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1977 Norton 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 14 Sunday, July 17, 1977 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:20:27 Average speed: 149.152 mph Pole speed: 200.278 mph Cautions: 5 for 41 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1977 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 100 18673 running 24 400 2 5 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 100 12285 running 8 320 3 2 2   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 100 7358 running 50 280 4 1 8   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100 6205 running 1 240 5 14 80   Larry Dickson WKYG Radio   (Russ Polak) McLaren / Offy 97 4563 running 0 200 6 12 38   Rick Mears Theodore Racing   (Teddy Yip) McLaren / Offy 96 3822 running 0 160 7 17 90   Steve Krisiloff Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 95 3502 running 0 120 8 6 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 94 3181 spun out 0 100 9 22 19   Spike Gehlhausen Hubler Chevrolet   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 92 2860 running 0 80 10 7 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Offy 89 2540 transmission 0 60 11 11 24   Tom Bigelow Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 81 2379 connecting rod 6 40 12 9 73   Jim McElreath Carillo Rods   (Fred Carrillo) Eagle / AMC 77 2219 turbocharger 0 20 13 21 44   Phil Threshie Don Kay   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Foyt 69 2059 turbocharger 0   14 19 97   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Genesee Beer   (Grant King) King / Offy 69 1899 suspension 0   15 20 22   Todd Gibson Baja Boats   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 67 1738 overheating 0   16 3 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 47 1642 transmission 11   17 18 98   Gary Bettenhausen Agajanian   (Grant King) King / Offy 41 1578 half shaft 0   18 13 93   Johnny Parsons Tassi Vatis Eagle / Offy 34 1514 turbocharger 0   19 15 17   Dick Simon Bryant Heating   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 6 1450 water hose 0   20 10 11   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 5 1386 upright 0   21 8 6   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire / Clayton   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Offy 3 1353 steering 0   22 16 27   Bob Harkey Bryant Heating   (Rolla Vollstedt) Lightning / Offy 1 1321 upright 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mike Mosley 5 Sugaripe Prune A.J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing George Snider 18 Longhorn Racing Joe Saldana 23 Thermo King Jerry Sneva 36 Bidwell John Mahler 42 Mergard Racing Jerry Grant 69 Hoffman Racing Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 7 7     8 13 6   #17 engine   14 24 11     25 31 7   #44 stalled on track   32 40 9     41 50 10   #98 stalled on track   51 61 11     62 65 4   debris   66 95 30     96 99 4   #40 spun   100 100 1       Percent of race run under caution: 31.0%             Average green flag run: 11.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Rutherford 1 12 12   Danny Ongais 13 21 9   Al Unser 22 26 5   Tom Bigelow 27 31 5   Al Unser 32 37 6   Johnny Rutherford 38 42 5   Tom Bigelow 43 43 1   Johnny Rutherford 44 63 20   Gordon Johncock 64 71 8   Danny Ongais 72 78 7   Johnny Rutherford 79 91 13   Tom Sneva 92 92 1   Danny Ongais 93 100 8 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 3020     2   A.J. Foyt 2040   -980   3   Wally Dallenbach 2025   -995   4   Johnny Rutherford 1800   -1220   5   Gordon Johncock 1750   -1270   6   Al Unser 1610   -1410   7   Tom Bigelow 1070   -1950   8   Mike Mosley 1030   -1990   9   Mario Andretti 800   -2220   10   Gary Bettenhausen 750   -2270   11   Lee Kunzman 700   -2320   11   Roger McCluskey 700   -2320   13   Danny Ongais 670   -2350   14   Pancho Carter 610   -2410   15   Todd Gibson 600   -2420   15   Johnny Parsons 600   -2420   17   Salt Walther 450   -2570   18   Steve Krisiloff 320   -2700   18   Spike Gehlhausen 320   -2700   20   Dick Simon 250   -2770   21   James McElreath 240   -2780