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1976 California 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 10 of 13
Sunday, September 5, 1976 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:29:26
Average Speed: 143.246 mph
Pole Speed: 190.416 mph

Cautions: 9 for 56 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.54 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1976 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
3	6	20	Gordon Johncock	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	200	29,561	running	69	700
1	10	3	Bobby Unser	Cobre Tire (Robert Fletcher)	Eagle / Offy	200	78,386	running	53	1000
4	5	40	Wally Dallenbach	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	198	17,111	running	36	600
2	7	2	Johnny Rutherford	Hy-Gain (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	200	38,036	running	24	800
23	1	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	77	7,581	oil pressure	14
14	14	6	Bill Simpson	Nikon (Bill Simpson)	McLaren / Offy	187	4,946	running	2
26	3	68	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	60	3,526	ignition	2
5	12	24	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	196	9,961	running	0	500
6	23	18	Jan Opperman	Spirit of Truth (Bobby Hillin)	Eagle / Offy	194	8,076	running	0	400
7	26	83	Bill Puterbaugh	McNamara Chiropractic (Lee Elkins)	Eagle / Offy	193	7,361	running	0	300
8	20	38	Rick Mears	Do-It Wax System (Bill Simpson)	Eagle / Offy	192	6,886	running	0	250
9	27	78	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Eagle / Offy	192	6,411	running	0	200
10	15	73	Jerry Grant	California-Oklahoma (Fred Carrillo)	Eagle / AMC	191	5,936	running	0	150
11	33	8	Todd Gibson	Routh Meat Packing (Richard Routh)	Eagle / Offy	191	5,461	running	0	100
12	21	97	Sheldon Kinser	Dave McIntire (Agajanian-King)	King / Offy	190	4,986	running	0	50
13	30	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Spirit of Indiana (Carl Gehlhausen)	McLaren / Offy	189	5,366	running	0
15	9	12	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	185	4,631	oil tank	0
16	13	45	Steve Krisiloff	Thermo King (Don Gerhardt)	Eagle / Offy	181	4,511	running	0
17	28	44	Roger Rager	Robyn CB (Dick Simon)	Eagle / Foyt	161	4,391	oil pressure	0
18	24	98	John Martin	Genesee Beer (Agajanian-Hammond-King)	King / Offy	147	4,271	rear end	0
19	29	23	Mike Hiss	Hodgdon GMC (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	134	4,156	ignition	0
20	19	65	Lee Kunzman	Expo AD (Patrick Santello)	Eagle / Offy	133	4,036	piston	0
21	2	7	Roger McCluskey	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Hopkins / Offy	119	3,916	valve spring	0
22	17	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Offy	95	3,801	engine	0
24	16	5	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Eagle / Offy	75	3,561	crash	0
25	25	76	John Mahler	Webster Racing (Marvin Webster)	Webster / Offy	63	3,441	crash	0
27	22	99	Gary Bettenhausen	Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt)	Eagle / Offy	56	3,206	engine	0
28	11	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	54	3,086	crash	0
29	4	48	Pancho Carter	Jorgensen Steel (Earle Jorgensen)	Eagle / Offy	54	2,966	crash	0
30	18	17	Dick Simon	Payne Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	32	2,846	piston	0
31	32	58	Eldon Rasmussen	Shellar-Globe (Eldon Rasmussen)	Rascar / Foyt	20	2,731	engine	0
32	8	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	13	2,611	engine	0
33	31	61	Mel Kenyon	Lindsey Hopkins	Coyote / Foyt	8	2,611	piston	0

Failed to qualify: Jerry Karl (#36), Bob Harkey (#63), Al Loquasto (#86), Janet Guthrie (#27), Jim McElreath (#28)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	20	6	#44 spun frontstretch
	21	31	11	#58 oil on track
	32	32	1
	33	37	5	#17 tow-in
	38	54	17
	55	65	11	#25,48 accident backstretch
	66	70	5	#76 accident turn 1
	71	76	6
	77	81	5	#5 accident turn 1
	82	113	32
	114	118	5	#77 tow-in
	119	152	34
	153	157	5	#98 blocked pit entrance
	158	193	36
	194	196	3	debris
	197	200	4
Percent of race run under caution: 28.0% Average green flag run: 18.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	13	13
Tom Sneva	14	15	2
Wally Dallenbach	16	35	20
Bill Simpson	36	37	2
Bobby Unser	38	56	19
A.J. Foyt	57	57	1
Johnny Rutherford	58	81	24
Gordon Johncock	82	102	21
Bobby Unser	103	104	2
Wally Dallenbach	105	115	11
Bobby Unser	116	116	1
Gordon Johncock	117	139	23
Bobby Unser	140	144	5
Gordon Johncock	145	149	5
Wally Dallenbach	150	154	5
Bobby Unser	155	157	3
Gordon Johncock	158	177	20
Bobby Unser	178	200	23

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