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USAC Champ Car Series race number 1 of 14
Sunday, March 6, 1977 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
80 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:17:53
Average speed: 154.073 mph
Pole speed: 197.368 mph

Cautions: 2 for 7 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1977 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	80	15369	running	48	400
2	3	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Cosworth	80	9519	running	1	320
3	7	48	Pancho Carter	Jorgensen Steel (Dan Gurney)	Eagle / Offy	79	5994	running	0	280
4	9	24	Tom Bigelow	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	78	4419	running	1	240
5	5	20	Gordon Johncock	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	78	4969	running	23	200
6	19	17	Dick Simon	Payne Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	77	3682	running	0	160
7	14	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	77	3444	running	0	120
8	17	85	Vern Schuppan	Wildcat Racing (Frank Curtis)	Wildcat / Offy	77	3325	running	0	100
9	18	38	Bill Simpson	Theodore Racing (Teddy Yip)	McLaren / Offy	77	3206	running	0	80
10	21	99	Gary Bettenhausen	Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt)	Eagle / Offy	76	3088	running	0	60
11	22	22	Todd Gibson	Routh Meat Packing (Richard Routh)	Eagle / DGS	76	2969	running	0	40
12	26	29	Cliff Hucul	Katke Racing (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt)	McLaren / Offy	75	2450	running	0	20
13	16	80	Larry Dickson	WKYG Radio (Russ Polak)	McLaren / Offy	71	2731	piston	0
14	2	8	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Cosworth	64	2614	piston	0
15	11	6	Bobby Unser	Insta-Tune (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Offy	52	2494	handling	0
16	8	5	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	50	2375	piston	0
17	13	73	Lloyd Ruby	Hodgdon (Fred Carrillo)	Eagle / AMC	47	2256	torsion bar	0
18	10	40	Wally Dallenbach	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	46	2263	engine	7
19	23	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto)	McLaren / Offy	45	1738	clutch	0
20	24	15	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Eagle / Offy	27	1738	magneto	0
21	25	39	Steve Krisiloff	Theodore Racing (Teddy Yip)	McLaren / Offy	15	1738	clutch	0
22	4	11	Roger McCluskey	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	13	2138	engine	0
23	12	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / DGS	12	2019	piston	0
24	15	90	Rick Mears	Eastside Cafe (Art Sugai)	Eagle / Offy	11	2019	piston	0
25	1	2	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	8	3519	valve	0
26	20	19	Spike Gehlhausen	PV Corp (Carl Gehlhausen)	McLaren / Offy	2	2019	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Johnny Parsons	23, 57	Leader Card, Crower
	Janet Guthrie	27	Payne Air Conditioning
	Alan Jones	39	Theodore Racing

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	7	5	#19 accident
	8	17	10
	18	19	2	#39 stalled on track
	20	80	61
Percent of race run under caution: 8.8% Average green flag run: 24.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gordon Johncock	1	18	18
Tom Bigelow	19	19	1
Wally Dallenbach	20	25	6
Gordon Johncock	26	29	4
Wally Dallenbach	30	30	1
Gordon Johncock	31	31	1
A.J. Foyt	32	63	32
Al Unser	64	64	1
A.J. Foyt	65	80	16

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	A.J. Foyt	400
2	Al Unser	320	-80
3	Pancho Carter	280	-120
4	Tom Bigelow	240	-160
5	Gordon Johncock	200	-200
6	Dick Simon	160	-240
7	Danny Ongais	120	-280
8	Vern Schuppan	100	-300
9	Bill Simpson	80	-320
10	Gary Bettenhausen	60	-340
11	Todd Gibson	40	-360
12	Cliff Hucul	20	-380