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1976 Trenton Times Auto Classic

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 8 of 13
Sunday, August 15, 1976 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
134 laps* on a 1.500 mile paved track (201.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:17:28
Average speed: 135.929 mph
Pole speed: 165.797 mph

Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1976 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	20	Gordon Johncock	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	117	11803	running	58	400
2	3	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	117	7718	running	5	320
3	4	68	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	117	4853	running	1	280
4	7	40	Wally Dallenbach	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	117	3628	running	0	240
5	12	12	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	116	3223	running	0	200
6	6	93	Johnny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	116	2843	running	0	160
7	5	2	Johnny Rutherford	Hy-Gain (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	116	3153	running	0	120
8	11	5	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Eagle / Offy	115	2463	running	0	100
9	19	8	Todd Gibson	Routh Meat Packing (Richard Routh)	Eagle / Offy	114	2273	running	0	80
10	14	18	Jan Opperman	Spirit of Truth (Bobby Hillin)	Eagle / Offy	113	2083	running	0	60
11	20	80	Larry Dickson	R.P. Racing (Russ Polak)	McLaren / Offy	113	1988	running	0	40
12	16	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto)	McLaren / Offy	112	1893	running	0	20
13	15	17	Dick Simon	Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	112	1798	running	0
14	18	38	Bill Simpson	Nikon (Bill Simpson)	Eagle / Offy	111	1703	running	0
15	21	27	Janet Guthrie	Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	110	1608	running	0
16	9	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Spirit of Indiana (Carl Gehlhausen)	McLaren / Offy	107	1551	running	0
17	8	98	John Martin	Genesee Beer (Agajanian-Hammond-King)	King / Offy	102	1513	oil leak	0
18	22	43	Ken Nichols	Hoffman-Bonniventure (Frank Fiore)	Fiore / Offy	101	1475	running	0
19	1	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	93	2937	crash	53
20	17	44	Roger Rager	Robyn CB (Dick Simon)	Eagle / Foyt	68	1399	tire	0
21	10	24	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	39	1380	engine	0
22	13	7	Roger McCluskey	Lindsey Hopkins	Hopkins / Offy	37	1361	oil pressure	0

* Race shortened to 117 laps due to rain.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Greg Hodges	49	49er
	Lee Kunzman	65	City of Syracuse
	Larry Cannon	69	American Financial
	Salt Walther	77	Dayton-Walther
	Ed Finley	79	Mahoney

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	8	8
	9	11	3	#44 spun
	12	42	31
	43	47	5	#19 spun
	48	93	46
	94	98	5	#14 accident
	99	112	14
	113	117	5	rain
Percent of race run under caution: 15.4% Average green flag run: 24.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gordon Johncock	1	13	13
A.J. Foyt	14	42	29
Tom Sneva	43	43	1
Gordon Johncock	44	67	24
A.J. Foyt	68	89	22
Gordon Johncock	90	90	1
A.J. Foyt	91	92	2
Al Unser	93	97	5
Gordon Johncock	98	117	20

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Johnny Rutherford	2710
2	Gordon Johncock	2420	-290
3	Al Unser	2040	-670
4	Wally Dallenbach	1955	-755
5	Mike Mosley	1830	-880
6	Tom Sneva	1420	-1290
7	A.J. Foyt	1380	-1330
8	Johnny Parsons	960	-1750
9	Pancho Carter	860	-1850
10	Mario Andretti	750	-1960
11	Bobby Unser	660	-2050
12	Roger McCluskey	600	-2110
13	Salt Walther	340	-2370
13	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	340	-2370
15	John Martin	300	-2410
16	Steve Krisiloff	250	-2460
17	Dick Simon	240	-2470
18	George Snider	200	-2510
18	Al Loquasto	200	-2510
20	Bill Simpson	190	-2520
21	Jan Opperman	180	-2530