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1977 Texas Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 14 Saturday, April 2, 1977 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 100 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:16:05 Average speed: 157.711 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 5 for 27 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1977 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 8   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Cosworth 100 12989 running 7 400 2 3 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 100 9079 running 6 320 3 11 40   Wally Dallenbach Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 100 6489 running 11 280 4 1 2   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 99 6389 running 0 240 5 9 5   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 98 4509 running 0 200 6 12 22   Todd Gibson Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 95 4229 running 0 160 7 17 26   James McElreath McElreath Racing   (Jim McElreath) Eagle / Offy 95 3939 running 0 120 8 18 19   Spike Gehlhausen PV Corp   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 94 3849 running 0 100 9 2 20   Gordon Johncock Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 91 4059 radiator 19 80 10 19 23   Gary Irvin Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 91 3369 running 0 60 11 4 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Offy 82 3274 engine 11 40 12 6 24   Tom Bigelow Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 72 3179 valve 0 20 13 10 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 64 3084 crash 0   14 5 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 58 2989 radiator 46   15 16 90   Rick Mears Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 25 2894 lost wheel 0   16 13 85   Vern Schuppan Wildcat Racing   (Frank Curtis) Wildcat / Offy 21 2837 transmission 0   17 7 11   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 20 2799 piston 0   18 16 80   Larry Dickson WKYG Radio   (Russ Polak) McLaren / Offy 20 2761 piston 0   19 15 29   Cliff Hucul Hunter Racing   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 4 2723 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 28 28     29 32 4   #90 lost wheel   33 59 27     60 65 6   #14 radiator   65 73 9   #10 accident frontstretch   74 76 3     77 80 4   #24 engine   81 92 12     93 96 4   #20 radiator   97 100 4       Percent of race run under caution: 27.0%             Average green flag run: 14.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gordon Johncock 1 1 1   A.J. Foyt 2 31 30   Wally Dallenbach 32 32 1   A.J. Foyt 33 44 12   Pancho Carter 45 45 1   A.J. Foyt 46 49 4   Pancho Carter 50 59 10   Tom Sneva 60 60 1   Wally Dallenbach 61 70 10   Gordon Johncock 71 88 18   Al Unser 89 92 4   Tom Sneva 93 95 3   Al Unser 96 97 2   Tom Sneva 98 100 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Al Unser 700     2   A.J. Foyt 640   -60   3   Johnny Rutherford 540   -160   4   Tom Bigelow 440   -260   5   Tom Sneva 400   -300   6   Wally Dallenbach 325   -375   7   Pancho Carter 320   -380   7   Mike Mosley 320   -380   9   Gordon Johncock 295   -405   10   Danny Ongais 270   -430   11   Dick Simon 250   -450   12   Roger McCluskey 210   -490   13   Todd Gibson 200   -500   14   Vern Schuppan 175   -525   15   James McElreath 120   -580   16   Spike Gehlhausen 100   -600   17   Gary Bettenhausen 90   -610   18   Bill Simpson 80   -620   19   Gary Irvin 60   -640   20   Cliff Hucul 20   -680