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	186	25,301	running	0	150
11	30	35	Larry Rice	Bryant Heating / WIBC (Patrick Santello)	Lightning / Offy	186	24,481	engine	0	100
12	33	7	Mario Andretti	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	185	23,088	running	0	50
13	4	4	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	180	31,671	running	0	25
14	28	88	Jerry Karl	Machinists Union (Frank Fiore)	McLaren / Offy	176	20,227	running	0	25
15	24	69	Joe Saldana	Mr. Wize-Buys Carpet (Dynamics Inc.)	Eagle / Offy	173	20,015	running	0	25
16	31	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Oberdorfer (Grant King)	Dragon / Offy	147	19,480	piston	0	25
17	25	78	Mike Mosley	Alex XLNT Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	146	19,821	gear	0	20
18	2	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	145	32,639	piston	71	20
19	10	17	Dick Simon	La Machine (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	138	17,934	wheel bearing	0	20
20	26	26	Jim McElreath	Circle City Coal (Jim McElreath)	Eagle / Offy	132	18,657	engine	0	20
21	18	43	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Wildcat / DGS	107	17,656	connecting rod	0	15
22	9	80	Larry Dickson	Polak Construction / Sta-On Car Glaze (Russ Polak)	Penske / Cosworth	104	22,132	oil pressure	0	15
23	3	71	Rick Mears	CAM2 Motor Oil (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	103	21,885	engine	0	15
24	21	8	Pancho Carter	Budweiser (Arizona Mechanics)	Lightning / Cosworth	92	19,965	exhaust header	0	15
25	11	11	Roger McCluskey	National Auto Engineering (Warner Hodgdon)	Eagle / AMC	82	18,423	clutch	0	10
26	17	39	John Mahler	Tibon (Carl Gehlhausen)	Eagle / Offy	58	15,857	timing gear	0	10
27	14	22	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	25	15,818	overheating	0	10
28	22	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Cosworth	24	16,106	transmission	0	10
29	16	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Hubler Chevrolet / WIRE (Carl Gehlhausen)	Eagle / Offy	23	15,521	crash	0	5
30	29	47	Phil Threshie	Circle Chevy / Tutwiler (Phil Threshie)	Lightning / Offy	22	15,264	oil pressure	0	5
31	32	30	Jerry Sneva	Smock Materials (Marv Schmidt)	McLaren / Offy	18	17,683	rear end	0	5
32	12	24	Sheldon Kinser	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	15	15,379	overheating	0	5
33	27	29	Cliff Hucul	Wendy's Hamburgers (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt)	McLaren / Offy	4	15,101	oil line	0	5

Failed to qualify: Graham McRae (#33), Eldon Rasmussen (#58), Bubby Jones (#18), Roger Rager (#9), Gary Irvin (#9), Larry Rice (#6), John Martin (#2), Jim Hurtubise, Billy Vukovich, Jr. (#18), Larry Cannon (#85), Al Loquasto (#8), Bob Harkey (#4), Lee Kunzman (#90)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	4	3	#24 tow-in
	5	8	4
	9	11	3	#24 tow-in
	12	25	14
	26	31	6	#19 accident
	32	47	16
	48	51	4	debris
	52	83	32
	84	85	2	debris
	86	113	28
	114	118	5	#71,43 tow-in
	119	200	82
Percent of race run under caution: 11.5% Average green flag run: 25.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Danny Ongais	1	11	11
Tom Sneva	12	12	1
Danny Ongais	13	25	13
Steve Krisiloff	26	30	5
Tom Sneva	31	31	1
Danny Ongais	32	75	44
Al Unser	76	107	32
Danny Ongais	108	110	3
Al Unser	111	179	69
Tom Sneva	180	180	1
Al Unser	181	200	20

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