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1977 Jimmy Bryan 150

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Mario Andretti	9	CAM2 Motor Oil
	Jim McElreath	26	McElreath Racing
	Larry Dickson	80	WKYG Radio / Polak
	Rick Mears	90	Eastside Cafe

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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