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1978 Machinist Union 150 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 15 of 18 Saturday, September 23, 1978 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ 100 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:14:57 Average speed: 120.08 mph Pole speed: 171.92 mph Cautions: 6 for 26 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 3 7   Mario Andretti Gould Charge   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100 11295 running 33 300 2 7 16   Johnny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 100 7975 running 0 240 3 4 1   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 100 6067 running 0 210 4 9 2   Al Unser 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jim Hall) Lola / Cosworth 100 5934 running 0 180 5 14 40   Steve Krisiloff Foreman Industries   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 98 3806 running 0 150 6 12 6   Wally Dallenbach Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Lightning / Cosworth 97 3821 running 0 120 7 6 8   Pancho Carter Budweiser   (Robert Fletcher) Lightning / Cosworth 96 3508 running 0 90 8 10 78   Mike Mosley Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Lightning / Offy 96 3365 running 0 75 9 18 98   Gary Bettenhausen Oberdorfer   (Grant King) King / Offy 95 3022 running 0 60 10 11 24   Sheldon Kinser Thermo King   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 94 2880 running 0 45 11 5 4   Johnny Rutherford 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Cosworth 92 3409 crash 1 30 12 17 22   Tom Bagley Kent Oil   (Ralph Wilke) Watson / Offy 92 3238 spun out 0 15 13 19 29   Cliff Hucul Hucul Racing   (Hucul-Hunter-Arndt) McLaren / Offy 92 2666 running 0 8 14 8 20   Gordon Johncock North American Van Lines   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / DGS 81 3095 crash 0 8 15 2 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) Parnelli / Cosworth 75 3095 crash 53 8 16 15 75   Todd Gibson Gibson Racing   (Todd Gibson) Eagle / Offy 44 2481 turbocharger 0 8 17 13 92   Spike Gehlhausen McCord Auto   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 34 2452 suspension 0 6 18 16 30   Jerry Sneva Thunder Racing   (Marv Schmidt) McLaren / Offy 19 2424 crash 0 6 19 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore / American Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Parnelli / Cosworth 15 4996 piston 13 6 20 20 38   Jerry Karl Money Brokers   (Ralph Bentzel) McLaren / Offy 13 2367 oil pressure 0 6

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim McElreath 26 Circle City Coal Dick Simon 27 La Machine Eldon Rasmussen 58 Rent-A-Racer Joe Saldana 69 Hoffman Wize Larry Cannon 85 Natural Lite Beer Tom Gloy 88 Machinists Union Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 4 3   #24,30 spun turn 2   5 7 3   #20 spun turn 4   8 22 15     23 29 7   #30 accident turn 4   30 75 46     76 79 4   #25 accident turn 2   80 81 2     82 87 6   #20 accident turn 2   88 92 5     93 95 3   #4 accident dogleg   96 100 5       Percent of race run under caution: 26.0%             Average green flag run: 12.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 13 13   Danny Ongais 14 24 11   Mario Andretti 25 29 5   Danny Ongais 30 65 36   Mario Andretti 66 68 3   Johnny Rutherford 69 69 1   Danny Ongais 70 75 6   Mario Andretti 76 100 25 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Al Unser 3830     2   Tom Sneva 3743   -87   3   Gordon Johncock 3134   -696   4   Wally Dallenbach 2718   -1112   5   Steve Krisiloff 2673   -1157   6   Johnny Rutherford 2449   -1381   7   Danny Ongais 2426   -1404   8   A.J. Foyt 2340   -1490   9   Rick Mears 1691   -2139   10   Tom Bagley 1166   -2664   11   Pancho Carter 1146   -2684   12   Larry Dickson 1121   -2709   13   Bobby Unser 1011   -2819   14   Johnny Parsons 978   -2852   15   Tom Bigelow 758   -3072   16   George Snider 670   -3160   17   Mario Andretti 591   -3239   18   Dick Simon 578   -3252   19   Jim McElreath 558   -3272   20   Cliff Hucul 519   -3311   21   Lee Kunzman 513   -3317