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1978 Gabriel 200

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 4 of 18
Sunday, April 23, 1978 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
134 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (201.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:32:04
Average speed: 129.033 mph
Pole speed: 172.249 mph

Cautions: 6 for 27 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1978 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	20	Gordon Johncock	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	134	12892	running	79	400
2	5	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore / 1st National Travelers Checks (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	134	9665	running	0	320
3	1	1	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	134	7286	running	14	280
4	2	25	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing (Ted Field)	Parnelli / Cosworth	134	4705	running	30	240
5	9	40	Steve Krisiloff	Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / DGS	132	3872	running	0	200
6	17	78	Bobby Olivero	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Lightning / Offy	131	3539	running	0	160
7	18	26	Jim McElreath	Jim McElreath	Eagle / Offy	131	3473	running	0	120
8	8	43	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong)	Wildcat / DGS	130	3407	water line	0	100
9	15	65	Larry Rice	S&M Electric (Patrick Santello)	Eagle / Offy	127	3541	running	0	80
10	11	4	Johnny Rutherford	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Cosworth	123	3475	engine	0	60
11	12	6	Wally Dallenbach	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	McLaren / Cosworth	114	3091	valve	3	40
12	21	22	Tom Bagley	Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	98	2708	radiator	0	20
13	3	7	Mario Andretti	Gould Charge (Roger Penske)	Penske / Cosworth	92	3225	valve	0	10
14	14	24	Sheldon Kinser	Thermo King (Ralph Wilke)	Watson / Offy	89	2542	water line	0	10
15	13	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Cosworth	52	2459	turbocharger	0	10
16	19	8	Vern Schuppan	Budweiser (Robert Fletcher)	Lightning / Cosworth	51	2409	gearbox	0	10
17	7	16	Johnny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lightning / Offy	44	2376	radiator	8	8
18	6	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Hubler Chevrolet / WIRE (Carl Gehlhausen)	Eagle / Offy	33	2343	turbocharger	0	8
19	16	98	Gary Bettenhausen	Oberdorfer (Grant King)	King / Offy	26	2309	half shaft	0	8
20	10	48	Bobby Unser	ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney)	Lightning / Cosworth	17	2876	engine	0	8
21	22	60	Roger McCluskey	North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / Offy	11	2459	fuel pickup	0	6
22	20	87	Jerry Karl	Machinists Union (Frank Fiore)	Rascar / Offy	1	2243	oil pressure	0	6

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	7	2	#65 stalled turn 1
	8	21	14
	22	26	5	#48 stalled on track
	27	34	8
	35	38	4	#19 stalled on track
	39	54	16
	55	64	10	#8 stalled on track
	65	104	40
	105	108	4	#22 spun turn 2
	109	117	9
	118	119	2	#40 spun
	120	134	15
Percent of race run under caution: 20.1% Average green flag run: 15.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tom Sneva	1	14	14
Danny Ongais	15	20	6
Johnny Parsons	21	28	8
Gordon Johncock	29	42	14
Danny Ongais	43	66	24
Gordon Johncock	67	100	34
Wally Dallenbach	101	103	3
Gordon Johncock	104	134	31

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Danny Ongais	1055
2	Gordon Johncock	988	-67
3	Tom Sneva	925	-130
4	A.J. Foyt	778	-277
5	Steve Krisiloff	550	-505
6	Wally Dallenbach	368	-687
7	Bobby Olivero	360	-695
8	Dick Simon	340	-715
9	Al Unser	325	-730
10	Jim McElreath	280	-775
11	Tom Bigelow	248	-807
12	Sheldon Kinser	240	-815
13	Mario Andretti	220	-835
14	Larry Dickson	216	-839
15	Salt Walther	178	-877
16	Tom Bagley	163	-892
17	Rick Mears	150	-905
18	Cliff Hucul	90	-965
19	Johnny Rutherford	86	-969
20	Larry Rice	80	-975
21	Johnny Parsons	56	-999