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1976 California 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (500.000 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 3   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 200 78386 running 53 1000 2 7 2   Johnny Rutherford Hy-Gain   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 200 38036 running 24 800 3 6 20   Gordon Johncock Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 200 29561 running 69 700 4 5 40   Wally Dallenbach Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 198 17111 running 36 600 5 12 24   Tom Bigelow Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 196 9961 running 0 500 6 23 18   Jan Opperman Spirit of Truth   (Bobby Hillin) Eagle / Offy 194 8076 running 0 400 7 26 83   Bill Puterbaugh McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Eagle / Offy 193 7361 running 0 300 8 20 38   Rick Mears Do-It Wax System   (Bill Simpson) Eagle / Offy 192 6886 running 0 250 9 27 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 192 6411 running 0 200 10 15 73   Jerry Grant California-Oklahoma   (Fred Carrillo) Eagle / AMC 191 5936 running 0 150 11 33 8   Todd Gibson Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 191 5461 running 0 100 12 21 97   Sheldon Kinser Dave McIntire   (Agajanian-King) King / Offy 190 4986 running 0 50 13 30 19   Spike Gehlhausen Spirit of Indiana   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 189 5366 running 0   14 14 6   Bill Simpson Nikon   (Bill Simpson) McLaren / Offy 187 4946 running 2   15 9 12   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 185 4631 oil tank 0   16 13 45   Steve Krisiloff Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 181 4511 running 0   17 28 44   Roger Rager Robyn CB   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Foyt 161 4391 oil pressure 0   18 24 98   John Martin Genesee Beer   (Agajanian-Hammond-King) King / Offy 147 4271 rear end 0   19 29 23   Mike Hiss Hodgdon GMC   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 134 4156 ignition 0   20 19 65   Lee Kunzman Expo AD   (Patrick Santello) Eagle / Offy 133 4036 piston 0   21 2 7   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Hopkins / Offy 119 3916 valve spring 0   22 17 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 95 3801 engine 0   23 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 77 7581 oil pressure 14   24 16 5   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 75 3561 crash 0   25 25 76   John Mahler Webster Racing   (Marvin Webster) Webster / Offy 63 3441 crash 0   26 3 68   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 60 3526 ignition 2   27 22 99   Gary Bettenhausen Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Eagle / Offy 56 3206 engine 0   28 11 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 54 3086 crash 0   29 4 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Earle Jorgensen) Eagle / Offy 54 2966 crash 0   30 18 17   Dick Simon Payne Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 32 2846 piston 0   31 32 58   Eldon Rasmussen Shellar-Globe   (Eldon Rasmussen) Rascar / Foyt 20 2731 engine 0   32 8 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 13 2611 engine 0   33 31 61   Mel Kenyon Lindsey Hopkins Coyote / Foyt 8 2611 piston 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Janet Guthrie 27 Payne Air Conditioning Jim McElreath 28 Spirit of Public Enterprise Jerry Karl 36 Shurfine Foods Bob Harkey 63 Shurfine Foods Al Loquasto 86 Frostie Root Beer Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 3790     2   Gordon Johncock 3440   -350   3   Wally Dallenbach 2555   -1235   4   Al Unser 2440   -1350   5   Mike Mosley 2030   -1760   6   Bobby Unser 1900   -1890   7   Tom Sneva 1420   -2370   8   A.J. Foyt 1380   -2410   9   Johnny Parsons 980   -2810   10   Pancho Carter 860   -2930   11   Roger McCluskey 760   -3030   11   Tom Bigelow 760   -3030   13   Mario Andretti 750   -3040   14   Jan Opperman 580   -3210   15   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 340   -3450   15   Salt Walther 340   -3450   17   Bill Puterbaugh 300   -3490   17   John Martin 300   -3490   19   Todd Gibson 280   -3510   20   Bobby Olivero 275   -3515   21   Rick Mears 250   -3540