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1977 Bobby Ball 150

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 14 of 14
Saturday, October 29, 1977 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:22:53
Average speed: 108.597 mph
Pole speed: 148.699 mph

Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1977 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	20	Gordon Johncock	STP Double Oil Filter (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	150	12386	running	64	300
2	4	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	150	6941	running	47	240
3	13	15	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	149	4873	running	0	210
4	5	9	Mario Andretti	CAM2 Motor Oil (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Cosworth	149	3511	running	0	180
5	7	11	Roger McCluskey	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	149	3326	running	0	150
6	11	40	Wally Dallenbach	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	148	2941	running	0	120
7	10	19	Spike Gehlhausen	PV Corp (Carl Gehlhausen)	Eagle / Offy	147	2799	crash	0	90
8	1	6	Bobby Unser	Cobre Tire (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Offy	145	3656	out of fuel	38	75
9	20	85	Larry Cannon	That's My Car (Larry Cannon)	Wildcat / DGS	141	2513	running	0	60
10	17	18	George Snider	Longhorn Racing (Bobby Hillin)	Wildcat / DGS	137	2371	running	0	45
11	8	17	Dick Simon	Payne Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Lightning / Offy	136	2300	out of fuel	0	30
12	2	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	124	2228	crash	1	15
13	22	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / DGS	124	2157	running	0
14	14	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Agajanian (Grant King)	King / Offy	118	2086	ring / pinion	0
15	21	27	Tom Gloy	Rolla Vollstedt	Vollstedt / Offy	111	2015	oil in radiator	0
16	19	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto)	McLaren / Offy	83	1972	lost power	0
17	9	8	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	80	1944	crash	0
18	18	80	Larry Dickson	WKYG Radio (Russ Polak)	McLaren / Offy	44	1915	gearbox	0
19	16	24	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	43	1886	engine	0
20	12	93	Johnny Parsons	McIntire Centre (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	32	1858	engine	0
21	15	78	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	29	1844	engine	0
22	3	2	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	3	1830	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Mike Mosley	5	Sugaripe Prune
	Cliff Hucul	29	Team Canada
	Bertil Roos	42	20th Century Enterprises
	Jerry Karl	43	Fiore
	Lee Kunzman	65	S & M Electric
	Ed Finley	70	BFM
	Bubby Jones	90	Eastside Cafe

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	10	7	#2 accident turn 2
	11	81	71
	82	92	11	#8 accident turn 4
	93	109	17
	110	117	8	debris
	118	127	10
	128	137	10	#25 accident turn 3
	138	148	11
	149	150	2	#19 accident frontstretch
Percent of race run under caution: 25.3% Average green flag run: 22.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Unser	1	9	9
Danny Ongais	10	10	1
Gordon Johncock	11	25	15
Bobby Unser	26	54	29
Gordon Johncock	55	68	14
Al Unser	69	81	13
Gordon Johncock	82	83	2
Al Unser	84	117	34
Gordon Johncock	118	150	33

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Tom Sneva	3965
2	Al Unser	3030	-935
3	Johnny Rutherford	2840	-1125
3	A.J. Foyt	2840	-1125
5	Gordon Johncock	2830	-1135
6	Wally Dallenbach	2635	-1330
7	Mario Andretti	1580	-2385
8	Pancho Carter	1420	-2545
9	Tom Bigelow	1370	-2595
10	Mike Mosley	1030	-2935
11	Roger McCluskey	940	-3025
12	Danny Ongais	935	-3030
13	Bobby Olivero	920	-3045
14	Gary Bettenhausen	850	-3115
15	Johnny Parsons	840	-3125
16	Larry Dickson	740	-3225
17	Lee Kunzman	700	-3265
18	Todd Gibson	600	-3365
19	Vern Schuppan	575	-3390
20	Rick Mears	555	-3410
21	Spike Gehlhausen	550	-3415