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1977 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 11 of 14 Sunday, August 21, 1977 at Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI 200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 1:55:37 Average speed: 103.798 mph Pole speed: 132.45 mph Cautions: 7 for 41 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1977 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 2   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 200 14765 running 29 400 2 6 5   Pancho Carter Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Lightning / Offy 198 8807 running 0 320 3 7 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 197 5567 running 0 280 4 14 24   Tom Bigelow Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 196 4085 running 0 240 5 16 38   Rick Mears Theodore Racing   (Teddy Yip) McLaren / Offy 196 3332 running 0 200 6 15 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 194 2879 running 0 160 7 20 19   Spike Gehlhausen PV Corp   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 194 2653 running 0 120 8 13 98   Gary Bettenhausen Agajanian   (Grant King) King / Offy 194 2427 running 0 100 9 12 17   Dick Simon Bryant Heating   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 194 2201 running 0 80 10 5 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 193 2475 running 0 60 11 17 23   Joe Saldana Leader Card   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 192 1861 running 0 40 12 18 80   Larry Dickson WKYG Radio   (Russ Polak) McLaren / Offy 192 1747 running 0 20 13 9 93   Johnny Parsons McIntire Chevrolet   (Tassi Vatis) Finley / Offy 190 1635 running 0   14 21 67   Ed Crombie Crombie Brothers   (Ed Crombie) Eagle / Foyt 180 1521 running 0   15 2 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Cosworth 173 3118 oil leak 171   16 22 69   Jerry Grant Hoffman Racing   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 165 1340 running 0   17 4 6   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire / Clayton   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Offy 123 1295 engine 0   18 10 8   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Cosworth 114 1249 exhaust 0   19 11 91   Steve Krisiloff Eastside Cafe   (Art Sugai) Eagle / Offy 78 1204 engine 0   20 8 11   Roger McCluskey 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 72 1159 valve 0   21 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 57 2136 engine 0   22 19 36   Jerry Sneva Spirit of America   (James Bidwell) McLaren / Offy 55 1114 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Todd Gibson 22 Baja Boats Jim McElreath 26 AMAX Energy Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 27 11   rain   28 57 30     58 68 11   #36 accident turn 4   69 82 14     83 88 6   #91 engine   89 89 1     90 92 3   #93 spun   93 123 31     124 128 5   #6 engine   129 136 8     137 139 3   debris   140 194 55     195 196 2   #24 spun   197 200 4       Percent of race run under caution: 20.5%             Average green flag run: 19.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Al Unser 1 57 57   Johnny Rutherford 58 58 1   Al Unser 59 123 65   Johnny Rutherford 124 124 1   Al Unser 125 173 49   Johnny Rutherford 174 200 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 3220     2   Johnny Rutherford 2600   -620   3   Wally Dallenbach 2305   -915   4   Gordon Johncock 2130   -1090   5   A.J. Foyt 2040   -1180   6   Al Unser 1610   -1610   7   Tom Bigelow 1370   -1850   8   Pancho Carter 1210   -2010   9   Mike Mosley 1030   -2190   10   Gary Bettenhausen 850   -2370   11   Johnny Parsons 840   -2380   12   Mario Andretti 800   -2420   13   Lee Kunzman 700   -2520   13   Roger McCluskey 700   -2520   15   Danny Ongais 670   -2550   16   Todd Gibson 600   -2620   17   Rick Mears 480   -2740   18   Spike Gehlhausen 460   -2760   19   Salt Walther 450   -2770   20   Bobby Olivero 360   -2860   21   Dick Simon 330   -2890