1978 Championship Results

Pocono, PA 500 Mile Race - June 25, 1978

Track Type: Paved Oval Lap Distance: 2.5 miles Ave Qual Speed: 181.159 mph Total Purse: $353,593
Race Distance: 500 miles
Promoter: Dr. Joseph Mattioli Race Name: Schaefer 500

FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Eng Laps Time/Speed Pts

1 2 10 Al Unser 1st National Travel Check Chaparral CoswTC 200 3:30:52.78 142.261 1,000
2 4 3 Johnny Rutherford 1st National Travel Check McLaren CoswTC 200 Finished 800
3 1 2 Tom Sneva Norton Spirit PC-6/78 CoswTC 200 Finished 700
4 6 12 Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune McLaren CoswTC 198 Flagged 600
5 80 14 Larry Dickson Polak Construction McLaren CoswTC 196 Cylinder head 500
6 84 16 George Snider Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote FoytTC 196 Flagged 400
7 78 22 Mike Mosley Alex Foods Lightning OffyTC 193 Flagged 300
8 14 4 A.J. Foyt Gilmore/Citicorp Coyote FoytTC 190 Engine 250
9 92 29 Al Loquasto T&L McCord Eagle OffyTC 189 Flagged 200
10 8 9 Pancho Carter Budweiser Lightning CoswTC 188 Broken gearbox 150
11 85 23 Larry Cannon Natural Lite Beer Wildcat DGS 188 Engine 100
12 24 27 Sheldon Kinser Thermo-King Watson OffyTC 185 Flagged 50
13 77 8 Salt Walther Dayton-Walther McLaren CoswTC 175 Transmission 25
14 20 5 Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines Wildcat DGS 165 Piston 25
15 43 18 Tom Bigelow Armstrong Mold Wildcat DGS 161 Flagged 25
16 30 24 Jerry Sneva Smock Material McLaren OffyTC 159 Turbocharger 25
17 29 19 Cliff Hucul Wendy's Hamberger McLaren OffyTC 158 Fuel pump 20
18 38 28 Jerry Karl Besel Construction McLaren OffyTC 149 Engine 20
19 25 1 Danny Ongais Interscope Parnelli CoswTC 130 Transmission 20
20 48 7 Bobby Unser ARCOgraphite Eagle CoswTC 116 Broken suspension 20
21 69 17 Joe Saldana Team 69 Eagle OffyTC 112 Broken valve 15
22 16 11 Johnny Parsons 1st National Travel Check Lightning OffyTC 83 Overheated 15
23 7 6 Mario Andretti Gould Charge Penske CoswTC 73 Bbroken gearbox 15
24 87 32 Phil Threshie Machinists Union Lightning OffyTC 63 Engine 15
25 26 25 Jim McElreath Circle City Coal Eagle OffyTC 58 Wrecked 10
26 22 15 Tom Bagley Kent Oil Watson OffyTC 55 Wrecked 10
27 18 26 Bubby Jones Simon Shopping Centers Wildcat DGS 52 Turbocharger 10
28 81 31 Billy Vukovich Dairy Queen Eagle OffyTC 52 Piston 10
29 98 30 Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer King OffyTC 46 Stalled 5
30 17 21 Dick Simon La Machine Vollstedt OffyTC 36 Piston 5
31 19 20 Spike Gehlhausen Tibon Eagle OffyTC 34 Valve 5
32 40 13 Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries Wildcat DGS 13 Wrecked 5
33 90 33 Lee Kunzman Hank's Datsun Sugai Fox OffyTC 1 Lost oil pressure 5
Lap Leaders
Danny Ongais 59 1-15,26-38,94-98,104-111,113-130
A.J. Foyt 20 16-17,39-53,64-66
Tom Sneva 10 18-25,179-180
Mario Andretti 1 54
Larry Dickson 10 55-63,112
Gordon Johncock 15 67-74,91-93,131-134
Al Unser 65 75-90,99-103,137-156,165-178,191-200
Johnny Rutherford 20 135-136,157-164,181-190
Non-Qualifiers
42 Roger Rager Dairy Queen Eagle OffyTC Blew engine practice
Pole Position: Danny Ongais Pole Speed: 190.335 mph
Data Source: USAC News & NSSN
Race Notes 1) Yellow Flags: 5-7, Loquasto tow-in; 8-10, Vukovich spin, T2; 14-20, Krisiloff & Snider wreck, T3; 29-33, Bagley tow-in; 37-46, Bettenhausen stalled
T1;
59-67, Bagley-McElreath wreck T1, Andretti stalled; 101-102, Hucul tow-in; 111-133, Threshie tow-in

2) Weather: sunny

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