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1977 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 5 of 14
Sunday, May 29, 1977 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:05:58
Average Speed: 161.331 mph
Pole Speed: 198.884 mph

Cautions: 5 for 22 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1977 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	200	252,278	running	46	1000
2	1	8	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Cosworth	200	106,051	running	3	800
3	3	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels / Vel's (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	199	64,114	running	17	700
11	5	20	Gordon Johncock	STP Double Oil Filter (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	184	44,230	engine	129	100
4	10	40	Wally Dallenbach	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	199	39,927	running	0	600
5	11	60	Johnny Parsons	STP / Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	193	32,019	running	0	500
6	22	24	Tom Bigelow	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	192	29,899	running	0	400
7	24	65	Lee Kunzman	City of Syracuse (Patrick Santello)	Eagle / Offy	191	28,141	running	0	300
8	18	11	Roger McCluskey	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	191	26,341	running	0	250
9	25	92	Steve Krisiloff	Dave McIntire Chevy (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	191	25,801	running	0	200
10	16	36	Jerry Sneva	21st Amendment (Spirit of America Racers)	McLaren / Offy	187	22,601	running	0	150
12	28	16	Bill Puterbaugh	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	Eagle / Offy	170	22,137	oil leak	0	50
23	20	73	Jim McElreath	Carrillo Rods (Carrillo Industries)	Eagle / AMC	71	21,935	waste gate	0
18	2	6	Bobby Unser	Cobre Tire / Clayton (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Offy	94	21,538	oil line	2
15	8	48	Pancho Carter	Jorgensen Steel (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Offy	156	21,015	engine	0
20	7	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	90	20,706	lost power	0
13	32	58	Eldon Rasmussen	Rent-A-Racer (Eldon Rasmussen)	Rascar / Foyt	168	20,370	rear end	0
14	31	42	John Mahler	20th Century (Don Mergard)	Eagle / Offy	157	19,976	running	0
17	23	84	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Gilmore Racing	Coyote / Foyt	110	19,271	connecting rod	1
16	21	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Agajanian-Knievel (Grant King)	King / Offy	138	19,079	stalled	0
33	17	2	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	12	19,051	gearbox	0
19	9	5	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Lightning / Offy	91	18,584	engine	0
22	27	29	Cliff Hucul	Team Canada (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt)	McLaren / Offy	72	17,232	rear end	0
26	6	9	Mario Andretti	CAM2 Motor Oil (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Cosworth	47	17,007	header	0
28	15	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto)	McLaren / Offy	28	17,005	magneto	0
21	33	72	Bubby Jones	Bruce Cogle Ford (Bobby Hillin)	Eagle / Offy	78	16,856	valve	0
25	14	78	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	57	16,773	turbocharger	0
27	19	10	Lloyd Ruby	1st National City Travelers Checks	Lightning / Offy	34	16,168	crash	0
24	13	18	George Snider	Mel Simon (Bobby Hillin)	Wildcat / DGS	65	16,165	valve	2
29	26	27	Janet Guthrie	Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Lightning / Offy	27	16,121	engine	0
30	29	38	Clay Regazzoni	Theodore Racing (Teddy Yip)	McLaren / Offy	25	15,212	fuel leak	0
31	30	17	Dick Simon	Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	24	15,032	engine	0
32	12	97	Sheldon Kinser	Genesee Beer (Grant King)	Dragon / Offy	14	14,678	engine	0

Relief Drivers:
Car #42: Larry Cannon (8 laps)

Failed to qualify: Joe Saldana (#64), Jerry Sneva (#63), Larry McCoy (#63), Larry Cannon (#67), Jerry Grant (#69, 75), Larry Dickson (#80), Tom Frantz (#88), Bob Harkey (#88), Mel Kenyon (#88), Rick Mears (#90), Teddy Pilette (#91), Clay Regazzoni (#39), Jerry Karl (#37, 88), Vern Schuppan (#85), Salt Walther (#77), Jim McElreath (#26), Jim Hurtubise (#56), Bob Olivero (#15), Billy Vukovich, Jr. (#15, 75), Spike Gehlhausen (#19), Todd Gibson (#22, 96), Gary Irvin (#23), John Martin (#28), Steve Krisiloff (#93)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	35	35
	36	44	9	#10 accident
	45	48	4
	49	51	3	#58 spun
	52	68	17
	69	72	4	#18 tow-in
	73	158	86
	159	160	2	#48 tow-in
	161	162	2
	163	166	4	#60 tow-in
	167	200	34
Percent of race run under caution: 11.0% Average green flag run: 29.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Al Unser	1	17	17
Gordon Johncock	18	21	4
A.J. Foyt	22	23	2
George Snider	24	25	2
Billy Vukovich, Jr.	26	26	1
A.J. Foyt	27	51	25
Gordon Johncock	52	68	17
Bobby Unser	69	70	2
Gordon Johncock	71	93	23
Tom Sneva	94	96	3
Gordon Johncock	97	179	83
A.J. Foyt	180	182	3
Gordon Johncock	183	184	2
A.J. Foyt	185	200	16

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