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1977 California 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 12 of 14
Sunday, September 4, 1977 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:16
Average Speed: 154.687 mph
Pole Speed: 195.111 mph

Cautions: 10 for 57 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 15

Glossary 1977 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
24	1	2	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	46	4,892	valve	0
4	2	9	Mario Andretti	CAM2 Motor Oil (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Cosworth	197	14,417	running	12	600
1	3	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	200	81,517	running	93	1000
3	4	8	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	199	21,717	running	0	700
11	5	20	Gordon Johncock	STP Double Oil Filter (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	174	12,992	crash	67	100
2	6	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	200	33,592	running	0	800
30	7	6	Bobby Unser	Cobre Tire / Clayton (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Offy	18	3,177	suspension	0
5	8	78	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	195	10,717	running	0	500
16	9	5	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Lightning / Offy TC	135	5,342	engine	5
22	10	11	Roger McCluskey	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	57	4,132	piston	0
9	11	74	Jim McElreath	AMC Experimental (Warner Hodgdon)	Eagle / AMC	186	7,242	running	0	200
33	12	17	Dick Simon	Payne Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Lightning / Offy	3	2,942	piston	0
13	13	19	Spike Gehlhausen	PV Corp (Carl Gehlhausen)	Eagle / Offy	163	5,197	transmission	0
32	14	18	George Snider	Longhorn Racing (Bobby Hillin)	Eagle / Offy	8	2,942	gearbox	0
15	15	65	Lee Kunzman	S&M Electric (Patrick Santello)	Eagle / Offy	138	4,962	turbocharger	0
29	16	30	Johnny Parsons	Caesar's Palace (Thunder Racing)	McLaren / Offy	23	3,297	piston	0
26	17	38	Rick Mears	Theodore Racing (Teddy Yip)	McLaren / Offy	42	3,657	engine	0
23	18	26	Jim McElreath	AMAX Energy (Jim McElreath)	Eagle / Offy	48	4,012	engine	0
27	19	91	Steve Krisiloff	Eastside Cafe (Art Sugai)	Eagle / Offy	27	3,537	engine	0
8	20	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	192	10,517	running	23	250
20	21	40	Wally Dallenbach	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	78	4,367	engine	0
6	22	15	Vern Schuppan	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	195	8,407	running	0	400
28	23	24	Tom Bigelow	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	23	3,417	valve	0
14	24	48	Pancho Carter	Jorgensen Steel (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Offy	154	5,077	overheating	0
19	25	27	Janet Guthrie	Payne Air Conditioning (Al Loquasto)	Lightning / Offy	112	4,487	engine	0
17	26	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Agajanian (Grant King)	King / Offy	117	4,722	water pump	0
18	27	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Rolla Vollstedt)	McLaren / Offy	112	4,602	manifold	0
25	28	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / DGS	45	3,772	engine	0
7	29	80	Larry Dickson	WKYG Radio (Russ Polak)	McLaren / Offy	193	8,192	running	0	300
10	30	28	John Martin	American Kids Racers (Richard Beith)	Eagle / Offy	186	6,267	running	0	150
31	31	97	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Genesee Beer (Grant King)	King / Offy	14	3,062	engine	0
12	32	85	Larry Cannon	Cannon Brothers (Wildcat Racing Associates)	Wildcat / Offy	168	5,317	running	0	50
21	33	58	Eldon Rasmussen	C-W Cleaner (Eldon Rasmussen)	Rascar / Foyt	75	4,247	engine	0

Relief Drivers:
Car #27: Dick Simon (59 laps)

Failed to qualify: Joe Saldana (#23), Phil Threshie (#44), Chuck Gurney (#57), Jerry Sneva (#67), Bob Harkey (#99)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	7	3	#18 stalled on track
	8	11	4
	12	17	6	#91 tow-in
	18	18	1
	19	22	4	#6 tow-in
	23	34	12
	35	39	5	#91 engine
	40	40	1
	41	44	4	#85 spun
	45	50	6
	51	54	4	#26 engine
	55	79	25
	80	84	5	#40 engine
	85	123	39
	124	130	7	#27 spun
	131	165	35
	166	170	5	#25 stalled on track
	171	174	4
	175	178	4	#20 accident turn 1
	179	200	22
Percent of race run under caution: 23.5% Average green flag run: 13.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	12	12
Al Unser	13	13	1
Danny Ongais	14	19	6
Al Unser	20	22	3
Gordon Johncock	23	52	30
Mike Mosley	53	57	5
Al Unser	58	67	10
Gordon Johncock	68	77	10
Danny Ongais	78	79	2
Gordon Johncock	80	83	4
Al Unser	84	99	16
Danny Ongais	100	114	15
Al Unser	115	151	37
Gordon Johncock	152	174	23
Al Unser	175	200	26

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