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1977 Jimmy Bryan 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 14 Sunday, March 27, 1977 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:20:48 Average speed: 111.395 mph Pole speed: 142.236 mph Cautions: 5 for 29 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1977 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 2   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 150 12550 running 51 300 2 5 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 150 6555 running 59 240 3 8 11   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 149 4738 running 0 210 4 9 24   Tom Bigelow Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 149 3375 running 0 180 5 18 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 148 3090 running 0 150 6 13 5   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 148 2805 running 0 120 7 21 17   Dick Simon Payne Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 147 2662 running 0 90 8 14 85   Vern Schuppan Wildcat Racing   (Frank Curtis) Wildcat / Offy 147 2520 running 0 75 9 6 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 147 2378 running 1 60 10 7 40   Wally Dallenbach Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 147 2235 running 5 45 11 20 99   Gary Bettenhausen Joe Hunt Magneto   (Joe Hunt) Eagle / Offy 145 2164 running 0 30 12 2 20   Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 145 2593 running 27 15 13 22 22   Todd Gibson Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / DGS 144 2021 running 0   14 16 19   Spike Gehlhausen PV Corp   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 138 1950 running 0   15 12 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul & Hunter   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 135 1879 running 0   16 3 8   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Cosworth 78 1836 oil cooler 2   17 4 6   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 75 1808 piston 0   18 15 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / DGS 49 1779 turbocharger 5   19 11 15   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 40 1750 valve 0   20 10 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Offy 33 1722 radiator 0   21 17 86   Al Loquasto Frostie Root Beer   (Al Loquasto) McLaren / Offy 21 1708 crash 0   22 19 39   Bill Simpson Theodore Racing   (Teddy Yip) McLaren / Offy 4 1693 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mario Andretti 9 CAM2 Motor Oil Jim McElreath 26 McElreath Racing Larry Dickson 80 WKYG Radio / Polak Rick Mears 90 Eastside Cafe Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 11 6   #39 accident turn 4   12 27 16     28 34 7   #86 accident turn 1   35 74 40     75 79 5   #19 spun   80 93 14     94 98 5   #20 spun   99 118 20     119 124 6   #21,40 spun   125 150 26       Percent of race run under caution: 19.3%             Average green flag run: 20.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gordon Johncock 1 26 26   A.J. Foyt 27 27 1   Gordon Johncock 28 28 1   Tom Sneva 29 29 1   Salt Walther 30 34 5   A.J. Foyt 35 76 42   Al Unser 77 77 1   Tom Sneva 78 78 1   A.J. Foyt 79 94 16   Wally Dallenbach 95 99 5   Johnny Rutherford 100 150 51 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   A.J. Foyt 640     2   Tom Bigelow 420   -220   3   Al Unser 380   -260   4   Johnny Rutherford 300   -340   5   Pancho Carter 280   -360   6   Danny Ongais 270   -370   7   Dick Simon 250   -390   8   Gordon Johncock 215   -425   9   Roger McCluskey 210   -430   10   Vern Schuppan 175   -465   11   Mike Mosley 120   -520   12   Gary Bettenhausen 90   -550   13   Bill Simpson 80   -560   14   Wally Dallenbach 45   -595   15   Todd Gibson 40   -600   16   Cliff Hucul 20   -620