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1978 Daily Express Indy Silverstone Previous race results / Next race results                         Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 16 of 18 Sunday, October 1, 1978 at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England 52 laps* on a 2.932 mile road course (152.464 miles) Time of race: 1:04:03 Average speed: 104.361 mph Pole speed: 128.429 mph Cautions: 6 for 11 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 38 33445 running 7 300 2 3 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 38 23050 running 7 240 3 9 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 38 15915 running 0 210 4 4 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 38 12350 running 1 180 5 6 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 38 11240 running 0 150 6 11 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Offy 37 9435 running 0 120 7 12 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Cosworth 36 8830 running 0 90 8 5 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Eagle / Cosworth 28 8830 cylinder head 1 75 9 16 19   Spike Gehlhausen Tibon   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 28 7625 running 0 60 10 2 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 26 9725 pinion gear 18 45 11 13 84   George Snider Gilmore / Citicorp   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 26 6720 transmission 0 30 12 15 17   Dick Simon La Machine   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 25 6420 running 0 15 13 7 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 16 6620 piston 0 8 14 8 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 15 6115 engine 0 8 15 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 5 6515 half shaft 4 8 16 14 69   Joe Saldana Team 69   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 3 5215 valve 0 8 * Race shortened to 38 laps due to rain.

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2   #20 spun   3 4 2     5 7 3   #17 stalled on track   8 27 20     28 30 3   #2 spun   31 33 3     34 35 2   #77 off course   36 37 2     38 38 1   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 28.9%             Average green flag run: 6.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danny Ongais 1 4 4   Al Unser 5 22 18   Gordon Johncock 23 23 1   Bobby Unser 24 24 1   Rick Mears 25 31 7   A.J. Foyt 32 38 7 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Tom Sneva 3953     2   Al Unser 3875   -78   3   Gordon Johncock 3314   -639   4   Steve Krisiloff 2793   -1160   5   Wally Dallenbach 2726   -1227   6   A.J. Foyt 2640   -1313   7   Johnny Rutherford 2599   -1354   8   Danny Ongais 2434   -1519   9   Rick Mears 1931   -2022   10   Tom Bagley 1174   -2779   11   Pancho Carter 1146   -2807   12   Larry Dickson 1121   -2832   13   Bobby Unser 1086   -2867   14   Johnny Parsons 978   -2975   15   Tom Bigelow 758   -3195   16   George Snider 700   -3253   17   Dick Simon 593   -3360   18   Mario Andretti 591   -3362   19   Jim McElreath 558   -3395   20   Cliff Hucul 519   -3434   21   Lee Kunzman 513   -3440