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1978 Jimmy Bryan 150 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 1 of 18 Saturday, March 18, 1978 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:17:05 Average speed: 116.757 mph Pole speed: 145.396 mph Cautions: 5 for 23 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1978 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 150 11611 running 121 300 2 11 40   Steve Krisiloff Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 148 6948 running 0 240 3 13 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / 1st National Travelers Checks   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 148 6292 running 0 210 4 20 17   Dick Simon Rolla Vollstedt Vollstedt / Offy 148 3349 running 0 180 5 7 7   Rick Mears Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 147 3111 running 0 150 6 22 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 144 2874 running 0 120 7 15 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul & Hunter   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 144 2755 running 0 90 8 19 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 141 3136 running 0 75 9 18 78   Bobby Olivero Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 139 2517 running 0 60 10 10 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 137 3399 out of fuel 0 45 11 21 87   Jerry Karl Machinists Union   (Frank Fiore) Rascar / Offy 133 2339 engine 0 30 12 1 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 127 3280 clutch 29 15 13 17 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 125 2220 oil leak 0 8 14 9 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) McLaren / Cosworth 124 2461 out of fuel 0 8 15 12 43   Tom Bigelow Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Wildcat / DGS 107 2302 crash 0 8 16 5 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 83 2666 valve 0 8 17 4 80   Larry Dickson Polak Construction   (Russ Polak) Penske / Cosworth 81 2042 engine 0 6 18 8 48   Bobby Unser ARCO Graphite   (Dan Gurney) Lightning / Cosworth 80 2618 fuel receiver 0 6 19 14 74   Roger McCluskey National Engineering   (Warner Hodgdon) Eagle / AMC 47 2195 fuel leak 0 6 20 6 19   Spike Gehlhausen PV Corp   (Carl Gehlhausen) Eagle / Offy 44 1971 engine 0 6 21 16 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 24 1959 engine 0 5 22 3 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 12 2747 spun out 0 5

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Johnny Parsons 16 1st National Travelers Checks Chuck Gurney 57 Crower Cam Larry Rice 65 S & M Electric / City of Syracuse Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 6 3   #78 spun turn 3   7 13 7     14 18 5   #1 spun turn 3   19 46 28     47 54 8   oil on track   55 110 56     111 115 5   #43 accident frontstretch   116 143 28     144 145 2   stalled on track   146 150 5       Percent of race run under caution: 15.3%             Average green flag run: 21.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Gordon Johncock 1 50 50   Danny Ongais 51 65 15   Gordon Johncock 66 98 33   Danny Ongais 99 99 1   Gordon Johncock 100 100 1   Danny Ongais 101 110 10   Gordon Johncock 111 111 1   Danny Ongais 112 114 3   Gordon Johncock 115 150 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Gordon Johncock 300     2   Steve Krisiloff 240   -60   3   A.J. Foyt 210   -90   4   Dick Simon 180   -120   5   Rick Mears 150   -150   6   Sheldon Kinser 120   -180   7   Cliff Hucul 90   -210   8   Tom Bagley 75   -225   9   Bobby Olivero 60   -240   10   Al Unser 45   -255   11   Jerry Karl 30   -270   12   Danny Ongais 15   -285   13   Salt Walther 8   -292   13   Wally Dallenbach 8   -292   13   Tom Bigelow 8   -292   13   Johnny Rutherford 8   -292   17   Larry Dickson 6   -294   17   Bobby Unser 6   -294   17   Roger McCluskey 6   -294   17   Spike Gehlhausen 6   -294   21   Gary Bettenhausen 5   -295