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1978 Gould Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 14 of 18 Saturday, September 16, 1978 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 75 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:01:32 Average speed: 146.246 mph Pole speed: 205.187 mph Cautions: 4 for 13 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 20 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 75 14730 running 17 300 2 2 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 75 9537 running 0 240 3 9 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 75 7314 running 0 210 4 16 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 75 5188 running 10 180 5 3 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / American Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 75 5947 running 9 150 6 14 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 74 4419 running 0 120 7 10 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 73 3599 running 0 90 8 11 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 73 3385 running 0 75 9 13 26   Jim McElreath Circle City Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 72 3271 running 0 60 10 18 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 71 2958 running 0 45 11 6 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 61 3151 engine 13 30 12 19 58   Eldon Rasmussen Rent-A-Racer   (Eldon Rasmussen) Rascar / Foyt 60 2744 running 0 15 13 1 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 35 5237 gear 26 8 14 17 30   Jerry Sneva Schram GM Parts   (Marv Schmidt) McLaren / Offy 24 2530 gearbox 0 8 15 16 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Offy 21 2423 engine 0 8 16 8 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 7 2359 crash 0 8 17 5 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 7 4016 crash 0 6 18 7 8   Pancho Carter Budweiser   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Cosworth 7 2473 transmission 0 6 19 15 85   Larry Cannon Natural Lite Beer   (Larry Cannon) Wildcat / DGS 1 2231 bearing 0 6 20 4 7   Mario Andretti Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 0 2788 engine 0 6

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 4 3   #22 lost wheel turn 2   5 7 3     8 11 4   #2,19 accident turn 3   12 23 12     24 27 4   #40 stalled turn 4   28 61 34     62 63 2   #6 stalled turn 4   64 75 12       Percent of race run under caution: 17.3%             Average green flag run: 12.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Rutherford 1 25 25   A.J. Foyt 26 26 1   Tom Bigelow 27 33 7   Johnny Rutherford 34 34 1   Tom Bigelow 35 37 3   A.J. Foyt 38 44 7   Wally Dallenbach 45 55 11   A.J. Foyt 56 56 1   Wally Dallenbach 57 58 2   Danny Ongais 59 75 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Al Unser 3650     2   Tom Sneva 3533   -117   3   Gordon Johncock 3126   -524   4   Wally Dallenbach 2598   -1052   5   Steve Krisiloff 2523   -1127   6   Johnny Rutherford 2419   -1231   7   Danny Ongais 2418   -1232   8   A.J. Foyt 2334   -1316   9   Rick Mears 1691   -1959   10   Tom Bagley 1151   -2499   11   Larry Dickson 1121   -2529   12   Pancho Carter 1056   -2594   13   Bobby Unser 1011   -2639   14   Tom Bigelow 758   -2892   15   Johnny Parsons 738   -2912   16   George Snider 670   -2980   17   Dick Simon 578   -3072   18   Jim McElreath 558   -3092   19   Lee Kunzman 513   -3137   20   Cliff Hucul 511   -3139   21   Sheldon Kinser 444   -3206