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1977 Schaefer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 7 of 14 Sunday, June 26, 1977 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:17:12 Average speed: 152.931 mph Pole speed: 189.474 mph Cautions: 8 for 33 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1977 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 8   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Cosworth 200 86526 running 45 1000 2 3 9   Mario Andretti CAM2 Motor Oil   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Cosworth 200 44840 running 30 800 3 5 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 199 28065 running 56 700 4 13 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 199 16748 running 25 600 5 2 2   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 193 12440 running 15 500 6 20 65   Lee Kunzman City of Syracuse   (Patrick Santello) Eagle / Offy 190 10998 running 0 400 7 21 98   Gary Bettenhausen Agajanian-Knievel   (Grant King) King / Offy 188 9698 running 0 300 8 8 5   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Lightning / Offy 183 9290 crash 4 250 9 31 97   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Genesee Beer   (Grant King) King / Offy 160 8348 ignition 0 200 10 26 23   Joe Saldana Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 159 7698 valve 0 150 11 19 92   Johnny Parsons McIntire Chevrolet   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 149 7123 piston 0 100 12 15 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / DGS 149 6415 ring / pinion 0 50 13 29 69   Jerry Grant Hoffman Racing   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 145 6457 running 0   14 33 42   John Mahler Mergard Racing   (Don Mergard) Eagle / Offy 130 6273 stalled 0   15 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 118 6415 piston 25   16 17 17   Dick Simon Bryant Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 95 5973 transmission 0   17 22 27   Janet Guthrie Bryant Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Lightning / Offy 77 5823 engine 0   18 23 36   Jerry Sneva 21st Amendment   (James Bidwell) McLaren / Offy 64 5673 shifter 0   19 9 6   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire / Clayton   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Offy 54 5315 engine 0   20 11 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Offy 54 5373 engine 0   21 25 15   Vern Schuppan Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 44 5223 crash 0   22 28 90   Steve Krisiloff Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 32 5073 piston 0   23 6 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 30 4715 piston 0   24 32 73   Jim McElreath Carillo Rods   (Fred Carrillo) Carillo / AMC 27 4773 rocker arm 0   25 7 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 25 4415 clutch 0   26 10 11   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 16 4473 engine 0   27 30 57   Chuck Gurney Crower Cams   (Crower Engineering) Eagle / Chevy 15 4323 spun out 0   28 14 86   Al Loquasto Frostie Root Beer   (Al Loquasto) McLaren / Offy 14 4173 piston 0   29 18 24   Tom Bigelow Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 13 4023 oil leak 0   30 16 38   Rick Mears Theodore Racing   (Teddy Yip) McLaren / Offy 7 3873 valve 0   31 24 26   James McElreath AMAX Coal   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 3 3723 piston 0   32 27 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 2 3623 oil pressure 0   33 12 18   George Snider Longhorn Racing   (Bobby Hillin) Wildcat / DGS 1 3623 valve 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Spike Gehlhausen 19 PV Corp. Todd Gibson 22 Baja Boats Larry McCoy 85 Wildcat Racing Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 4 3   #78 tow-in   5 6 2     7 9 3   #38 tow-in   10 16 7     17 21 5   #11 engine   22 32 11     33 37 5   #25 tow-in   38 44 7     45 48 4   #15 accident   49 99 51     100 104 5   tow-in   105 186 82     187 192 6   #5 accident   193 193 1     194 195 2   debris   196 200 5       Percent of race run under caution: 16.5%             Average green flag run: 18.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 13 13   Gordon Johncock 14 16 3   A.J. Foyt 17 18 2   Gordon Johncock 19 30 12   Johnny Rutherford 31 38 8   Gordon Johncock 39 46 8   Mike Mosley 47 50 4   A.J. Foyt 51 60 10   Gordon Johncock 61 80 20   Johnny Rutherford 81 87 7   Wally Dallenbach 88 102 15   Tom Sneva 103 104 2   Gordon Johncock 105 117 13   Wally Dallenbach 118 125 8   Tom Sneva 126 128 3   Mario Andretti 129 150 22   Tom Sneva 151 151 1   Wally Dallenbach 152 153 2   Mario Andretti 154 161 8   Tom Sneva 162 200 39 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 2500     2   Wally Dallenbach 1925   -575   3   A.J. Foyt 1640   -860   4   Al Unser 1610   -890   5   Johnny Rutherford 1440   -1060   6   Gordon Johncock 1430   -1070   7   Mike Mosley 1030   -1470   8   Tom Bigelow 930   -1570   9   Mario Andretti 800   -1700   10   Lee Kunzman 700   -1800   11   Roger McCluskey 660   -1840   12   Johnny Parsons 600   -1900   13   Pancho Carter 550   -1950   14   Gary Bettenhausen 430   -2070   15   Todd Gibson 360   -2140   16   Salt Walther 290   -2210   17   Danny Ongais 270   -2230   18   Dick Simon 250   -2250   19   James McElreath 240   -2260   20   Billy Vukovich, Jr. 200   -2300   20   Steve Krisiloff 200   -2300